No words to describe this
This just made me sick.
Please moms, it's not worth it to stay in the rat race. For your children's sake, do everything you can to come home. Children don't need fancy toys, name-brand clothes, or nice homes. They need mom and dad.
I feel for this poor mother. I can't imagine what she must be going through right now. She's probably a harried and overworked mom who loved her baby dearly.A 5-month-old baby died in a minivan Wednesday after the mother apparently forgot to drop the child off at day care.
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.
"The mother had forgotten to drop off the child at day care in the morning," said Curt Kreun, owner of Wonder Years 2. "She actually came in the building to pick up the child and then realized what had happened."
Please moms, it's not worth it to stay in the rat race. For your children's sake, do everything you can to come home. Children don't need fancy toys, name-brand clothes, or nice homes. They need mom and dad.
posted by Crystal Paine at 5:05 PM
9 Comments:
Such a tragedy! I totally agree. I know that there is currently a lot of controversy about the benefits of moms staying @ home vs. working away from home. I can't even understand how the two could compare! I recently saw an author on one of the network morning shows who actually said that it is BETTER for children for their mother to work outside the home! Her argument is that women need adult interaction, or they'll go insane (I'm paraphrasing). I know many stay-at-home moms that get plenty of adult interaction. I wish I could remember the author's name. My heart totally goes out to that poor mom and her family.
I saw this story too.
I feel so badly for her, but we as a society need to put our kids before our jobs and life styles.
I just can't imagine forgeting about your baby. Mine are on my mind all the time. I wake up at night because I am always thinking that I hear them crying. When I'm driving in the car I keep the radio low so I can hear them if they cough or make a noise.
My husband and I were talking about this case over dinner and came to the same conclusions as you did. It is so sad.
BTW, Erin's blog "Unfolding Moments" has a great post about her daycare experiences. It was very educational.
What a tragedy. Sadly it can happen to anyone.
I am so distractable that every time I read about one these, I realize I could have done something like it.
My babies are all big now, but here is a neat system I read about, to prevent forgetting the baby.
Keep a big teddy bear in the baby car seat. When the baby is in the seat put the bear up front. When you take the baby out put the bear back in the infant seat.
If the bear is in the front seat the baby is still in the car.
That must have been the most horrific moment of that woman's life. :( I can't even imagine.
I totally agree with this. It could happen with the mother at a grocery store, but it's hard not to want to tell mothers to stay home! It is really a tragedy, and I hope she has a church or someone to lean on!
This is a horrible situation. We must pray that this woman be comforted and have a support network.
Sadly I've forgotten my baby in the car before. I went to the library after dropping off the other kids at grandma's house and upon seeing a baby on a book I realized I forgot my son in the car!! Very, very scary situation because it was extremely hot that day.
I feel for this mom :>(
eipwek: I believe the author's name is Linda Hirshman, at least I hope she is only woman going on national television purporting such ideas and it's not becoming epidemic! We've discussed her ideas some on this blog and probably will more in the future. There is such a need for more people to stand up and realize that stay-at-home moms are doing a great work - much greater than anything else they could be doing!
Honestly, I have a hard time finding sympathy. :( That may very well be my sin.
I can understand forgetting a child in the car, and then having that heart stopping realization several minutes later.
I can understand worrying about forgetting a child in a car. I worry about that all that time, seeing as I'm scatterbrained.
I can understand parents of a large family miscounting and having to return shortly thereafter to a rest-stop to pick up the child they forgot.
But, going a whole entire day without a single thought for the baby, and then driving to the daycare with the dead baby still in the back of the car, and having to be *told* that you forgot to put her in daycare...that just seems so out of whack it's almost unbelievable to me as a mom. That woman's priorities were way, way wrong. No, I don't think that could happen to just anyone.
She didn't call the day care to see how her *5 week old* was doing? She remembered her briefcase, but not the newborn in her back seat??
I'm sorry, but right now I am just too steamed to feel bad for that woman. Maybe later.
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