https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:35:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-going-to-win-mother-of-the-year-award#post-224237 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:55:29 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 224237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last summer we took a long trip down south to Virginia. Last leg of the trip was a 1.5 hour drive through a torrential flooding downpour. We diligently buckled Lala into her seat but forgot to buckle the seat into the car (we didn't have the base). So she took Mr. Toad's Wild Ride in the worst possible conditions in an area unknown to us, through thunder and lightning and flooding-- unbuckled in the car. </p> <p>We were lucky that nothing happened! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-going-to-win-mother-of-the-year-award#post-224234 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:51:45 +0000 GrapeCrush 224234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is only 11 weeks old and its happened twice now! i did it once when he was about 3 1/2 weeks old!! and DH did it about 2 weeks ago. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-going-to-win-mother-of-the-year-award#post-224218 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:37:42 +0000 banana 224218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH did that once and he felt horrible! You're not alone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-going-to-win-mother-of-the-year-award#post-224209 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:31:27 +0000 winniebee 224209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LOL ok I feel a little better now! I'm still not telling DH! :-0 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-going-to-win-mother-of-the-year-award#post-224197 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:26:29 +0000 autumnlove 224197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did this once and I felt so bad! You are not alone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-going-to-win-mother-of-the-year-award#post-224196 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:25:38 +0000 loveisstrange 224196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did this when C was about a month old. I think every mom I know has admitted to doing it at least once. You are so not alone. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-going-to-win-mother-of-the-year-award#post-224195 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:25:26 +0000 Honeybee 224195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We forgot to buckle DD into her carseat one time and only realized when she when tried to crawl into the front seat with us! Almost gave me a heart attack! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-going-to-win-mother-of-the-year-award#post-224186 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:18:29 +0000 MegWag 224186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On one of our first outings when LO was about a week old I totally never strapped the carseat in. In my defense, it wedges pretty tightly between the back of the front seat and the back seat, so it didn't even wiggle, but I was HORRIFIED! Needless to say, I've been paranoid about it ever since. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-going-to-win-mother-of-the-year-award#post-224184 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:18:21 +0000 cvbee 224184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Nico is 3 months old today and I have done it TWICE.<br /> 1st time: We were going out for dinner, so I BF him in the car before we went into the restaurant, put him back in the carseat, and carried the carseat in. He had a blanket tucked on him and he fell asleep for the entire dinner (this was at 4 weeks old). After dinner, we clicked his seat back into the car and drove ON THE HIGHWAY, 2 HOURS to get home before discovering our error.<br /> 2nd time was yesterday:<br /> I was packing for us to visit a friend and I almost drove away with the baby seat just sitting on the back seat bench (not in the base!). I clicked the seat into the base and thought I averted the crisis, only to discover when we got to the friend's house that I hadn't put the buckles on. </p> <p>Maybe everyone does it once, but twice? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-going-to-win-mother-of-the-year-award#post-224176 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:13:07 +0000 Mrs. Pen 224176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did that with my nanny daughter!!! Ugh I was sick to my stomach when I realized. I had buckled her into her carseat, only her carseat wasn't fastened into the car! I was mortified with myself. Because it happened before DS was born I am paranoid about it so I always always double check now </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-going-to-win-mother-of-the-year-award#post-224174 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:10:22 +0000 lemondrop 224174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pretty close- I have left it very loose and forgot to tighten the harness before leaving when my son was about 2 months. It only took doing it once for me to remember to check every time I put him in the car. My routine now is to put him in the car, give him a kiss on the head and check his harness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-going-to-win-mother-of-the-year-award#post-224172 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:09:23 +0000 mrbee 224172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Haha yup, the secret is safe here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-going-to-win-mother-of-the-year-award#post-224170 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:08:45 +0000 winniebee 224170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Haha NO!!!!!!! Secret is safe here, right? I did tell my mother. She laughed and said if it was the worst thing I ever did to DS, he is lucky ; ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-going-to-win-mother-of-the-year-award#post-224165 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:05:06 +0000 mrbee 224165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Here's the real question. Did you tell your DH!?!?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-going-to-win-mother-of-the-year-award#post-224157 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:59:53 +0000 winniebee 224157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Today DS had a doctor's appt. He fell asleep at the very end in my arms so I put him in his carseat unfastened and planned to buckle him in once he was more asleep when we got to the car. We got home and he continued to sleep in his carseat for another hour. When he finally woke up, I realized I NEVER BUCKLED HIM IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so horrified! The ride from the doc to my house is 10 minutes....</p> <p>Has anyone ever done something stupid like this?! (PS, my son is 2 months old only!) </p>