How long would you wait.

[cinmell]

That's great news to hear that they found him! Thanks for the update. Have a good day.

 

[lizzie64]

Oh thank goodness.

I had a bad feeling it wouldn't turn out well. I'm so glad I was wrong.

I have a retention pond across from my house and I'm constantly battling the older kids because they go in there to hunt for frogs and then leave the gate open. My little guys or any of the other little ones on the block can easily get in there and drown.'

So glad this had a happy ending.

Thanks for posting back sdoane. We were all on pins and needles waiting to hear

 

[Fizban257]

You can't be too careful with thte little ones. Not only can our 18-month-ols DS Connor already open the front door to the house, he's already figured out how to unlock the darn thing too. We started locking the door the first time we caught him opening it on his own, but he saw us lock him in a couple of times and figured out how to turn the little knob. Now we have to keep the door dead-bolted to keep him from going out to see if the neighbors and/or their dogs are out to play. He just loves being outside.

 

[WishingStar]

Oh thank goodness they found him. Before I moved last year I had a neighbor exactly the same. Her husband worked in the evenings, as soon as he would leave for work her three boys 6, 4 and not quite 2 were shoved out the door. She would then close and lock the door. One day there was a bad car accident about 2 blocks away. Everyone heard it and the baby was no where to be seen. She came out of her house screaming at the six year old that the baby was his responsibility. Fortunately, they found him about a block away (in the street). That woman just made me sick. I am not one to get involved in how other people raise their children, but that day I called CPS, it just happened to be around 4:30 on a friday. They told me that I would have to call back after the weekend. Can you believe that. If you don't want to take care of your kids, do it on the weekend when you can't get caught.

The moral of this story is, if you are going to have children, you need to protect them yourself. If you don't, who will.

 

[Rajah]

Good good good!!! Though they really need a lesson or three in parenting.

Thanks for updating us!! I'm so happy this had a good ending, I was afraid it would be bad.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Thanks for the good news update, sdoane.

 

[4greatboys]

Im so glad the baby is okay. Hopefully this will be a one time event for this family.
kbeverina--that is just to sad. Its such a shame when people have babies and dont even care for them. Same with WishingStar's neighbors. Those kids should have been removed from the home.

 

[honeywolf7]

I'm so glad they found him.

 

[Trinity721]

What a relief, and thank God they found that boy. It literally only takes seconds for a little one to disappear or wander off somewhere. We have a pond across the street, and I'm always worried someone might fall in b/c our neighborhood has a lot of little kids. My DD always has someone watching her every move.

Locks sometimes aren't enough... I remember when my youngest brother was about 4-5, he found a little hole in one of our window screens and made it bigger and then he ripped the screen apart. My grandmother was at home w/ us that day, and next thing you know she's screaming "OMG! He's outside?!" For a while we couldn't figure out how b/c all the doors were locked! Then we saw the screen.

And just recently, my dad was out in the yard when a 3 year old girl wandered up to him, no parents in sight. He asked her where she came from, and she didn't know. He figured she must have wandered from the nearby culdesac... And sure enough, he took her down the cul-de-sac and saw what was her dad I guess. My dad asked him "Is this yours?" And the dad just looked at him, took his daughter and asked "Well where'd you find her?" My dad told him she was in front of our house. And he just turned and walked away... Not so much as a thank you or worried remark Some people, really!

 

[Pete's Mom]

We live on a 3 acre lot with a large front yard and long drive way. Pete is 6 and I never let him go outside alone nor do I ever depend on others to watch him. I also keep my doors locked at all times and I have the alarm set so that it "chirps" loudly anytime the doors are opened. My friend thinks that I am over protective, but I think it is just common sense.

On the way to work this morning I saw a little girl who couldn't have been more than 5 years old come out to the end of her driveway in her little pajamas and get the paper....alone. This driveway was on Hwy 20 which is very HEAVILY traveled with cars flying in both directions. As I saw her bend over to get the paper, all I could think of was that she was less that 8 feet from these cars! What if some sicko pulled over and snatched her? What if some driver was not paying attention and accidently veered off the road? What the hell are these people thinking? I really wanted to pull over and throttle her parents.

