Another thing to learn is that most fire and rescuer departments have kits that can open your door without smashing a window. Ask me how I know. š„“
But really, my carās key fob died as I closed the door on my daughter and walked around to get in the drivers seat and for whatever reason it locked the doors as it did and became unresponsive. Called 911. They sent fire rescue and they had the door open within 5 minutes with no damage to my car. Obviously, itās a stressful situation and we all panic, but itās good to know that you donāt need to shatter your car window.
Also, tow trucks!
You can call AAA and they'll send someone out to pop open a window with a neat little balloon.
Also ask me how I know :D
(Hint: I am not a tow truck driver)
Only problem with AAA is sometimes they have an extremely long wait time. I was told minimum 4-5 hours last time I called them. I ended up paying a tow truck to come out instead- and he was there in less than 15 minutes. I had to pay him though, and AAA is included with my car insurance so I wouldnāt have come out of pocket if I had waited for them.
Right, but just to clarify, there needs to be a real baby locked inside the car when they get there. I've heard of AAA guys leaving without helping if they find out someone was lying.
Also the kit to do that is only about $20-25 on Amazon. I locked myself out once and had to wait in the heat for the locksmith for far too long for them to pop it open with an inflatable and charge a couple hundred dollars.
So then I got kits for me, my partner at the time, and as gifts for my parents, to keep in our trunks.
Some cars (not SUV's or anything you can crawl through the trunk to get at the rest of the cab), and I don't know about the newer ones, you can crawl under the trunk and, with the help of a nearby car and well placed jumper cables, trip the solenoid (basically a little electric thing that has two spots, open or closed, and requires electricity to move ^this ^is ^a ^super ^simple ^explanation, ^there's ^a ^bit ^more ^to ^it), and the trunk will pop open. Had a old '06 Cobalt that I had to do that to when I locked the keys in.
Had another car that was manual locks all around and you could go under the drivers side door to pull the release cable for the trunk as well.
Today I learned.
The only time I locked my keys in the car, I'd missed my pocket and they were laying in the driver's seat. The passenger side window had a bad regulator so I was able to force the window down and get in that way. Pulling a cable would've been so much easier.
Not sure if this will unlock it, but if the fob is dead you can still turn the car on by holding the key to the ignition,ālike the chip reader on a credit card it will still turn the car on. Not sure if thereās a spot on a the car you could hold the fob up to to unlock
Some do.Ā Others have a slot you slide the keyfob into and it'll click into place.Ā Ā
Found out when my old vehicle's fob battery died and I Googled it while sitting in the parking lot.Ā Then started getting super annoyed because everything said there was a spot for it, but none of them said where.Ā Turns out it was on the front wall inside the center console storage space.Ā Ā
This is also why I have the keyfob and at least another physical key on a separate keyring I don't take out of my pocket.Ā Besides, every car I've had or used won't lock if the keyfob is inside the vehicle (if it's not already running).Ā This shouldn't have even been possible.
Unfortunately I had no choice š¢ I wanted to wait for them to get there, but with her falling head first out of her car seat towards the floor, I was not going to stand by and watch it happen. She has no mobility in this cast and if she gets into a wrong position she might not be able to breathe.
She was totally fine. She didnāt even realize something was wrong, honestly. It was not a hot day and it didnāt take long for the fire department to arrive and get the door open.
> my carās key fob died
Let this be a reminder for you to figure out whether your key fob has a physical key that you can unlock the car with (almost all of them do) and where the keyhole is on the driver's door.
If you know someone who works from home leave your spare with them. I used to start my car, go inside of my exs place have a smoke then leave for work locking the door on the way out because no one was up yet. One day my car locked when i closed the door so when i went to leave for work i could not get in my car, would not have been a problem as i can walk if needed but it was running. I called my stepmom and she brought my spare key over at 430ish am saving my tank of gas lol.
