Man left baby in car for 8 hours (he's ok) outside work. Didn't realize until wife called

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88. I've done that before.

My ex doesn't have his own carseat for our youngest and he'd want mine when he'd pick her up for his weekends. Knowing that if I made him buy one, he'd buy the cheapest piece of crap possible and install it incorrectly, I would install it and everything for him and then take it out when he came back. One time after he returned the kids, one of the kids needed something and I just placed the carseat where it normally goes and made a mental note to install it the next morning before I took her to daycare. The next morning was unusually hectic with multiple screaming kids (I have 4 total) and I drove my dd to her daycare and then I went to school. When I was getting my bags out of the back, I clipped the seat and it tumbled out of the vehicle. With horror, I realized I had been driving my dd around that morning with an uninstalled seat.

I've also forgotten to buckle her up occasionally, but usually she screams at me, now that she is old enough.

I remember having tiny, colicky babies and no sleep. I can only imagine how hard it would've been if I would've had to work full time and take them to daycare when they were that young....

I agree there should be some kind of verification system at daycares, just like at schools. I'm lucky enough to have a personal friendship with my daughter's daycare provider and she usually calls me if I'm a bit late, just to make sure.