Again with several days to catch up on!

Last Tuesday was awful!! Bug is no longer in gymnastics class :( It was really hard for me to tell her no more but after a month of classes and 2 that she downright refused to go to I had to tell her that Mommy doesn't have the money to pay for her to watch the other kids. I told her if she liked to watch we can go watch anytime but she would have to stay with me and wear real clothes and would not be allowed to go jump on the 'prampoline' with the other kids because we have to pay for that. She waless than happy and threw a huge fit AFTER the first wave of the fit we decided that it was time to let everyones ears stop ringing so we left to the car.

BAD idea! We get to the car and luckily I have Ro on my back in our Mei Tai so she is still in an OK mood...but Bug was not! She thrashed about kicking and screaming as I attempted to get her in the carseat. Luckily I did not get too far and instead of buckling her in I let her know that I was going to shut her door so my ears didn't hurt. Not sure how my keys ended up in the car...and no clue how the doors got locked BUT she ended up locked in the car! I was so freaked out!! We live in Texas and it was at least 100 that day! No windows were open and she was freaking out. Somehow I was able to remain calm (on the outside) and was able to talk her into climbing between the seats and getting the keys and unlocking the car. It took about 5 minutes but it seemed more like 15 at the time. My car alarm went off twice -- once from her just unlocking the back door to try to get out of the car and once from me pointing and tapping on the window to try to show her where to go.

I felt SO bad. For days I kept seeing the terrified look on her face flash in my head. What was worse was that I was parked in the front row of the parking lot, right outside the windows and door. I could see people looking at me concerned but not a single person came outside to check. My phone was locked in the car so there was no calling anyone and I was too terrified that my baby might pass out from heat exhaustion or freak out further if I walked away so I did not go inside to use the phone or call 911.

When she finally got the door open I just remember scooping her up and sitting her on the trunk and squeezing her and telling her that everything was OK and kept telling her I was sorry and I wasn't mad at her. She kept saying she was sorry and to please not be angry with her. It was truely heart breaking because it seemed like it was an awful punishment for throwing such an enormous fit but it was just an accident. A huge misjudgement on my part, lack of knowledge of where the keys/phone were.

I always wonder about parents that lock their kids in the car...how absent minded can they be? But now having done it I just feel like a total shmuck. I still do not understand how a parent can get the child up, get them ready for daycare or school, load them in the car and then FORGET they are in the car and drive to work, lock them in the car all day and then the child expires. How the hell does that happen?! How do daycare workers 'forget' that there is a child asleep in the back of the van?

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