Baby forgotten in shopping cart at Midland store

http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/121906/reg_121906070.shtml ^ | Tuesday, December 19, 2006 | AP

[VRWCmember]

LOL!

[napscoordinator]

lol. I spit out my gum on that one it was so funny.

[montag813]

Sure. And when adults drive in cars that have accidents that kill their children they should be sterilized.

You are actually comparing someone leaving their child in a 120 degree car all day with an accident?

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

Here's a little story on how this can happen:

These things happen all the time and it's very understandable. How scary that must have been for you! I'm thankful that your little girl was OK. :-)

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

I tried this with my 16-yo, he beat me back to the car

LOL! Too funny!! I can relate!

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

They were certainly happy campers considering they were 18 and 19 at time.

This thread is cracking me up! Too funny!

[pax_et_bonum]

I never forgot my kids anywhere, which is probably some sort of miracle since my younger son's nickname for me is "Captain ADD."

However, now that they're grown it seems that they leave me everywhere.... restaurants, shopping malls, church... every chance they get.... but they can't get rid of me that easily...

;-)

[Eaker]

Yer goofy .......... but in the good way!

[2Jedismom]

Now I just throw her up on my back

Amazing!

I know a lady that threw up a tree!

You didn't think I'd forget this year, did you LiR? ;-) Hard to believe that was over five years ago. Merry Christmas!

[zerosix]

"MY GOD! HOW THE HECK DO YOU FORGET YOUR OWN CHILD???"

It can be done and during Christmas shopping with more than one family and one family's children in tow, it can happen.

When my youngest was a newborn and asleep in her cradle, I was rounding up my two other children (toddlers at the time) to get into the car to go for a quick errand.

After backing up the car and getting to the top of the hill on our street to wait for traffic, I was checking on the children, who could and occasionally did, unbuckle their seat belts, noticed that the baby was not there. Horrified, I backed up down to our house, opened the garage door and ran into the house, sobbing.

As I ran into the master bedroom, still sobbing, I awakened the sleeping newborn, who also began crying. One of my enterprising toddlers, unbuckled her seat belt and then her sister's, running after me and were crying also.

We spent quite an afternoon wiping up tears all around.

[SuziQ]

Dang! I hate when that happens! ;o)

[Chickensoup]

You are actually comparing someone leaving their child in a 120 degree car all day with an accident?

Yes it is an accident.