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And this is why I call my parents if they are a 1/2 hour late for their scheduled arrival time.
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So true
This one sounds off though. After dropping off other kids, leaving baby for 9 hours, he got back in the car and drove all the way to back to school before noticing she was in the car?
He never noticed, the siblings did? Am I reading that right???- Unless otherwise stated, all my posts are personal opinion and worth what you paid for them.
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This is why my mom suggested that we always keep a teddy bear or something in the baby's car seat. That way, whenever you put baby in the car seat, the bear goes in the passenger seat so you remember. This was her suggestion and I thought it a good one, although I've never done it. :PComment
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I'm thinking that he noticed when he went to put the other kids in the car.Comment
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There is a new promo going around in Michigan about this topic. I can't remember what it's called (looking for info now), but it's basically an unsigned contract between provider and parent saying that if the parent isn't here by I think it's 1/2 hr, then we contact them. Which I do anyway. If my peeps aren't here by their usual time, then I'm on the phone.Comment
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I would be interested in this info if you find it. I was trying to explain this to one of my parents last week and he wasn't getting it, and I didn't want to get into too much detail with kids present.Comment
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A half hour in Florida in the summer.....still may be too late. It's not a myth, you can actually fry an egg on the hood of a car. I have a stainless steel stick shifter in my car. I can park in full sun, put the windows up and go in a store for 15 mins and the shifter is so hot, it literally burns my hand. I keep a sock in my car to put over it. My son screamed once when we got in because the seat belt buckle touched his belly, it left a mark! Aluminum slides are illegal here, burn hazard....walking on asphalt in bare feet can give you 2nd degree burns...on and on the list goes.Comment
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Oh. I posted before I actually read the article. Miami Dade. Shocker. So sad. Just another s****ty day in paradise. Awful.Comment
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I give the parents 15 min here. In Texas they have the where's. Baby campaign I printed out a flyer to give to my parents. Its 108 average In the summer hereComment
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I was a first-time mother once. I have NEVER forgotten one of my children. I have been exhausted, in pain, working-drop-off at daycare mom with my first child. She slept A LOT in the car. NEVER forgot her. I cannot understand, innocent or not, how one could forget they have created a whole person, and just leave them ANYWHERE.
I have also been an exhausted mother of multiples. I had 4 kids in 4 years and was running a daycare at the same time. One of my babies was the same age as my twins (I had an exception for 4 under 2 license due to the fact I had twins and both my dc parents were pregnant around the same time). It was like having triplets. Don't forget, I had to put their oxygen tanks, monitors, and more with them. I also had to remember bottles x a million, and ALL the other children's needs. NEVER forgot a one of them!
I had to drop off kids to/from preschool at different times, some I dropped off at home on certain days. There were some part time and full time kids. Some kids were there only once or twice a week. NEVER FORGOT them!
It's our job as adults to remember that we created life. IMO, I feel that people make excuses. If you can't remember things, write things down. But my brain doesn't process one forgetting their child in a vehicle, at the store or anywhere for that matter
Years ago, a young mother left her baby in the car so she didn't have to pay daycare, and she had a job at McDonald's. She only left him for a "little while" (her statement) and the baby died. I get the world ****s, but I do not see any reason whatsoever that anyone could possibly "forget" a human being is with them. I cannot make sense of something like that. I forget lots of things---my children have never been one of them. Another story- mother left her child in the car at Walgreens---just for a few. Car was stolen by a hijacker with the baby. Luckily, the hijacker was scared of babies and dumped the car, easy to find for the cops. It's illegal in our state to leave a child unattended in a vehicle.Comment
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BABYLUVER....I see your point, but I feel that you are VERY wrong in judging a parent for something they will have to suffer with for the rest of their lives. I don't "think" I would ever forget either, but it happens, it has happened thousands of times....it is not intentional, and to insinuate that it may have been is very unfair of you.
Now, the ones where Mom DID intentionally leave their children in the car as a matter of conveninece....please, judge them all you want, but just because YOU have never forgotten your child, doesn't mean it doesn't happen and that it isn't a tragic, heartbreaking loss for the family.Comment
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- Unless otherwise stated, all my posts are personal opinion and worth what you paid for them.Comment
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Do you remember seeing something recently here in Michigan about this campaign? I cannot remember where I saw it. It had some gimmicky line too. Kinda like the seat belt law here in Michigan that says click it or ticket. Something catchy like that for remembering to call the parent if the child doesn't come to daycare. Gonna drive me crazy!Comment
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