I totally understand - things can and do happen. I guess that the baby left in the back seat has been so much in the public eye that I would take an extra 10 seconds to think of something out of the ordinary to remind me I had the child if it was not part of the normal routine. Like drive with a diaper in my lap or something. I would also relentlessly bug my spouse to do likewise if he was the one transporting a child outside of normal routine. (And knowing me, I’d probably follow up with a phone call as well to see how the “dropping off” went.)
Oh, I wasn’t excusing it. I guess I could see how someone might forget for a few minutes, but “hello.” Sometimes I wonder if these people have ADHD. I realized I had it when we started going to a support group after my son was diagnosed. I get distracted a lot but NEVER have I been that distracted.
When my son was small (age 4-6) he’d run around the with the kids across the street and down a few doors. I was on my front porch the whole time; didn’t get much done, but I got to read my Bible and a lot of poetry, which I now have a passion for. I wonder how many moms would give up that much time.
My baby is 30 now. I still worry about him (and now my daughter-in-law). My mom said, “It never ends.”