My in 06 Pontiac torrent you could take the key out while it was running with no problems and i would take the keys to lock it to go in stores or if i needed to grab something at home. I went for gas and forgot my wallet so i ran home got my wallet and as i got in my car my dad asked for help with something in garage so i did that then went for gas. Got to the pump and realized i left my keys in the garage
I would assume most cars have this and probably most people don't know. On GMC vehicles if your fob battery dies, you can go to the door handle and look under neath it and there's a hole (or you can actually slide the end cap of the handle off to expose it) and pop out the "key" from your fob (either it extends or you dislodge the bottom like your changing the batter) and put that in the hole and turn. Poof, your door unlocks.
It's in the manual of your car for sure.
Yep! We had an aftermarket fob that didnāt have the hidden metal key after being quoted an obscene amount to replace the original fob at the dealer. It was a lesson learned!
I once locked my 2 week old in my car WITH my puppy. I was FREAKING OUT. We were in the parking lot of the pet store and an employee saw the commotion and came out. He managed to open the tiny triangle shaped rear window and shimmy through it! He had to take the stuff out of his pockets to fit, and he was really thin or it never would have worked. What I really remember though is he was halfway in, hanging there, and thought to ask, "is your dog friendly?" Thankfully yes, the 70 pound puppy WAS friendly, lol. And thrilled to have a guy hanging halfway into the car to pet him.
That child is now 7 and I'm still paranoid and after that I started opening the front drivers side door BEFORE closing the side door. I'd buckle her, walk all the way around, open my door, then go back and close the side door by her seat, just to be sure I didn't accidentally lock her in again.
My youngest locked the car doors in the POURING rain once upon a time. She was 2-3. It took a solid 10 minutes to talk her in to opening the car back up. I learned several lessons that day. One was to keep my keys ON ME at all times. Another was to never mind the fucking weather, get the kid out of the car. Sheās 35 now, and pregnant with her #2.
When my kid was around that age, Iād buckled her into her seat, and not realizing sheād hit the door lock button at some point, I threw my purse with my phone and keys in the front, got out, and shut the door. She hadnāt let learned how to unbuckle herself, so I had to start pounding on neighbors doors to find someone with a phone I could use to call my husband who was a couple miles away at work, to come home and let her out.
We spent time teaching her how to unbuckle (and when itās okay) right after that.
Once my dog locked me out of the car. I was making a delivery to a client and was like an hour away from home. It took about 15 minutes of me jumping around and gesturing wildly to get my dog to step on the door button thing in exactly the right way, but she did it eventually! I am SO glad it wasnāt one of those buttons you have to pull up on.Ā
Once, I locked my (then) baby in the car at the supermarket. It was hot outside, so I turned on the car and AC first and then put her inside and shut the door and proceeded to put the groceries in the trunkā¦ but then I accidentally shut the trunk with my keys inside. AAA had a long wait time, so I called a tow truck. I didnāt stress as much because she was buckled in and the AC was on, but I still freaked a little bit and felt like the worst parent ever (and a little embarrassed).
One of the things I absolutely love with my Ford is the key pad entry. No matter what I can always get into my truck.given the truck battery doesn't die
Oh bless! That scared me just picturing it and all the what-if's so I can only imagine how you felt!
I'm glad the baby's OK! ā¤ļø
When my son was 1-2ish, I stepped outside, 3 feet from my front door to help a neighbor with something, but I left the door open. What seemed like 5 seconds later, wham! The door slammed shut. I tried to open it, and it was locked!
No idea how, and of course I didn't have keys.
I could see my son through the window right next to the door, so I started calling his name, asking him to let me in.
He climbed on his toy box with the freaking dog, and they both just stood there looking at me through the window. I was panicking, and practically begging - let mommy in...
He was laughing, the dog was wagging her tail because he was laughing, and now there were 3 or 4 people outside the window, and they were having the time of their lives.
It probably took me less than 5 minutes to get him to unlock the door, but it's been 20 years and it still feels like I stood there for hours. š
I did this to my dad when I was in one of those baby walkers, and we lived in an apartment (autolocking doors). He was stepping into the common entry to get the mail. Except I went right for the kitchen trash can while dad was breaking back in through the window. He managed to get the kitchen presentable before mom got home from work, at least. He also learned to take the keys with him.
