It sparks a memory in me when I took my ~3 yo into the pizza parlor to pick up the pizza and forgot he was with me, got in the car and ALMOST drove away. He was hysterical. I felt like the biggest POS that ever lived. It's 20 yrs later and I STILL feel like a bit of a POS over it.
But it DOES happen:
Updated: 11:56 a.m. ET March 24, 2006
WASHINGTON - Commuters racing to catch the train typically forget things in the car keys, wallets, briefcases. But a baby daughter?
Thats what happened Thursday just north of Washington, police say.
Dad forgot baby was in the car, parked the car, got on the Metro, said Lucille Baur, a spokeswoman for the Montgomery County, Md., Police Department.
I dont know exactly when he got the memory flash, but he was in D.C. when it was the horrible defining moment, Oh, my goodness, I think Ive left my child back in my car, Baur said.
At that point, she said, Jonathan Sander got off the southbound train and onto a northbound one, returning to the Shady Grove Metrorail station about 12 miles north of Washington.
By that time, other commuters had noticed the 7 1/2-month-old girl in the back seat of the car, firefighters had opened the locked door and the child had been taken to a hospital as a precaution.
She was reunited there with her mother.
Child Protective Services was comfortable with releasing the child back to the mom, said Baur. We all believe that the child was not intentionally left in the car.
Sander, described as terrified, embarrassed, was charged with leaving a child under 8 unattended in a car or building. He could face a fine of up to $500 and 30 days in jail.
