Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Worst mom of the day award goes to...

ME!!! Luckily I can laugh about this now, not cry like I wanted to yesterday (but wouldn't let myself). So for the story. Aaron loves to play, hold our car keys and I give them to them all the time. He holds the remote entry part and says "beep beep". Yesterday when we got home from the store he asked for the keys as I turned the car off. So, I hand them to him (he is still in his car seat) as I get out to come get him. Not two seconds after I shut my door to come get him, I hear the doors lock. WHAT??? Yes, Aaron somehow figures out how to push the buttons when he is in the car, by himself with my keys (and phone) inside. So, i have a moment of panic then try to get him to push the unlock button. Who was I kidding, he's only 18 months. I then look around and non of our neighbors that we know (which is just a couple) are home. I go a few doors down and ring the doorbell to introduce myself (as a horrible mom) to a neighbor so I can borrow the phone. I then proceed to call Caleb, who does not answer his phone...which I knew he wouldn't b/c he didn't know the number. So, by call #3 he answers. We have a rule that if one of us calls 2 times in a row, its an emergency, or very important. I guess 3x and a strange number equals emergency as well. I proceed to tell him what happened and he luckily was about to walk out of the door. But of course he wasn't in the office which is 5 minutes away he was in Winston which was 15-20 minutes away. I decided that since the car was in the garage and not too hot, Aaron should be fine until Caleb got home. When I get back to our house, Aaron is of course crying, and holding his arms out to be carried. I wanted to open the door so bad. I tried to distract him with games and talking but he kept saying "door" "open" and letting me know he wants to be held. He was pretty calm on the most part but got a little upset. I'm sure it was just that he was stuck in his seat and that I couldn't get him out. The 15-20 minutes we had to wait for Caleb seemed like an eternity. Once Caleb got home I got Aaron out, who was sweaty but ok. It was scary for me, but as soon as Aaron got out he was playing in the yard. If it was a hotter day or the car was in the sun I definitely would have called 911 or broken a window to get him out. I guess the circumstances of when and where this happened are a blessing. Now I don't feel like a horrible irresponsible mom, I just know I will not let Aaron have the keys in the car anymore.

Oh, and you might be asking about a spare key. We don't have one. But I will be going this week to the dealership to get one made.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I can't imagine how scared you both were. Glad everything turned out all right. And don't worry... I think you're the best mom, EVER!! :)