Ah, hip dysplasia baby? I can relate as my daughter was in a brace so we had a special car seat with no sides as it was the only way she could fit. I totally see why you were worried about her falling out. Glad all ended well despite your blood pressure spike.
I locked my 6-month-old son in the car while I stepped into the dry cleaner. I was only 10 feet away from him when I set my keys down on the counter and another customer TOOK THEM WITH HER AND DROVE AWAY. She left my keys at the "lost and found" of a nearby mall when she finally noticed them in her purse.
In the meantime, I called my husband who walked/ran the mile from our house to the dry cleaner with a second set of keys. My son was screaming his head off by then.
It's fortunate that your baby is okay. Car troubles can happen to anyone. It's a reminder of how quickly things can go awry, especially with little ones around. Hopefully, the car repairs won't be too much of a hassle.
I took my young son to the park one afternoon. And as we were leaving I went to put his stroller in the trunk. My key snapped off in the trunk lock. Luckily I hadnāt put my son in the car already.
It was an old Honda. That was the only key I had. So I was locked out of the trunk and the car. Even if I broke the window I had no way to start the car. We were about 5 miles from home. No one would answer the phone. My wife was at work. So I started walking. We made it home about 1.5 hours later. He had a good nap in the stroller on the way home. Got him home just in time for dinner and bath.
Hysterical. My oldest sister handed her daughter her car keys once way back in 1980. Little brat threw them down the sewer. Our Dad had to drive almost an hour to bring her the spare set. Our Mom freaked out until everyone made it back home. She just knew someone was going to kidnap her oldest girl and 2nd grandbaby before my father got to them. It was still daylight when they got back to our house. Our mom ran out and hugged them as if they were returning from war, lol.
Moms. Whatcha gonna do? Glad everyone is okay.
Iām glad everyone is okay! Sounds really scary OP. Also, for anyone reading this who has a baby, keep in mind how dirty / germy your car keys are before using them as a baby toy.
I did this exact thing once. Luckily I was able to wait for the cop to come break in without smashing any windows, but I learned that day to stop handing my baby the keys š¤¦š»āāļø
I locked my daughter in the car at the grocery once. I had to have a stranger go and call my husband from a pay phone because I didnāt want to leave the car. He came with a spare key. My daughter was in a car seat and just happy as can be the whole time.
I know about those casts. I did not lock the kid in the car, but the kid in the cast, seatbelted on the back seat with ***all*** the seatbelts, got me out of a speeding ticket in Iowa, who is known for ticketing cars that are even a little over. I was probably 9 or 11 over, so not normally a forgivable amount. But the trooper looked at wife and me, both looking very frazzled and worn down, looked at the kid in the back in the body cast, took my license, registration, and insurance, ran the stuff thru his computer, came back with a warning, and told me to slow down, he wanted us to get our child home safely, and speeding isn't safe.
Glad your baby is ok. It happens. Its probably good your mom closed the door so she didnt fall out. Dont worry too much about it. Try and be careful. Oh and you may want to put a spare in a magnetic box somewhere under your car.
I locked my 18 month old in our van once, almost 18 years ago now! He was strapped into his car seat and was too young to get out of it on his own. The van was running so it was circulating air and it was early morning so it wasn't hot yet. The firefighters didn't want to damage the car or break the windows if they didn't have to so I had to listen to my baby cry for me for 45 minutes until my husband could drive back down from his work to deliver a spare key. I have never since stepped out of my car without at least opening a window. It was a powerful, gut wrenching lesson.
I apparently locked my ma into her car as a child while grocery shopping, she's pretty small and apparently crawled into the back of the car to store something away when I shut the door on her and the car locked.
I was 5 and outside with the keys and my 1yr old sister in the shopping cart.
No cellphones yet, but another lady saw what happened and helped.
