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The ultimate parent fail

GeminiKMP-CGeminiKMP-C
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I am so ashamed to even admit this, but I have to.

Last night my mom and I took DD to the grocery store and to pick up a prescription and dinner.  She finished a bottle right before we left, and when she was done my mom put her in her carseat so she could get her shoes on, etc.

Without thinking, I zipped up the Bundle Me blanket on her carseat, loaded her into the car and away we went.

Imagine my horror when we got home from shopping, picking up dinner and the Rx and I unzipped the Bundle Me to let her finish her nap in her carseat without getting too hot...

and saw that she was never buckled in.

I still can't even believe it and want to cry just thinking about what could have happened to her.  I thought my mom buckled her, my mom thought I buckled her... I will never EVER make that mistake again.

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Re: The ultimate parent fail

  • yellowcaryellowcar

    Yes, that is scary, and you know you'll never do it again!  We did that this summer with DD...put her in her car seat, DH and I settled into the front seat, put the car into drive, and we hear this excited voice from the back seat, "Mommy I don't have to be buckled in anymore!"

    Thank goodness she can talk, is all I have to say.

    Please refer to my post above about cutting ourselves some slack today.  You are an awesome mommy and did not fail.

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  • sdkrlmsdkrlm

    oops! 

    I bet you'll triple check now but glad nothing happened :)

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  • 847Christine847Christine
    That would be scary!  Thank goodness she's OK & now you know you'll never let that happen again.  It's not a fail, just a lesson to be learned.
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  • KatieG.07KatieG.07
    Isn't that scary???  My mom and I did a similar thing once too.  We had him in the carseat in the stroller while out shopping.  When he fell asleep, we undid the chest buckle and then forgot to clip it back.  Yikes!  Lesson learned!  DOn't beat yourself up about it.  Mistakes happen and luckily dd is just fine.
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  • brisell23brisell23
    I've done that too.  It's scary, I cried a lot, but I will never do it again!  I remember someone posting this same thing on 0-6 and soooo many people had also done it.  Cut yourself some slack!  She is ok!
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  • berty12777berty12777
    I posted about this not too long ago!  I did the exact same thing!!  We didn't drive far and mostly on side roads, but I felt like the worst parent ever.  I imagined all the horrible things that could've happened until I made myself sick.  I think it's happened to a lot more of us than you'd think!
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  • ammcammc member
    we did the same thing last weekend
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  • mrs.kcannemrs.kcanne member
    i did it once also. pulled over when i realized it.
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