https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:35:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-lost-your-lo-while-shopping#post-441322 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:34:31 +0000 travelgirl1 441322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No but I'm so scared of forgetting her that my knuckles are white when I grip the stroller. My mum lost my youngest sister in a department store once during a holiday in Wales and she was frantic! I'll never forget her face when she realized or her relief when she was found. Horrible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-lost-your-lo-while-shopping#post-441314 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:28:26 +0000 T-Mom 441314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How scary for you! Glad everything turned out ok... It hasn't happened with me yet, but I fully expect it to, since I was lost as a kid once at a mall (weren't we all?). I was talking with a friend of mine who lost her kid at the mall recently and she decided to buy a child locator device!</p> <p>ETA: I may need to break out my baby "leash" for DS since he is much more active and naughty than DD. We never really used it for DD. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-lost-your-lo-while-shopping#post-441298 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:22:02 +0000 mrbee 441298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did on Saturday, for about 5 seconds.</p> <p>We had just finished viewing the Rockefeller Center tree with my sister and her kids, and ducked into a store to find a bathroom. I unbuckled Charlie's stroller strap and told him to hold my hand, and held it out. I turned my head for a second to look for the bathroom, but noticed his hand hadn't touched mine yet so I glanced back. He had completely disappeared!</p> <p>Well he hadn't gone far - he had just gotten distracted by the window display and wandered a few feet away out of my line of sight. I was about 2 seconds from declaring an Amber Alert though! Thankfully I spotted him before the adrenaline flooded my bloodstream...</p> <p>Learned my lesson... be even more paranoid/vigilant when at the shopping mall with the kids! Or better yet, just never go shopping.</p> <p>Have you ever lost your LO while shopping? </p>