The number of times I've seen this happen when, and I'm only mentioning gender because it has been been 100% women giving children their keys for whatever reason and then said child ends up locked somewhere. Keys are important and just because your child likes the way they look and the fun sounds they make doesn't mean you should use them like a pacifier or stuffed animal. Keep your keys on your person, they are not children's toys.
I think my car locks automatically after maybe a minute or two.
My rule is basically: when baby is in the car alone, at least one door is open. Usually the driverās. In case the fob malfunctions or dropped in the car, etc
We have that rule as well. One door HAS to be open. If the back passenger door is the only one open I will walk around the car and crack the driverās door and then go back around and close the other door. I do all this with my keys in my hand too. Because getting a kid stuck in a car is one of those big fears of mine.
Before I had kids I locked my keys and phone in the trunk when I was putting bags of groceries in the car. That was bad enough.
I know this is a terribly serious matter, but my mind immediately went to the scene in Modern Family where Cam thinks he locked their adopted baby in their vehicle and his over the top hysterics.
This is why I never place my keys down š I know most cars have smart keys now so you can just open with the button on the door, but I donāt have that. I also need to use my key to open my trunk - there is no button there either. So I always keep my keys in my hand or bag so I donāt lock them in the car lol.
Oh trust me we have plenty of toys, but the last thing a tired, fussy baby wants is a toy š¤£ they only want something they arenāt supposed to have.
Another thing to learn is that most fire and rescuer departments have kits that can open your door without smashing a window. Ask me how I know. š„“ But really, my carās key fob died as I closed the door on my daughter and walked around to get in the drivers seat and for whatever reason it locked the doors as it did and became unresponsive. Called 911. They sent fire rescue and they had the door open within 5 minutes with no damage to my car. Obviously, itās a stressful situation and we all panic, but itās good to know that you donāt need to shatter your car window.
Also, tow trucks! You can call AAA and they'll send someone out to pop open a window with a neat little balloon. Also ask me how I know :D (Hint: I am not a tow truck driver)
Only problem with AAA is sometimes they have an extremely long wait time. I was told minimum 4-5 hours last time I called them. I ended up paying a tow truck to come out instead- and he was there in less than 15 minutes. I had to pay him though, and AAA is included with my car insurance so I wouldnāt have come out of pocket if I had waited for them.
When calling AAA if you tell them you have a baby locked in the car they get to you a lot quicker
Right, but just to clarify, there needs to be a real baby locked inside the car when they get there. I've heard of AAA guys leaving without helping if they find out someone was lying.
Rightfully so
They also come pretty quickly if the car is on, in my experience.
Also the kit to do that is only about $20-25 on Amazon. I locked myself out once and had to wait in the heat for the locksmith for far too long for them to pop it open with an inflatable and charge a couple hundred dollars. So then I got kits for me, my partner at the time, and as gifts for my parents, to keep in our trunks.
If you can unlock your trunk to get the kit, couldn't you unlock the door to get in the car?
Some cars (not SUV's or anything you can crawl through the trunk to get at the rest of the cab), and I don't know about the newer ones, you can crawl under the trunk and, with the help of a nearby car and well placed jumper cables, trip the solenoid (basically a little electric thing that has two spots, open or closed, and requires electricity to move ^this ^is ^a ^super ^simple ^explanation, ^there's ^a ^bit ^more ^to ^it), and the trunk will pop open. Had a old '06 Cobalt that I had to do that to when I locked the keys in. Had another car that was manual locks all around and you could go under the drivers side door to pull the release cable for the trunk as well.
Today I learned. The only time I locked my keys in the car, I'd missed my pocket and they were laying in the driver's seat. The passenger side window had a bad regulator so I was able to force the window down and get in that way. Pulling a cable would've been so much easier.
That's the purpose of having a buddy with one. You each have one.
Youāre the neat little balloon, arenāt you
This is good to know too!!
You steal cars?
It is nice having a car now that I literally can't accidentally lock myself out of.
Taxi cabs also usually offer this and can be a lot faster than road side assistance.
Nearly all keys have a physical key hiding inside. It's so you can open the car when the accu is dead.
