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For the most part, the only time I'm in the car alone with LO is to do daycare drop off. Once, when she was very young (around 5 months) and her daycare was directly on my route to work, I drove about .25 miles past her daycare forgetting that I needed to stop and leave her. I was absorbed in what I needed to get done that day and just drove past. It scared me!

Now I have to go out of my way to the daycare and I take her 99.5% of the time. One the rare occasion DH takes her to daycare I feel strange going a different (direct) route to work.

This is seriously my biggest fear for lo. (Which may be strange because there are so many things that can go wrong - but to have your child die in such a horrible way because of simple forgetfulness is horrific).

I have been home with lo for the summer but when I go back to work in a few weeks, we are definitely going to put some system in place. Especially because dh always does drop off. I am thinking I will have him text me everyday at drop off. And I will definitely be telling the home day care provider to call right away if lo doesn't show up one morning.

@hilsy85: that is so so heartbreaking, in tears right now. i cant even begin to imagine the horror those parents felt. but as sad as it is to read, better to be educated and mindful that these things can happen to anyone and helps spread the word to other parents. hospitals should pass out this article for people to take home to read after giving birth.

this is one of my biggest fears. my DH drops LO off in the morning on days we both work, and I always make sure he texts me every morning. It helps that he has to go a totally opposite way to take her. We also put all her stuff up front and he keeps his work stuff in the back, and also checks the car after he gets out. it may seem like overkill but you can never be too safe.

Completely heartbreaking article and issue. I honestly had no idea this even happened! I couldn't put my 8 week old down yesterday after I read the article . I mentioned it to my partner immediately when he came home from work.

I agree with @NovBaby1112: that this should be raised when you take your baby home from the hospital. We had to read and sign off on materials about SIDS and shaken baby syndrome, and those issues I feel like are so well publicized that it was almost overkill, but this is just a horrible, preventable tragedy. I hope that in time extra safety features will be added to cars.

@hilsy85: Yes, that part about people not wanting the features because they didn't want to face that this is a tragedy that could happen to anyone really struck me as interesting. If there was enough support behind the safety measures hopefully they could get pushed through, because on some level there must have been similar arguments about airbags and seat belts once upon a time. Although, I suppose car accidents are more recognized as a part of driving.

That article is haunting. I cannot imagine the pain that those parents have experienced. Unimaginable.

Ugh, so sad! I actually noticed today at Walmart that they have a sign on their entry door that says "did you remember to take your child out if your vehicle?" such a good reminder/PSA!

I leave my work bag in the bag by my LO as well. I always worry DH will do this because he has a "won't happen to me " attitude and he's totally ADD and distracted. He does get in and out of car all day since he's in sales, but I still worry! @NovBaby1112: All of you that have your DH text when drop off is made make me feel better! DH just says I'm nutty and paranoid because I've started making him do this!