4 wk old locked in car

usernameneededallaretaken · September 2015

I locked my son in the car today. In a kroger parking lot. In 97*F weather. Thirty miles from home. My keys were sitting in the front seat, and my phone was in his car seat. I activated the remote start to get some air flowing while putting the car seat in. Shut the back door to get in the front - it was locked! All four doors and the hatch. Look in the window and LO is contentedly looking around. Remote start turns itself off after a certain amount of time, but for the moment he had a/c. A gentleman walked by and I --probably too forcefully --asked if he had a phone. He gave me a "yeah, so" look and I quickly asked if I could use it to call my husband since I had locked our child in the car. He dialed the number and got Kyle on the phone. I don't think he believed my story until he heard me ask Kyle if he had the spare key on him. THANKFULLY, he did have the key and was only 10 minutes away. I got a lot of funny looks as I kept my face pressed to the window the whole time I waited. LO was crying by the time Kyle for there with the key. Him crying is when I got upset because I figured he was getting hot and at 4 wks old he has always had someone comfort him when he gets upset. If it had to happen, it definitely could have been worse (husband not having key or remote start not being on).

SassetteSmurfling · September 2015

Wow I'm glad you were able to get the keys quickly bit really can happen to anyone. My friend locked her daughter in the car and ended up busting out a window to get her. Don't beat yourself up over it. Accidents happen and the important thing is LO is okay.

Seh114 · September 2015

I can't imagine how upset you were. So glad LO is fine.

Miz_Liz · September 2015

Thank God you had started it and DH was nearby so you didn't have to break a window! Glad everyone is okay.

emmacake08 · September 2015

Glad everyone's okay! I can only imagine how you felt in the moment.

kettlekitten · September 2015

Thank god it all worked out! Well done for staying calm and sorting out the situation quickly. I would've been bawling!! Thankfully our car doesn't lock automatically, ever, otherwise I would've done this many times over....

JNOVA2015 · September 2015

Glad everyone is ok! I honestly think these experiences are more traumatizing for us than our LO's! I locked my mom out of the house when I was 3 and it was seriously traumatic for her. She had to call a locksmith and broke a window when he couldn't open the door. I remember it being fun, though!

visualcircus · September 2015

I'm glad everything is OK and your family was nearby. This really could happen to anyone. Even waiting for AAA or any roadside assist would have been much longer than 10 minutes.

jesselayne8 · September 2015

Glad he is okay! How scary!

cseley321 · September 2015

Scary stuff but I'm glad you were able to stay calm and get help. I would have been a mess

ckennett62814 · September 2015

Thank god your DH was close by...so scary!! Luckily for me I can't lock my keys in my car even if I tried...it's some kind of safety feature. I have keyless entry so I just need to have my keys somewhere on me to unlock or lock my car and if I try and lock it with the keys in it then it starts beeping to tell me my keys are in the car. A very good feature to have! Also my car is a push button start so I never even take my keys out of my purse.

benmel31 · September 2015

Wow, that must have been so scary! I am so glad everything was ok!

jlsweets · September 2015

Can't imagine how terrifying that must of been! Glad to hear your DH was so close and that he is ok

CarelessDiva89 · September 2015

I can't imagine how you must have felt. I'm so happy everything turned out okay!

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