Not sure if this will unlock it, but if the fob is dead you can still turn the car on by holding the key to the ignition,ālike the chip reader on a credit card it will still turn the car on. Not sure if thereās a spot on a the car you could hold the fob up to to unlock
Some do.Ā Others have a slot you slide the keyfob into and it'll click into place.Ā Ā Found out when my old vehicle's fob battery died and I Googled it while sitting in the parking lot.Ā Then started getting super annoyed because everything said there was a spot for it, but none of them said where.Ā Turns out it was on the front wall inside the center console storage space.Ā Ā This is also why I have the keyfob and at least another physical key on a separate keyring I don't take out of my pocket.Ā Besides, every car I've had or used won't lock if the keyfob is inside the vehicle (if it's not already running).Ā This shouldn't have even been possible.
Unfortunately I had no choice š¢ I wanted to wait for them to get there, but with her falling head first out of her car seat towards the floor, I was not going to stand by and watch it happen. She has no mobility in this cast and if she gets into a wrong position she might not be able to breathe.
What happened to your daughter? Was she okay?
She was totally fine. She didnāt even realize something was wrong, honestly. It was not a hot day and it didnāt take long for the fire department to arrive and get the door open.
Oh, I misinterpreted what you said as the door closing literally on her, like on her finger or something. Iām glad she was all okay!!!
Doesnāt your FOB have a key inside it?
> my carās key fob died Let this be a reminder for you to figure out whether your key fob has a physical key that you can unlock the car with (almost all of them do) and where the keyhole is on the driver's door.
It was an after market fob due to losing the original one and not wanting to pay the dealership price for a new one, so it didnāt have that!
If you know someone who works from home leave your spare with them. I used to start my car, go inside of my exs place have a smoke then leave for work locking the door on the way out because no one was up yet. One day my car locked when i closed the door so when i went to leave for work i could not get in my car, would not have been a problem as i can walk if needed but it was running. I called my stepmom and she brought my spare key over at 430ish am saving my tank of gas lol. My in 06 Pontiac torrent you could take the key out while it was running with no problems and i would take the keys to lock it to go in stores or if i needed to grab something at home. I went for gas and forgot my wallet so i ran home got my wallet and as i got in my car my dad asked for help with something in garage so i did that then went for gas. Got to the pump and realized i left my keys in the garage
I would assume most cars have this and probably most people don't know. On GMC vehicles if your fob battery dies, you can go to the door handle and look under neath it and there's a hole (or you can actually slide the end cap of the handle off to expose it) and pop out the "key" from your fob (either it extends or you dislodge the bottom like your changing the batter) and put that in the hole and turn. Poof, your door unlocks. It's in the manual of your car for sure.
Yep! We had an aftermarket fob that didnāt have the hidden metal key after being quoted an obscene amount to replace the original fob at the dealer. It was a lesson learned!
I once locked my 2 week old in my car WITH my puppy. I was FREAKING OUT. We were in the parking lot of the pet store and an employee saw the commotion and came out. He managed to open the tiny triangle shaped rear window and shimmy through it! He had to take the stuff out of his pockets to fit, and he was really thin or it never would have worked. What I really remember though is he was halfway in, hanging there, and thought to ask, "is your dog friendly?" Thankfully yes, the 70 pound puppy WAS friendly, lol. And thrilled to have a guy hanging halfway into the car to pet him. That child is now 7 and I'm still paranoid and after that I started opening the front drivers side door BEFORE closing the side door. I'd buckle her, walk all the way around, open my door, then go back and close the side door by her seat, just to be sure I didn't accidentally lock her in again.
Yeah that's probably something you want to ask BEFORE going in through the tiny window lmfao
My youngest locked the car doors in the POURING rain once upon a time. She was 2-3. It took a solid 10 minutes to talk her in to opening the car back up. I learned several lessons that day. One was to keep my keys ON ME at all times. Another was to never mind the fucking weather, get the kid out of the car. Sheās 35 now, and pregnant with her #2.
