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Honeycombe8

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71. I have dogs. I can see how this happens.

Fri Jan 25, 2013, 10:34 PM

Jan 2013

I love my dogs. I mean I LOVE my dogs. But the other night I was so tired from having worked really long hours, I nestled in bed to watch tv after work, after letting both dogs out and one dog back in - the other one wanted to stay outside because it was a pretty day. I accidentally and promptly dropped off to sleep. I woke up in the middle of the night, saw my one dog, and realized....where's Rosie? OMG. I'd left her out all afternoon, evening, and half the night!

Another time I drove up to my house after work and saw that I had left my front door wide open when I had left for work that morning! I had a glass storm door that was shut, but it doesn't lock, and the wooden door was open.

Of course a baby is much more important than dogs or a house, but I can see how this happens, since I've done similar things myself. Thank God the little fella was okay. I bet that man is just kicking himself and destroying himself with guilt...and they'll come up with a system for that to never happen again.

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Man left baby in car for 8 hours (he's ok) outside work. Didn't realize until wife called [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 OP

I feel bad for the baby ...for it has an asshole irresponsible dad ... srican69 Jan 2013 #1

He is irresponsible, and I'm not looking to reward him for his choice to seek medical care, but you Ed Suspicious Jan 2013 #3

As a parent who once had infants, I can understand why these tragedies occur. yardwork Jan 2013 #35

Autopilot is the word I was thinking. Courtesy Flush Jan 2013 #83

Yes, that's it exactly. yardwork Jan 2013 #94

Yes, or a campaign to always check for the kid or something treestar Jan 2013 #90

I agree, something could be invented and installed in all cars. yardwork Jan 2013 #95

People make mistakes, Bet you do to. Sure he feels bad enough. n-t Logical Jan 2013 #50

He isn't an asshole obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #65

Maybe the baby-in-the-back-seat rule marybourg Jan 2013 #2

Far more car accidents customerserviceguy Jan 2013 #34

I tend to cut parents of infants a lot of slack Warpy Jan 2013 #4

i do too. seabeyond Jan 2013 #9

And real neglect, with the kid freezing to death Warpy Jan 2013 #30

and my heart breaks, when everything isnt fine. a couple years ago, seabeyond Jan 2013 #31

It's so discouraging that these threads so often end up as monuments of (self)righteousness alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #11

+1000 n/t trotsky Jan 2013 #19

maybe it's a defense mechanism. We need to believe we'd never allow ourselves to make that mistake. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #32

So true. Many idiots on the DU act like they never could bever make a serious mistake. n-t Logical Jan 2013 #51

Me too. Have my own story. alphafemale Jan 2013 #28

I've done that before. laundry_queen Jan 2013 #88

I understand too d_r Jan 2013 #53

I have dogs. I can see how this happens. Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #71

That sounds too much like common, rational thinking LOVE IT nt Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2013 #87

Phew! abelenkpe Jan 2013 #5

Someone should invent a beeper LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #6

They have then, but they say they don't work that well. Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2013 #7

Then they need to come up with a better one LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #8

I had an idea for this a while back... Javaman Jan 2013 #21

They were invented long ago. Nobody wants the liability. Xithras Jan 2013 #61

that would be one diaper I would regret.... Evasporque Jan 2013 #10

Our daycare calls us when there's an unexplained absence alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #12

good backup support from the daycare Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #15

Answers thus far are WAY too tame for this kind of nincompoopery! MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #13

Interesting comment JanMichael Jan 2013 #16

Well thanks for the article, but it does nothing to present any "reason" this happens... MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #17

so, you didn't read the entire article, did you JanMichael Jan 2013 #23

I did read it... MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #40

The article explains what you are saying it doesn't obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #68

you need to read the article. When we are stressed out/tired & routines are breached our higher KittyWampus Jan 2013 #37

Yes... so.... MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #41

There is a reason why courts don't convict parents who do this obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #70

LOL, I love all the perfect people here. I bet you are a joy to be around. n-t Logical Jan 2013 #52

Actually, I am... MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #57

It happens quite a bit, by very responsible people obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #67

The Washington Post had a Pulitzer Prize Winning story on these kinds of incidents charlie and algernon Jan 2013 #14

Your warning was correct. trotsky Jan 2013 #20

Every single person responding to this post needs to read that article ALL the way JanMichael Jan 2013 #25

Here is the snip that really drives it home: trotsky Jan 2013 #26

That's exactly the quote and part of the article JanMichael Jan 2013 #49

Yes, that's a good quote from the article. Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #63

I agree DollarBillHines Jan 2013 #62

imagine that phone call Enrique Jan 2013 #18

Sleep deprivation can mess with your brain. Zoeisright Jan 2013 #22

Damn! I'm glad the baby is okay! Cha Jan 2013 #24

It is easy. I remember jumping in a car with my convulsing infant in my arms. As my husband appleannie1 Jan 2013 #59

This was such a huge fear for me when I was younger gollygee Jan 2013 #27

Oh, my... MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #43

What do you think was terribly, terribly, terribly wrong? (Other than of course forgetting baby) gollygee Jan 2013 #44

Forgetting a baby is in the back seat of your car... MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #45

No, it really is just forgetfulness gollygee Jan 2013 #46

Thanks for the warning... MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #47

You are mighty cocky sounding JanMichael Jan 2013 #48

Look, I'm as apt to have this problem as you are. Maybe I'm not clear on this... MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #55

Skinner had an interesting post in another thread a while back on the same thing.. Fumesucker Jan 2013 #60

And, I can agree on that being said... MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #64

Here's a piece by someone who *almost* killed their child Fumesucker Jan 2013 #92

Nope, nothing abnormal, and you could do it, too obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #74

I never said I couldn't MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #85

The point is, nothing IS terribly, terribly wrong obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #73

There is no argument there... MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #86

So wait.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2013 #79

My pass card for work was in my purse gollygee Jan 2013 #93

That kid must have had an awesome coat & good boots! catbyte Jan 2013 #29

It it was sunny, passive heat would have kept the car decently warm obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #76

If this had been in summer, likely a different ending. Puzzledtraveller Jan 2013 #33

Aw that poor baby rickjliberal1946sef Jan 2013 #36

his monster of a dad is no different than you or i.. frylock Jan 2013 #42

Shades of the old days - there were many children left in cars years ago or at home alone. The laws jwirr Jan 2013 #38

That did not happen in this case. nt Walk away Jan 2013 #56

Read: Frazzled parent who works too many hours for too little pay bc of profit predators LaydeeBug Jan 2013 #39

Thank goodness everything is alright. I'm sure this poor man will punish himself... Walk away Jan 2013 #54

Yes, I agree... MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #58

There is no problem obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #77

What gives you the confidence of saying there is no problem with this kind of memory failure? MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #84

If it was sunny, the car may have been decently warm obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #66

What idiot could forget their OWN BABY in a car? Odin2005 Jan 2013 #69

It could happen to anyone. smokey nj Jan 2013 #75

Lucky.ass.parents. Baitball Blogger Jan 2013 #72

Just getting the baby up, fed, ready, out the door, strapped in; along with the other demands of the NBachers Jan 2013 #78

70+ years ago, when I was a baby (and even when I had my babies) marybourg Jan 2013 #80

The Washington Post article is very sad, but also very instructive. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2013 #81

What side of car was carseat in? - back passenger side or back driver side benld74 Jan 2013 #82

Thank the goddess it wasn't summer treestar Jan 2013 #89

Two words: SLEEP DEPRIVATION. Brigid Jan 2013 #91