I usually look back on Baby Girl every so often, I just use the rearview mirror and I can see her just fine. Sometimes, though, mostly when my husband is driving- I don’t really look back as much and I’m not sure why. Probably because we are having a conversation or something.
A few weeks ago, I heard coughing and gagging from the back seat. I look back and what do I see? Baby C choking on headband she took off. It was around her neck and she was basically strangling herself with it trying to take it off! (She hates having anything put in her hair)
I was horrified. And it was completely by the Grace of God that I was able to hear the coughing, look back and take the headband from around her neck. That completely freaked me out for the rest of the day and I vowed to never put a headband on her again.
It. Scared. The SHIT out of me.
Bottom line.
So my question for you is- how often do you look back and check on your children while you’re driving? Share with me. Because that totally felt like a complete MommyFail on my part.
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OMG, that really was frightening. Sorry to hear that. Back in my day if I was in the car with my husband I was usually in the back seat with my babies. But then things change. When by myself I did as you do, check the rear view mirror from time to time. Thank God your ears do work quite well. Cheer up like they say” Kids do and say the darnest things, they will put you through hell. It’s a challenge. God is good.
Its been a long time since i had to worry about this type of problem, but I can probably admit I didn’t look enough either. Parents are SO stressed running errands and getting from point A to point B “on time”, I know this is a problem. Even think of the parents who left their kids in cars unknowing…just too stressed and harried to know what day it is sometimes. If we parents did this more, we probably would avoid a lot of heartache. and guilt. For years now, we have the preschoolers and now tweens & teens that argue and PESTER each other to no end…so I always turn my passenger mirror on them to be the drive in referee…never ends.
Am so relieved you found your sweetie’s problem in time. Thanks for posting something so important. Some parents would not want to talk about something like this and just avoid this subject. GOOD JOB!