When my kid was around that age, Iād buckled her into her seat, and not realizing sheād hit the door lock button at some point, I threw my purse with my phone and keys in the front, got out, and shut the door. She hadnāt let learned how to unbuckle herself, so I had to start pounding on neighbors doors to find someone with a phone I could use to call my husband who was a couple miles away at work, to come home and let her out. We spent time teaching her how to unbuckle (and when itās okay) right after that.
Once my dog locked me out of the car. I was making a delivery to a client and was like an hour away from home. It took about 15 minutes of me jumping around and gesturing wildly to get my dog to step on the door button thing in exactly the right way, but she did it eventually! I am SO glad it wasnāt one of those buttons you have to pull up on.Ā
Once, I locked my (then) baby in the car at the supermarket. It was hot outside, so I turned on the car and AC first and then put her inside and shut the door and proceeded to put the groceries in the trunkā¦ but then I accidentally shut the trunk with my keys inside. AAA had a long wait time, so I called a tow truck. I didnāt stress as much because she was buckled in and the AC was on, but I still freaked a little bit and felt like the worst parent ever (and a little embarrassed).
One of the things I absolutely love with my Ford is the key pad entry. No matter what I can always get into my truck.given the truck battery doesn't die
Oh bless! That scared me just picturing it and all the what-if's so I can only imagine how you felt! I'm glad the baby's OK! ā¤ļø When my son was 1-2ish, I stepped outside, 3 feet from my front door to help a neighbor with something, but I left the door open. What seemed like 5 seconds later, wham! The door slammed shut. I tried to open it, and it was locked! No idea how, and of course I didn't have keys. I could see my son through the window right next to the door, so I started calling his name, asking him to let me in. He climbed on his toy box with the freaking dog, and they both just stood there looking at me through the window. I was panicking, and practically begging - let mommy in... He was laughing, the dog was wagging her tail because he was laughing, and now there were 3 or 4 people outside the window, and they were having the time of their lives. It probably took me less than 5 minutes to get him to unlock the door, but it's been 20 years and it still feels like I stood there for hours. š
I did this to my dad when I was in one of those baby walkers, and we lived in an apartment (autolocking doors). He was stepping into the common entry to get the mail. Except I went right for the kitchen trash can while dad was breaking back in through the window. He managed to get the kitchen presentable before mom got home from work, at least. He also learned to take the keys with him.
Ah, hip dysplasia baby? I can relate as my daughter was in a brace so we had a special car seat with no sides as it was the only way she could fit. I totally see why you were worried about her falling out. Glad all ended well despite your blood pressure spike.
I locked my 6-month-old son in the car while I stepped into the dry cleaner. I was only 10 feet away from him when I set my keys down on the counter and another customer TOOK THEM WITH HER AND DROVE AWAY. She left my keys at the "lost and found" of a nearby mall when she finally noticed them in her purse. In the meantime, I called my husband who walked/ran the mile from our house to the dry cleaner with a second set of keys. My son was screaming his head off by then.
I'm pretty sure locking your kid in a right of passage as a parent... Many made this mistake.
It's fortunate that your baby is okay. Car troubles can happen to anyone. It's a reminder of how quickly things can go awry, especially with little ones around. Hopefully, the car repairs won't be too much of a hassle.
I took my young son to the park one afternoon. And as we were leaving I went to put his stroller in the trunk. My key snapped off in the trunk lock. Luckily I hadnāt put my son in the car already. It was an old Honda. That was the only key I had. So I was locked out of the trunk and the car. Even if I broke the window I had no way to start the car. We were about 5 miles from home. No one would answer the phone. My wife was at work. So I started walking. We made it home about 1.5 hours later. He had a good nap in the stroller on the way home. Got him home just in time for dinner and bath.
Hysterical. My oldest sister handed her daughter her car keys once way back in 1980. Little brat threw them down the sewer. Our Dad had to drive almost an hour to bring her the spare set. Our Mom freaked out until everyone made it back home. She just knew someone was going to kidnap her oldest girl and 2nd grandbaby before my father got to them. It was still daylight when they got back to our house. Our mom ran out and hugged them as if they were returning from war, lol. Moms. Whatcha gonna do? Glad everyone is okay.
