Sometimes it takes experiencing something like this to help us to be more empathetic to others! I am glad your baby was okay. We are so hard on ourselves as moms aren’t we =)

Thank you so much for sharing your experience. It really can be easy to think, “Wow who would do that?!” or something similar. I think we all feel that we just love our children too much to let anything happen to them. But something can happen in the blink of an eye to the most diligent of parents. I can tell you are a wonderful parent, as was my mother (who wrote this). Scary things can happen to any of us, and I really appreciate you sharing your story!

Thank you for being willing to share – I’m glad you decided in the end to let me post this 🙂 I just approved a few more comments you may not have seen.

I really appreciate that you shared your story! I feel like so many mother’s feel like they can’t tell anyone when something like this happens, because there is so much negativity surrounding the subject. I totally agree with your reasonings for why we are so quick to judge. I know that I’ve experienced both of those! Motherhood is a very humbling thing.

Thank you for sharing your story. It’s scary how things like this can happen – because they can happen to anyone. There’s no doubt that you love your child!

Thanks for sharing your experience, Anita! I think that when people see a child in the car, they are too quick to freak out, rather than try and help the situation (especially in your situation. She could have easily just said something like, “I just wanted to make sure you didn’t forget your baby. Even though you obviously were close enough to him.) I think we live in a “gotcha” society, where people just want to call other people out. I definitely am working on being kinder and less judgmental. It’s hard!

Thank you for taking the time to comment Leslie! I definitely often need the reminder to be less judgmental and more kind. I’m glad I have the example of my mother – and I’m so glad that she was willing to share her story.