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Are you allowed to return it at a later date? I would return it next time!

Return it later. At my house I would just run back in the house for it...but it's a house with an attached garage, so totally different situation. Adding strangers and stairs to the equation is a definite no.

I've totally done this, twice--and I'm in the same situation, with a garage under our condo that is shared, but not open to outsiders (you need a clicker to get in). I totally locked the car while it was running and ran upstairs and got my thing--my decision is helped by the fact that our space is directly next to the stairs and our unit is right at the top of the stairs. I'm up and back in 30 seconds, like I literally sprinted.

And if I'm honest, the sprinting was more because I would be embarrassed if my neighbor saw my daughter alone in a car for 30 seconds, not because I think there's any danger at all in leaving her there.

Well...thinking about it more--if I were just returning an item, i would probably return it later because I'm lazy. Both times in my situation, I was leaving for work and had forgotten something essential--my breast pump bag once and my cell phone another time.

Costco has a great return policy so I'd wait for next time

I would unbuckle baby and take her back up to get the item...I make life harder on myself haha (because I usually forget to return things "next time"). If I was in my own garage, not accessible to anyone else, I would definitely go grab it.

In your situation I would return it later. I would mainly be worried about nosy neighbors. I lived in a condo when I had LO and every time I returned from going out alone neighbors would ask if I forgot the baby in the car.

On the other hand, my cousin had twins in a condo with a similar parking situation. Its my understanding that she left a baby at the top of the stairs while she took one car seat down, left baby 1 in the car, ran up to grab #2, and brought them down every time she left the house. You do the best you can.

In an apartment building I'd return it later.

Forget about it!!!

Next time. Waaaay too much effort to get it!

If I wasn't pressed for time I would have gone back up with LO and gotten the item. It happens to me all the time and I usually make the trip back in. It's time consuming and annoying but I really hate leaving tasks lingering.