How Could This Happen? - Sad Story

dolfinrse wrote: This happened about 5 minutes from where I live, how could you not know that your child is in the car or forget that he/she is in the car. It is so sad! And the guy is only being charged with child endangerment......the maximum sentence he could get would be 10 years!! How could that be? This stuff makes me soooo mad!


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MommyToAshley replied: Sooo sad. I don't think I will ever understand how this happens, but it seems to happen too often. It makes me cry when I read how the baby suffered and had heat blisters on his body..... my heart goes out to him.

amynicole21 replied: DH forwarded me the story this morning... It broke my heart. Poor, poor baby.

ediep replied: this is also 5 minutes from me. I am literally, the next town from Lakewood. I have NO CLUE how this could happen!!! That poor baby!

Kirstenmumof3 replied: This happens to often. People need to check and make sure that the have the child with them. This is just so sad!

DansMom replied: My heart is hurting as I read that story. This is happening too often.

A&A'smommy replied: I hate it when stuff like this happens its so sad.....

CantWait replied: Why is it people just DON'T get it. This keeps happening, over and over!!!!!! My heart goes out to the poor little baby He's in a better place now

Mom2Boyz replied: That is so tragic
I just cannot understand how someone can "forget" that they have their child with them.

Mommy2M replied: Poor baby!~~ I dont understand it though. If i leave my daughter home with my husband and i go out, I feel like i am missing something because i dont have her with me!

loveydad replied: Give me they're name and address. We'll see how they like being stuck in a car.


I think those people should be sterilized and stripped of their driving rights.

It angers me SO BAD to see that happen.

A&A'smommy replied: thats awful!

Littlejojames replied: That’s so sad.

Something very similar happened where i live.

It was a 45-year-old man and he had his 5-week-old daughter in his car and he went to a nightclub left her in the car and then was so drunk forgot where he had left his car and went home to bed. His wife realised the morning after and they both went looking for the car. When they did find the car the baby was dehydrated but other than that fine.

All he got was a fine.

There are people out there who cant have children who would be the best parents and you go and get people who do that kind of stuff. It gets me so angry

jcc64 replied:

Actually, I can. I do not know the particular circumstances of this particular story, but I can infer from your posts the main points.
About a month ago, I was dropping my middle ds off at camp. What that involves is generally a 20 yd walk across a small parking lot to where his counselor and age group meet. Probably took no more than a minute- tops. When I got back to the car, I was horrified to discover that I had "forgotten" dd (20 months), and she was hysterically crying in her carseat. The windows were open, it wasn't all that hot, no damage was done (except for her fear). However, I was flabbergasted that I FORGOT that she was with me. How could this possibly happen??? In my case, sometimes I have dd with me, sometimes I don't. There is no "typical" routine, and perhaps unconsciously I thought this was one of those days she stayed behind with dad. Our lives are perpetually frenzied, overscheduled, and rarely do I have less than 3 or 4 things going on simultaneously. Is this a valid excuse-absolutely not. More of a reality check- that it's time to slow way down, clear out the unnecessary clutter, and focus on the awesome responsibility we have as parents.
Why did I post this story? I'm not sure. Maybe a cautionary tale, maybe a reminder that even"good" parents make big mistakes. Thank god in this case there was no harm no foul.

coasterqueen replied: You know it's funny you say that Jeanne..well not funny..but anyways. A few months ago I was in a huge hurry to get to work. Kylie and I were running late. I put her in the carseat and we were on our way. Our dcp is like a mile from our house. All of a sudden I got up near the highway (about 3 miles from our house) and realized I hadn't dropped Kylie off. She was so quiet listening to her Elmo on DVD I didn't even notice. There are plenty of times I drop her off and don't even realize her dvd is still running So this didn't even occur to me.

Thank goodness I noticed because I wonder if I would have even noticed by the time I got to work. She *may* have fallen asleep or not said a thing, you never know.

So while I think it's horrible things like this happen...I can really see it happening and not really meant to happen. I know that sounds awful and it's not an excuse or anything but it does mean we have to slow down. We are just such a busy society and we pay for it.

Lollie replied: OMG....I cant believe how often this is happening!! Its so sad how these innicent little kids are losing their lives this way!

Jamison'smama replied:
Thanks for posting that story--it is a wake-up call. I head to work sometimes and think...is Jamison with me or did I leave her at home with her dad? I have not forgotten she was in the car but twice I have left her carseat unbuckled. Once when she was an infant and covered up with blankets and once ---probably 3-4 months ago I put her in the chair---quickly threw some trash away and forgot I hadn't locked her seatbelt---I was several miles down the highway when I discovered it--I got sick to my stomach! It can happen--even to the most wonderful parents--as you said--we need to slow down and pay more attention to what's most important.