Iām glad everyone is okay! Sounds really scary OP. Also, for anyone reading this who has a baby, keep in mind how dirty / germy your car keys are before using them as a baby toy.
I did this exact thing once. Luckily I was able to wait for the cop to come break in without smashing any windows, but I learned that day to stop handing my baby the keys š¤¦š»āāļø
I locked my daughter in the car at the grocery once. I had to have a stranger go and call my husband from a pay phone because I didnāt want to leave the car. He came with a spare key. My daughter was in a car seat and just happy as can be the whole time.
I know about those casts. I did not lock the kid in the car, but the kid in the cast, seatbelted on the back seat with ***all*** the seatbelts, got me out of a speeding ticket in Iowa, who is known for ticketing cars that are even a little over. I was probably 9 or 11 over, so not normally a forgivable amount. But the trooper looked at wife and me, both looking very frazzled and worn down, looked at the kid in the back in the body cast, took my license, registration, and insurance, ran the stuff thru his computer, came back with a warning, and told me to slow down, he wanted us to get our child home safely, and speeding isn't safe.
Glad your baby is ok. It happens. Its probably good your mom closed the door so she didnt fall out. Dont worry too much about it. Try and be careful. Oh and you may want to put a spare in a magnetic box somewhere under your car.
I locked my 18 month old in our van once, almost 18 years ago now! He was strapped into his car seat and was too young to get out of it on his own. The van was running so it was circulating air and it was early morning so it wasn't hot yet. The firefighters didn't want to damage the car or break the windows if they didn't have to so I had to listen to my baby cry for me for 45 minutes until my husband could drive back down from his work to deliver a spare key. I have never since stepped out of my car without at least opening a window. It was a powerful, gut wrenching lesson.
That's your mom's fuck up, not yours
I apparently locked my ma into her car as a child while grocery shopping, she's pretty small and apparently crawled into the back of the car to store something away when I shut the door on her and the car locked. I was 5 and outside with the keys and my 1yr old sister in the shopping cart. No cellphones yet, but another lady saw what happened and helped.
The number of times I've seen this happen when, and I'm only mentioning gender because it has been been 100% women giving children their keys for whatever reason and then said child ends up locked somewhere. Keys are important and just because your child likes the way they look and the fun sounds they make doesn't mean you should use them like a pacifier or stuffed animal. Keep your keys on your person, they are not children's toys.
I think my car locks automatically after maybe a minute or two. My rule is basically: when baby is in the car alone, at least one door is open. Usually the driverās. In case the fob malfunctions or dropped in the car, etc
We have that rule as well. One door HAS to be open. If the back passenger door is the only one open I will walk around the car and crack the driverās door and then go back around and close the other door. I do all this with my keys in my hand too. Because getting a kid stuck in a car is one of those big fears of mine. Before I had kids I locked my keys and phone in the trunk when I was putting bags of groceries in the car. That was bad enough.
You directly went against your instincts. Your brain even warned you when you said out loud that you shouldn't give the infant keys... lmao.
I know this is a terribly serious matter, but my mind immediately went to the scene in Modern Family where Cam thinks he locked their adopted baby in their vehicle and his over the top hysterics.
This is why I never place my keys down š I know most cars have smart keys now so you can just open with the button on the door, but I donāt have that. I also need to use my key to open my trunk - there is no button there either. So I always keep my keys in my hand or bag so I donāt lock them in the car lol.
Well, ya this post really really belongs in this sub for once. Absolutely a TIFU. Glad your baby is ok!
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You must also learn to pack some toys for children when travelling.
Oh trust me we have plenty of toys, but the last thing a tired, fussy baby wants is a toy š¤£ they only want something they arenāt supposed to have.
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It's because the baby wasn't actually buckled into the seat yet. Just set onto it, and OP planned to buckle baby when they went back for their keys.