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The tragedy was discovered about 5:30 p.m. outside the Wonder Years 2 day care. The baby's mother stopped at the day care after work to pick up the child and was told by staff that the baby had not been dropped off. She realized then that the baby had been in her minivan all day.

I apologize for persisting in discussing this tragedy. It was just such a useless waste of life that makes me angry. Perhaps we need a Government Ad to run on all radio stations regularly - "Do you know where your baby is" to bring the gravity of this sort of situation home to new parents. I can understand how a person, especially a tired working mother of a five-month old, getting ready for work, getting her baby ready for daycare, driving to work while thinking of her day's duties, and by-passing the stop at day care.

Obviously, our hearts go out to her and the baby's father.

Since so many on this thread have accepted the inevitibility of this type of occurence, I think more publicity needs to be given to the possibility, so that new parents get into the habit of thinking about their baby first every time they are driving.

And of course, no perfect family ever lost a child to accidental drowning either.

Not the family of James Baker, nor the famous golfer's family either.

Pure ignorance, deliberate neglect, right?