Worst.Parents.Ever

emiannie

Miles made it all the way to his sitter's house today before Brad realized he wasn't strapped into his carseat.  Ugh.  How horrible do we feel?!  Worst part is it isn't the first time.  Gosh...we feel awful...poor little guy.  How freaking dangerous.  It makes my heart sink to think about what could have happened.  I'm going to have to make a checklist before we leave anywhere.

Diaper Bag - check

Bottles - check

Wipes - check

Formula - check

Baby strapped into his carseat - check

my*heart*is*his

Aww...don't beat yourself up over it...happened to us once, too. We had put a blanket over her in the car seat after leaving church, and when we got to the store...oops! We gave ourselves the "bad parent" award for the day.

TheSkimmy

yup I did it.... coming home from the mall whe he was 4 weeks old.

howleyshell

Add me to the list!

Just wait until he's talking and starts whining in the back seat "Momma CLICK!!"

Yup....  I'm the winner mother that's had to pull over to click him in.

 

dundasgirl

I totally did that too!  Only once thank God!

MayDayGirl

I think it happens to every parent.  It's just the best reason to always drive safe with kids!

tina623

Don't be to hard on yourself.  We did it too.  We had the girls in the carrier in the stroller and I took Karly out to change her and handed her to dh.  He just layed her back in the carrier and we went shopping.  She was then put into the car without being strapped.  It feels awful but everyone makes mistakes, we just made an effort not to do it again. 

Germanwife2b

Don't be too hard on yourself!  I haven't done that but I did walk away from the baby (3 months old) on the very high changing table to get the water for his bath going (and oh by the way I think I'll pee while I'm in the bathroom) and THUMMMMMP! went the baby onto the floor!  It was the first day he ever rolled over and it was right onto the floor suffering only a bump on the head and a big scare (I've never peed so fast in my life).  I felt terrible for walking away and then I realized, these things happen!  I've never walked away since!

Karma1969

My baby who doesn't roll over yet somehow fell off the couch a few weeks ago. He happened to land of a big blanket, but  I cried more than he did.

 

We all make mistakes, and if these are the worst ones that we make...we will all be amazing parents.

skoorbnibor

I did it, too. My mom was playing with him in the store and I saw her unstrap him, but forgot...

Now I make sure whenever I click him in, I tighten the straps, sort of as a mental reminder to be sure they  are not only tight, but hooked!  

LSUBride3

I imagine leaving the baby somewhere...highly possible since i'm not used to having one:)

You're a great parent...

jsusann

I remember doing this a bunch of times when Lilly was a baby. It's awful, I know...and the worst part is, my sister caught me twice and she's the Queen of Motherhood with 3 children. I would always feel like a bad mom. After the third time I beat myself up enough that I never did it again.