Operator Error

Only because I work with computers and hate bad metaphors, that would be a system error.

A computer does not use itself.

I think all of us have forgot to buckle in their kids at some point.

My six year old threw a fit about having to be in a booster and threw it on the floor of our car. Exhausted, going less than a mile, I thought, what the heck. . .
I got pulled over for an expired inspection (it expired while on vacation and I didn't plan ahead) and then got blasted for not having my child properly restrained (seat belt on, just no booster).

ARGH. Well, bright side, I get NO SAS any longer about mom's car rules:)

Not safety related....just "DUHHHH"

A couple of weeks ago, on the way home from work, right before my boys' first baseball game of the season (game time in 1 hour!), I realized that I hadn't bought them baseball pants! I felt like SUCH a doofus. They are required to slide into home this season and can't do that in shorts....OUCH!

*And* that I had no idea what type (short or long), color, or size they needed! And my kids were at home. And I didn't have time to go get them and take them to MC Sports to try them on.

So I went to MC Sports, called the coach and asked about the type and color, and bought 4 pairs of differently sized pants, in hopes that they'd fit.

Phew! They did. So no harm done. The extras went back to the store the next day.

Don't worry....we're all featherbrained sometimes.

ETA: Oh yes, and what parent hasn't locked their kid in the car....or had their kid lock them out? I've done it with two toddlers in the car. With the car running. In the Winter.

I had my daughter in her infant car seat while visiting a friend's house. I had forgotten that I opened the straps. She was sleeping so I covered her with a blanket. We left and didn't notice until we got home that she was never strapped in! I never made that mistake again.

Oh, yes, these moments do happen. And maybe even worse: When my daughter was about 5, I was driving her and my Granny on an outing to the beach. We had to stop for gas and a restroom, and I thought all of us had made it back into the car. A couple of blocks later, my grandmother looked back and asked calmly, "Don't you think it would be a good idea to get L?"

Yikes! But my smart little girl just waited by the restroom door, sure that I would notice and come back for her. She was not upset, but I sure was! I felt like the world's most idiotic mother.

I probably could have pulled the seatbelt stunt, too, but this was way back in the dark ages, before car seats or even seatbelts were a legal requirement.

i think everyones had that exact scenario at one point or another

My daughter was about 1.5 and she did the same thing - leaned really far forward while I was driving and I turned around to see that she was not buckled. It was at night and I was pregnant and felt horrible. I stopped and buckled her in!

I also - when she was about 1 year old, managed to lock her in my car! I buckled her into the carseat and shut the door - only to realize she had the keys in her hand and the door was locked!! The extra set was with hubby at work! I frantically called my mom and the police (while she happily played with my keys). The police was there and had the door open within 10 minutes and she never got upset or fussy. I felt horrible for sure!

Just yesterday when my son was throwing a fit and I was steering him back to him room after he refused to stay put, my one long nail accidently dug into his skin on his shoulder and left a mark. Again, felt horrible and apologized.

So don't worry - it happens!!

Yes I did that a few times with my boys.

Yes I did. After baseball practice, my son was putting the equipment away in the trunk. I didn't see his hand and closed it. Yep, right on his fingers. The darn thing locked too! I had to unlock it and hope his fingers weren't laying on the floor.

Thank God nothing was broken just bruised. But his hand was a puffy hand for several days. I felt like the lowest of the low! I must have apologized for years!

My daughter freaks if she is not buckled into her car seat. We were turning around in the drive way getting ready to leave n waiting on one person so we figured wed turn around n then buckle her in she started screaming and tried to do it her self (she is 4)

Oh yes. I have done this more than once, I must say. My kids will say something pretty quickly, so it's usually fixed pretty quick. Don't feel horrible. Moms are humans after all.
When I was a kid, we just flopped around the backseat, which was pretty much the norm in the day. In the winter, my mom would let me sleep in the floorboard on cold mornings to be close to the heat! Amazing to think about now.

I have forgotten to latch both my kids and even worse, when my oldest was only a few months old I locked her and MY KEYS in the car.. Talk about freaking out!!!