Mom leaves her baby in the car at daycare pickup wwyd?

[Anonymous]

MYOB and let the chips fall where they may.

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With the car running? Tell the daycare. something similar just happened at my kids elementary school and they told the family they could've reported it to CPS.

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MYOB OP. And if you can, stop deluding yourself that you are just such a great person looking out for everyone's welfare, because that's not where you are coming from.

[Anonymous]

Hell, I called the non-emergency police for a dog sitting in a car in the daycare parking lot. The car was off and it was over 80 degrees outside. I definitely wouldn't myob about a baby left unattended in a car.

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Holy Mackerel. This is why the parenting is hard thread exists. Give this woman a break. You all are screaming the child was in trouble, but she wasn't. The mom didn't inadvertently leave her in the car. She didn't leave her in a hot car. She left her in a car that was on, with the a/c running. The only fear is an active carjacking, and frankly, I am not sure a day care parking lot at pick up time is prime carjacking time.

The mom was gone 2 minutes, not twenty. She obviously weighed the risks and chose the path she chose. Now, if there is a daycare policy against it, that is one thing, but I am going to guess that this is not the first or last time any mother anywhere is going to do this.

All of you need to calm down, stop screaming at each other and let it go.

OP, it is nice that you are concerned, but I think you are confusing a baby left unattended in a hot car with a baby left for 120 seconds in an air conditioned car with mom 20 feet away and well aware of her child's condition who maybe just needed an extra set of eyes. Wouldn't it be great is someone, maybe day care staff, or another mom, would have just said "i'll keep an eye on the baby" for you? No one did. The mom therefrom chose her best option and did what she needed to do.

[Anonymous]

Yes, the only risk is an active carjacking.
The mom may even have an extra set of keys and actually locks the car, so that would rule out the only risk.

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Anonymous wrote:Hell, I called the non-emergency police for a dog sitting in a car in the daycare parking lot. The car was off and it was over 80 degrees outside. I definitely wouldn't myob about a baby left unattended in a car.

Again, you are confusing inadvertently left in a hot car with knowing left in a safely air conditioned car. Not the same thing. If the car were not on, this would be a different discussion, since a car can reach 120 degrees in seconds.... even in FALL. It's a question of temperature and sun. Not the season of the year.

[Anonymous]

Why is it so hard for people to mind their own business??? It's weird to me because that is my natural default setting. I don't usually give a shit what other people do.

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I can see not wanting to wake up a sleeping baby (for all we know this may be the FIRST time that baby had closed its eyes in hours and she wasn't willing to mess with that) for two mins.

Like others said, if you are there every day and able to see her do this every day then you are able to be of assistance in some way other than tattling to authorities and making problems for her. If you just saw her this one time, you should STFU because you sound like a real bitch in this thread.

[Anonymous]

Please myob OP. It really isn't a big deal. It's not the same as leaving a baby in the hot car while you shop. She's doing a quick sign out.

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Anonymous wrote:I can see not wanting to wake up a sleeping baby (for all we know this may be the FIRST time that baby had closed its eyes in hours and she wasn't willing to mess with that) for two mins.

Like others said, if you are there every day and able to see her do this every day then you are able to be of assistance in some way other than tattling to authorities and making problems for her. If you just saw her this one time, you should STFU because you sound like a real bitch in this thread.

And yet, you are the person coming on here and using foul language.

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Anonymous wrote:Title says it all- there's a mom who has a napping baby in the car while she picks up her kid from daycare. She has to enter the building, go around the corner, sign out the kid, and get back to the car. Car is running. There isn't normally space right out front-but it's not a far walk. I timed it-child is unaccompanied in the car for about two minutes. Say something? Or MYOB.

Since you have the time to time her while she's away from the car, Why don't you ask her if she'd like for you to stay at the car and watch her sleeping baby while she runs in to grab her kid? That would probably be the best way to help out a fellow parent who appears to be juggling conpeting schedules for her kids.

OP, you could learn a lot from this poster and 00:27, who both came at this situation from a compassionate, helpful angle.

Too bad you are too self-absorbed to listen to them.

Are you really suggesting that I coordinate my daily schedule with this women so I can stand by her car for two extra minutes every day?

You're missing the point. You immediately think about how you can get this woman in trouble (timing her? Really?). A good person, like the PPs, would ask first how they can help this woman. Shame on you.

You're missing the point. I'm not timing her to get her in trouble. I'm timing her to make sure the baby isn't alone in a car for an unreasonable amount of time. And I'm not trying to "get her in trouble". Please grow up. I'm trying to gauge whether this behavior is sufficiently risky that I should raise it with her or have the center raise it with her. And I can't reorganize my life to make sure I coincide with her at daycare so I can stand by her car or check out her child (which would not even be permissible). So please stop obsessing about this-it's not going to happen.

Backpedal, rewrite, deflect, backpedal some more...

Or...just read my post where I said EXACTLY that.

"I don't want to spend my free time helping her out."

That's right, I don't. If you had bothered to read further you will also see why I timed her and it was not to "get her in trouble". I have my own family to take care of. I'm interested in the welfare of the kid, not interested in becoming part of her village, nor is it realistic. I guess the question, since I have to spell it out for dense and obsessive people like yourself is GOING FORWARD should I raise it with her/the center. Since, as previously noted, I cannot time my entire life to meet her at daycare and stand by her car.

You never know, she may have already coordinated with another mom to watch the baby. "You sit in your car and watch while I dash in and I'll do the same for you".

On a side note, after I started to leave my youngest at home (with another adult) while I ran to get my oldest, I had a small group of women inside the preschool stop me one day and involve me in a conversation. There was something a little contrived about the conversation and I remember wondering what on earth had prompted it.....then it dawned on me. They thought I was leaving my youngest out in the car and they had involved me in a lengthy conversation while another mom or staff member went out to check/confirm that my youngest was in the car. Nice.

Of course, that was not the case because my youngest was not in the car. But, yeah, there are people who are chomping at the bit to report these sorts of things. Most preschools/day care centers have rules about not leaving sleeping kids in cars during drop off/pick up. If so, then a reminder to the parents not to leave kids in their cars during drop off/pick up is really all that is needed.

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Anonymous wrote:I can see not wanting to wake up a sleeping baby (for all we know this may be the FIRST time that baby had closed its eyes in hours and she wasn't willing to mess with that) for two mins.

Like others said, if you are there every day and able to see her do this every day then you are able to be of assistance in some way other than tattling to authorities and making problems for her. If you just saw her this one time, you should STFU because you sound like a real bitch in this thread.

And yet, you are the person coming on here and using foul language.

So? You ARE being a bitch in your responses here and you know it. HELP this woman, just as someone likely has or will/would help you. Be a better person. Try that and see if you might not have a better attitude and life.

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Anonymous wrote:Who are these posters?!? I am completely blown away.

Tell the center.

Poster. Same nutbag on most threads that shows up and vehemently argues against the logical response and tries to paint the OP as a horrible person.

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Is this a one time thing or everyday? I can't see it happening everyday.... You both pull up at the same exact time? Both park close to each other? The baby always naps in the car? I doubt it