Well, it happened again. Mother forgets her baby in the back seat

I confess to having once absent-mindedly rocked a frozen chicken in the supermarket trolley whilst my son was outside with his dad during my first fortnight of motherhood but to forget that your child whom you've had for 11months is sat in a vehicle all day?? You would think that, EVEN if she had 'forgotten' the child was in the van as she got out that she would have given him a moments thought at some point during the day and 'remembered' she'd left him there????????????

Hi dragon! How anyone could forget their child in a car is amazing to me. You would have to be pretty absent minded is my opinion. Everytime i hear of this happening i ask myself, are they crazy? While i hate to judge, i think they should be prosecuted, i dont believe there is any excuse for leaving your child in a car for hours. I always check up on my kids when they are not with me, so maybe one phone call could have alerted them to the whereabouts of their kids. This is becoming to common, what happened to learning from the mistakes of others.

Hi friend, i have never heard about this. i cant even think about. Forget their own children, is unbelievable. Now think about the mother who forget about her child. What was her thought about more than her child. If you ask me, they surely put in jail.

I would put them into jail and if there are other children, take them away, give them into the custody of an aunt, or the mother of the woman, or someone of their relatives who knows how irresponsible the mother was because I am sure that they have seen or heard of her neglect. If there is help, therapy. And considering that I never would have neglected my baby daughter that I had to give up for adoption, and as a result that I was made ashamed of going to a clinic to get tested for Vd and eventually was unable to bear any more children, in order to vindicate what I went through, maybe sterilization is the answer. She proved that she did not care and was more interested in making a buck rather than looking after her child.

I basically do not believe it! I saw a movie on tv on of the law and orders with a case like that and actually they had killed their baby before putting in the car, I am actually a lawyer and I dealt with many types of criminals, I do not believe they forget the baby inside the car! Come on!

I understand the brain fog of early motherhood, but not to the point of forgetting a child for the whole day! Last year I was driving to the grocery, and I looked in the back seat and went--whoa--where's the 3 year old? Did I leave her somewhere? Then I remembered I'd dropped her off at preschool half an hour earlier.... Though I believe that was the excuse of another mom (in Texas maybe??) a couple years ago, that she'd thought she dropped the kid off at the sitter's, but somehow missed that step. Not a good enough excuse in my mind. Even sleeping kids make noise. Jail and therapy should be mandatory....killing by neglect is still killing.

I don't understand how people can forget their children in the back seat. I always know where my child is. I've never forgot that I put him in my vehicle. My son is 2 years old and can talk now but even when he was a baby and couldn't talk I never would have forgotten him in the car. I just don't get it.

Very, very sad indeed...I just don't understand how a person can remember to get up, get dressed, get ready for work...Get the baby ready to go to daycare and then forget that the baby is in the car when they reach their destination... There are no excuses....This is something that just irks me everytime I read it...How does one forget that their precious cargo is in the car?

Hi friends, This is just terrible. I will never understand a mother not thinking for one minute about their child. I have had three children and I always thought about them all day long at work. I used to have their pictures on my desk. The thing I really don't understand is why no-one looked into why an 11-month old baby was in a car by itself. This is the world we live in. Nobody wants to get involved. It makes me sick. GET INVOLVED PEOPLE! If you see a baby in a car, take the time, hang around for a bit. The baby should not be alone in the first place! Cheryl

I can almost understand forgetting your child for a second but all day? I mean in our rush sometimes to get around I can see getting into the car starting it and saying oh no then going into the house to get them. I can see even missing the babysitters stop going to work and saying oops got to turn around and drop off the baby. I do not understand how you can get the child into the car get to work, work all day and not realize that you did not stop to drop the child off. The worst thing I think we as a family ever did with one was my youngest was 5 and we all piled into the car. Went to pull out and my husband thank God noticed that the youngest had not gotten in the car. He was still waiting to be let in. It was a very scary moment when we realized that he had been left out. It made me feel like a terrible mom. As parents we all make mistakes but leaving a child in the car all day is a hard one for me to understand. I do think in these types of situations or in most child abuse situations the guilty parties should be sterilized.

It is so sad when you hear stories like this. I pray for the family.

well, maybe she needs therapy. we can't put her on jail that easy and add burden to her feeling.

i am a mother. i have never forget my baby in the back seat. those mother must be too careless. to me , i would like to lost myself than baby.

