Parenting after 35

PSA-Toddlers & Car locks

Ok all you newbie mommies... here's a very important PSA.

No matter how insistent they are, DO NOT give your toddler your keys as you're putting them into the car seat.   Especially when you have a door lock fob on it.  And especially if your toddler is a known felon when it comes to pushing buttons.

Fortunately, after several minutes of repeatedly locking the car door, Charlie decided to start pushing the unlock button.  

The biggest negative here.. it happened right in front of my condensending sister who knows everything about everything.  I will never live this down.

 

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  • I giggled.  I'm sorry.  :)

    I love the "known felon" line. 

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  • I also lol'd at the "known felon" bit.

    Sorry that happened in front of your sister. Glad Charles is OK.

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    I also lol'd at the "known felon" bit.

    Sorry that happened in front of your sister. Glad Charles is OK.

    Me too. I could never give M the keys 'cuz he'd lock my a$$ out and laugh hysterically about it.

    Ha! Felon. Hehe...

  • Yikes!  Thanks for the warning!  We often let Ellie have the keys while we are strapping her into her car seat;  guess we better make sure we always leave a door open.
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  • Yeah, normally I make sure a door or window is open.  But today was super super windy and my mom was with us and digging around on the other side of the car and shut her door.  I just didn't think about it.   Was just trying to get the heck outta there and it all went south!   Fortunately, it was only a couple of minutes of stress!
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  • This is how I found out that Pop a lock will come out and unlock your car for free. They also dropped what they are doing to get over to unlock cars with kids inside.

    Teagan had the keys after being strapped into her seat and locked doors.  We tried to get her to press unlock but instead she just smiled at us and threw the keys.  She was locked in for about 20 minutes.

    My DH hasn't said anything to me about this but that might be because he would let her have the keys also.  Don't beat yourself up, things happen.  FWIW, the people I know who know everything about everything are very unhappy people.  

    Also, this is good to know for everyone because I'm not a Newbie.

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  • Thanks for the advice.  As a newbie I listen to any good advice anyone wants to tell me.

    Thomas seems to like keys, but so far we won't let him hold them.  A friend of mine had a son who took my car keys and "hid" them.  (he was about 2 yrs old though)  I have enough trouble remembering where I put my keys, without having to "search" for them. 

    Glad everything worked out.  : ) 

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  • I was giggling at this, sorry! Embarrassed Only because like dkays said, it's happened to not newbie moms too! It's happened twice here. Once with L, and that was my own stupid fault, and then the second time it was actually L's fault. I have AMA (same as AAA) that my dad gifts to me for Christmas every year, because I am notorious for locking my keys in the car and leaving the lights on. Tongue Tied
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