Similar to I forgot my child was in the back of the car when the temperature was 104 degrees every day.
you cannot expect a man who is not used to taking his child to day care to remember there is a baby in the backseat. that’s not part of his routine./s......but people use that excuse to defend him. so everyone needs to step up and take care of their children, so the kids don’t die.
Back when our twins were little I (Dad) spent a lot of time with them to give mom a break. Going lots of places in the minivan rather than my own car. And going on very little sleep.
I went to the store one time taking the van. Put the stuff in the back, got in and drove off. About a block away I glanced in the mirror and saw the two empty baby seats.
“Oh no! I forgot the girls!!”
Oh wait - they are still at home, I didn’t bring them to the store! It took only an instant for perceived tragedy to come and go, but I can still feel it in my gut some 30 years later.