I think this is awful!! I am with you - my daughter is always in my sight wherever we are be it home, shopping or at friends houses.Obviously she may have tiny accidents sometimes when she is playing - it happens and they have to learn, but other than that I prevent her falling or bumping as much as I can if I can see it could be dangerous. I honestly don't know how anyone could think of leaving their child in the car for any length of time on their own, let alone in such high temperatures. I understand women wanting to work after having a child and some people just don't have a choice, but if you can't get a sitter then for goodness sake take the day off work and care for and protect your child. My daughter is the most precious thing in my life with my husband close second and I could never forgive myself if anything happened to her that was my fault. I am not sure what course of action should be taken against this woman, but she should not be allowed to be in charge of children on her own, she is clearly not that maternal. I hope she is severely punished for this and hope it never leaves her mind, she does not deserve to have peace in her thoughts. Sorry if this sounds harsh, some women/families can't even have children who long so much for them - this woman should think about what she has lost and how that will effect these other families.

Are you sure she was the real mother or may be she did it deliberatley some sadistic streak. I know of mothers deliberately making their kids sick to draw attention but forgetting the child and in that heat, what a terrible fate for the kid. I can't even think of the cries that child must have cried befre dying. In Delhi a teenage girl was murdered recently with her parents sleepig right in the next room , I still can not nderstand how can you sleep through the whole thing and so soundly that you didn't even hear your own kid crying out for help.

As a mom of two kids, I honestly don't see how a parent (mom or dad) can leave their kids by themselves at any age, or any types of weather be it hot or cold. I think these parents should be put in jail, leaving a child in a car should be a crime and handled like one. With 90 degree heat, even after 1 hour, the inside of a car is so hot your drink becomes hot. Today, I was in a store for maybe 2 hours and my drink was close to boiling hot, only because it was 100 degrees outside. That poor baby, got so dehydrated, he/she couldn't even scream in pain. With nothing to drink, and the heat, that poor baby suffered. I can get into my truck that's been outside in this heat, and the heat from inside just makes me sick, gives me a sore throat. Ugh, makes me want to grab that woman, throw her into the car roll of the windows, make a cop stand outside to make sure she doesn't try to get out or roll the windows down, and nothing cold to drink. Let her see for herself how her child suffered all because she stupidly forgot her child in the backseat. Reason I say this, because those tests you see on tv, where they are showing how hot it does get inside isn't cutting it with these parents. With my 2nd child, I was tired at heck, having to get up for a 3 am feeding, then 5 to take my husband to work, then taking my oldest to school at 7, then coming home to do everything and napping when I can, to going to get my oldest from school, then turning around and getting my husband at work. I will admit, only thing I ever did was forget my oldest at school because I was running late, or I was so tired, I didn't wake up when my alarm didn't go off. I never forgot my kids in the back seat, nor did I leave them inside by themselves. Only time your allowed to leave a child alone, is to get out and get gas, everything else, my kids went with me. There's other dangers than just the weather, that a parent has to worry about, what if you left your child in the car and it gets stolen. Sad to say, I think people need to be tested to see if they are ready to be a parent. It isn't the age of the person that makes them a good parent, it's the maturity.

Once I made the mistake of closing the door when my daughter was in the car b/c I had to get something out of the front and I forgot that I locked the door. Man I freaked out. When pop a lock came and opened the door I grabbed her started crying. She was just smiling and laughing. I am happy she was ok. B/c that happen to me it will never happen again. I check and double check and check again lol. I don't know how people can forget their child is in the car. I think it is really sad and no telling she may have did it on purpose. Crazy people in this world today you never know and yes she should be punished for it. I know she is being punished by losing a child but if she would of been doing what she was suppose to as a parent and taking care of that child then she wouldn't be in the situation as it is. Once I worked with this dangy girl who called and said she had to turn around b/c she forgot her daughter was in the car and didn't drop her off at the babysitters. What??? I don't think she was lying b/c she did alot of dangy things. Anyway Poor baby had to lose their life for parents being stupid.

I maybe forget things sometimes but i swear i will never forget my child.She is always my first priority.Having her is the most wonderful and important thing that happen to me and giving all my attentions to her makes me always feel happy.I would say that woman is a very irresponsible mother.How could she forget her child inside her van.I can't find any reason why that happened.

I personally just don't understand how anyone who calls herself a mother could forget and leave her child in the car for any reason. There is no acceptable excuse for something like that. I love my children and know where they are and what they are doing at all times. Even when my oldest is with someone else I keep tabs on him, to make sure his okay.

Obviously you are a GREAT Mom. Some moms are not so blessed. I cannot imagine forgetting my baby is in the back seat. However, I cannot imagine living with myself if I did forget my baby was in the back seat. That would be a form of Hell I don't think I could stand. If we start putting people in jail just for being stupid, the whole country will be ONE BIG jail. Somebody invented a contraption that you sit your baby on. It is wired to the vehicle so if you don't pick your baby up out of its car seat within so many seconds after turning off the engine, it beeps on your keychain. When I saw it on the news, my first thought....what a GREAT idea. Then the very next words out of the newcaster's mouth were "Experts say this device is just preying on the fears of mothers." SO WHAT??? If it saves the life of just one baby, it has been worth it!!! I think the experts who said that are STUPID!!!