If is truly sad to see parents who do not supervise their children or let them wander assuming that another parent or other children will watch them. Hopefully, this will be a huge wakeup call for the parents.

 

[Bunchkin]

Glad to hear that little one was found. Thanks for the update.

 

[binny]

Im so glad this had a happy ending.




Simply because I feel defensive Ill tell you what happened a month ago. not that anyone is attacking here or anything I just feel guilty.

Accidents DO hhappen and kids DO get out when they really want to.

I was bringing home some things from a garage sale and unloading the car I came into the house and kicked the door shut behind me and went to put stuff away. I was busy in the office and James was folding the laundry. I thought the kids were still watching cartoons, all of a sudden a woman was pounding on my door accusing me of all sorts of horrible things, she said "Does this child belong to you???" I freaked out! She was holding Karissa! I hadnt been away from the door for more than a minute. We keep child proof door handles on the doors so this doesnt happen! This lady was anything but understanding I thought for sure she was going to call the police or CPS on me.


Keep in mind that Karissa had never shown any interest in going out front at all ! All her toys are out back in a fenced yard so she wants to go out there. I know that doesnt guarantee anything, but Karissa is a creature of habit.

Anyway I thanked the lady profusely and she said " she was out in the street! She could have been hit by a car!"

OMG I was so scared, guys!

The neighbour kids were just coming up and told me that Karissa had followed the dog out , apparently I didnt shut the door as tightly as I thought I had and the dog had gotten it open. and they were just going to grab her and bring her home when this lady showed up.


So that is my own horror story, flame me if you want, you cant do any more damage than Ive allready done to myself


Im not saying this was this womans story she sounds like she had no idea. Or didnt care.

 

[floridaminnie]

binny, no flames here. Sometimes even when we do the best to protect our children, it still isn't enough.

 

[lizzie64]

well said sdoane!!!

 

[binny]

thanks.


I still shake to think about. I hope this woman has learned her lesson the way I learned mine.

 

[RitaZ.]

Binny, you won't get any flaming from me. These things sometimes happen even with the most vigilant parents.

When my older son was 2, he opened the front door and went out. We lived next to a canal, so you can imagine what could have happened. I saw the front door open and ran out after him. Nothing happened, but it could have. I thought I was pretty good at keeping an eye on my son, but he managed to unlock the door while I was in the kitchen. After this incident, we had a Medeco double cylinder lock installed (you need a key to open it from the inside).

Just because a child is out on the street without an adult nearby doesn't mean that the parents are being neglectful. It could mean that, but it may not. It's so much easier to condemn somebody on appearances alone.

 

[4greatboys]

No flames from me either. kbeverina's story about that lady with he kid getting out more than obviously more than once and the parents being told to get locks and didnt are the ones that make me mad. I know you had to be scared out of your wits.

 

[kbeverina]

Oh, binny, I think many of us have stories like that--did you ever see the "I lost my child at Disney World" thread? It made me feel a teeny bit better about the time my daughter followed her brother and the two other families we were with on to Swiss Family tree house and I thought she was still right next to me at the shop in front of the entrance. Just a teeny bit.

I'm so glad this story had a good ending--I was thinking about it all night.

 

[BrerMom]

Originally posted by kbeverina
Oh, binny, I think many of us have stories like that--did you ever see the "I lost my child at Disney World" thread?

Is this the one you were thinking about?
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=385208&highlight=+lost++child

 

[crazymomof4]

Don't feel guilty! I think it's safe to say that anyone who has children has had one get away from them at one time or another.
Even my mom, (who is by the way, the BEST mom ever) has one "lost story" for me and one for my brother.
I don't feel the mother in the story was neglectful for merely having the 2yo duck her watch for a few minutes, it was the fact that he was missing a couple of hours before she noticed or started looking. There is NO excuse for that!
My kids are like like an extention of my own body and when one is out of sight for longer than I feel comfortable with (this changes as they grow) my "Mommy senses" start to tingle and I drop whatever I'm doing and check on them.