TOTALLY GEEKED!

I wonder how much time passed before the Mom came back for her baby.

She said she was busy with her other two kids --- what was going on?

I can picture someone being frantic if one of her other kids was bleeding or injured, or playing "you can't catch me", or something similar.

And even in the Arizona heat, the baby was fine.

 

So what's the rest of the story?

 

 

lilyofcourse wrote:

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I had three with me practically every where I went. I never forgot a single one of them any where or at any time.

And it sounds like this was more than being a step away.

How does a parent forget their child.

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I agree.  NO WAY could she have been very close or it never would have gotten as far as it did.  

Of course nobody should forget. But is it possible she just plain forgot? It happens. Yes, she should still get a ticket or charge regarding that and hopefully she learned her lesson.

I don't disagree. But, I am saying that human beings honestly do forget things. I am not excusing it and she should be fined or charged. But, that doesn't necessarily make her Satan Incarnate.

It doesn't really matter what she was doing or how long it was.

I just don't get forgetting your kid. That's your child. Not your purse.

I will admit that I have had my child in a cart and one of the other kids do something that I may have turned my back on the one in the cart for minute.

I think we have all had those situations.

But to forget and walk away?

I always kept my kids busy when out like that. Helping putting thing in the cart or carrying something.

And if they were not doing either of those, they had to keep a hand on the cart.

Dona Worry Be Happy wrote:

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I don't know. She claims she did not forget, and had only been away for a few minutes.
I just don't see dragging her through the court system for this. Cant they slap a fine on her and move on? The baby was fine, nothing indicates the other kids have been harmed or neglected in any way. It also seems the baby was not there long--the employee only waited a few minutes before cling the police, which is totally correct.
I don't know. I would like much more info, but from the op, I say give her a slap on the wrist and move on.

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It had to have taken more than a "few" minutes for:

 

 

A.  someone to notice and then

B.  look to see if a parent was around and then

C.  wait around to see if a parent would come back and then

D.  finally make the decision to call the police and then

E.  for the police to finally arrive.

 

NO WAY that happened in just a "few" minutes--unless she thinks 20 or 30 minutes is a "few".   

 

She also obviously wasn't anywhere near the cart or she would have come over there immediately when people started looking around and acting concerned.

-- Edited by huskerbb on Sunday 30th of August 2015 02:10:54 PM

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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Everything husker just said. It wasn't a "few minutes". A few minutes is two or three. Five tops. Not twenty or thirty. Who FORGETS their kid? Honestly? And the excuses people make for them is amazing.

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Plus, this was an INFANT.  This wasn't some 5 year old who wandered off.  This kid didn't take the cart and leave mom's side.   

Yeah. I understand that once in a while a 5 or 6 year old, or he!!, even a toddler can "get away". Not the case here. Mom just up and left this kid. Whether she "forgot" or not is rather irrelevant. She certainly wasn't around for a fair amount of time.

Sure, I'd like to know exactly how long, too--whether it was 10 minutes or 30--but it was certainly more than the "few" that she tries to make it out to be.

I'm not saying she should lose her kids over this--but there should be some penalty. If nothing else so she pays the fvck attention next time.

flan327 wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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Everything husker just said. It wasn't a "few minutes". A few minutes is two or three. Five tops. Not twenty or thirty. Who FORGETS their kid? Honestly? And the excuses people make for them is amazing.

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 I don't know, NJN.

flan

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 I went everywhere, alone, with three kids.  Never forgot one.

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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I don't disagree. But, I am saying that human beings honestly do forget things. I am not excusing it and she should be fined or charged. But, that doesn't necessarily make her Satan Incarnate.

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 Satan, no.  A bad mother?  Yes.

She was gone long enough and was far enough away that they thought the kid was ABANDONED. An INFANT.

There's really no excuse.

huskerbb wrote:

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She was gone long enough and was far enough away that they thought the kid was ABANDONED. An INFANT.

There's really no excuse.

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I didn't say there was a "excuse".  An "excuse" is not the same thing as an explanation.  Obviously you should NOT forget your kid.  Have you ever forgotten something?  It happens.  You just forgot.  That doesn't mean there was some evil intent.  She has a lot of kids.  She was probably preoccupied.  As I said, yes, give her a fine, reprimand, whatever.  Send CPS in to do a study and look at her parenting.  Hopefully she learned a lesson.  But, I don't think we need to burn her at the stake. 

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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huskerbb wrote:

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She was gone long enough and was far enough away that they thought the kid was ABANDONED. An INFANT.

There's really no excuse.

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I didn't say there was a "excuse".  An "excuse" is not the same thing as an explanation.  Obviously you should NOT forget your kid.  Have you ever forgotten something?  It happens.  You just forgot.  That doesn't mean there was some evil intent.  She has a lot of kids.  She was probably preoccupied.  As I said, yes, give her a fine, reprimand, whatever.  Send CPS in to do a study and look at her parenting.  Hopefully she learned a lesson.  But, I don't think we need to burn her at the stake. 

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 What type of explanation do you need for forgetting your kid?  Is there one good enough?

OK. She's a terrible person. Die, die, die!!

Did you even read the update?!

flan

huskerbb wrote:

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I don't see any update on here.

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I posted it 4 hours ago.

flan 

huskerbb wrote:

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I don't see any new article posted.

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 husker, I saw it on the morning news. The interview was on CBS.

Why is it NOT an update?

The mother HERSELF admitted what happened.

flan

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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I was reading a blog page about this subject and there were a bunch of people saying how terrible it is that you have to schlep your infant with you to the store when you need milk for the infant. I mean, it's not even that YOU want something but it's something that the baby needs so you are forced to go out. The least people can do is understand you don't want to drag them from the car to the store and back. Really? That's so difficult? Honestly, some people shouldn't have kids.

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 This is appalling. If having a baby was such an inconvenience, they shouldn't have had one.

chef wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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I was reading a blog page about this subject and there were a bunch of people saying how terrible it is that you have to schlep your infant with you to the store when you need milk for the infant. I mean, it's not even that YOU want something but it's something that the baby needs so you are forced to go out. The least people can do is understand you don't want to drag them from the car to the store and back. Really? That's so difficult? Honestly, some people shouldn't have kids.

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 This is appalling. If having a baby was such an inconvenience, they shouldn't have had one.

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Not all babies are planned. Not all pregnancies are planned. 

If her birth control fails, would you tell her to not have the baby?

Give up child #4 for adoption? Give them ALL up for adoption?

 

There are times when "people would forget their head somewhere if it wasn't screwed on. " (My mother used to say this. Don't argue with it.)

 

I can picture her panic when the 3 year old asked her, "Where's the baby?" 

 

 

Lawyerlady wrote:

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Her panic was warranted.

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Of course it was !

 

 

Cherish Peterson, 27, says she was rushing around a Fry's grocery store in Gilbert, Ariz., on Monday trying to buy her nephew candy for his birthday when she became absent-minded.

Peterson explained that she didn't realize she left her son Huxton in the cart outside her car until she got home, at which point she rushed back to the store.

Luckily, Huxton was spotted almost immediately by an off-duty cop, who took him to a salon next door.

The infant was not hurt. Police said Peterson returned to look for her baby within 40 minutes after she realized what happened.

In an emotional interview, Peterson said, "I got into my car, and normally I put my cart away. But I didn't need to because I parked at the front of the store and I never park there. And I drove away."

Well, anything else would sound worse so yeah, what is there to say. She forgot the baby for 40 minutes. The baby was lucky because a cop found him. I still don't know how you can forget your own kid.