I've got to stop reading that thread!

judahsmommy1 · June 2012

The post about the babies left in the car is going to give me nightmares. I just need to stop reading it for now. If you haven't been reading it, just know that there's some really disturbing stuff in it before you start! It's good information to know, but it's not bed time reading for me.

judahsmommy1 · June 2012

It's all accidental... and the descriptions of the reactions of the parents - some of the stories..... I just can't. It makes me need to hold my baby!

MrsPteranodon · June 2012

This scares the crap out of me. I can't even read those articles. I am always talking to Buddy

wonkatalia · June 2012

judahsmommy1:
The post about the babies left in the car is going to give me nightmares. I just need to stop reading it for now. If you haven't been reading it, just know that there's some really disturbing stuff in it before you start! It's good information to know, but it's not bed time reading for me.

But I sent you creepy e-hugs!

judahsmommy1 · June 2012

wonkatalia:
judahsmommy1:
The post about the babies left in the car is going to give me nightmares. I just need to stop reading it for now. If you haven't been reading it, just know that there's some really disturbing stuff in it before you start! It's good information to know, but it's not bed time reading for me.
But I sent you creepy e-hugs!

Creepy e-hugs are appreciated!

Sherbet Lemon · June 2012

It's my biggest fear... Even before having LO I would read about this happening and feel ill worrying that I might make the same horrible mistake some day. The irrational side of me makes me want to never go back to work, because if I dont work, dd won't have to go to daycare, and then we can't forget to drop her off there.

kendra223 · June 2012

I haven't seen the thread... but I went to Wal Mart by myself today and left LO at home with DH (which is very rare). In the back of my mind I kept thinking/feeling that she should be with me. She's always with me so my mind is on auto-pilot to the tune of "she should be right in front of my face, why is she not right in front of my face." I kept having to remind myself that she was at home in the highchair eating spaghetti and getting messy lol. Then I was reminded of some stats I read the other day about babies being left in the car. Since my brain gets set on always having her. I could see how someone whose LO is usually with someone else at a said time and is sitting quielty in the carseat could devestatingly (sp) be forgotten.

As I was returning my cart, I couldn't help but think how horrible it would be for that to happen. I would seriously need to be put on suicide watch if that happened.

pookie2005 · June 2012

I read that article when it was published. I sobbed the entire time and toward the end of it, I literally had to run to the bathroom because I was gagging and almost threw up. Never have I had such a visceral reaction to a piece of writing. It deserves the prize it won. It is heart-wrenching and horribly difficult to read but I believe every parent SHOULD read it. Since reading it, it has not left my mind and I don't walk away from my car EVER without checking the backseat. Even when I KNOW dd is not with me...I still check.