I stole somebody else's baby

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Name changed as outing.

This was yesterday. In supermarket with DD 3 year old DS and 14 week DD. DH had the pushchair & I had the trolley. We were in a bit of a rush so DH said he'd go get a few bits and we'd meet in the middle. Off he goes and takes the pushchair with him. DS stayed with me. Had a quick look at the baby clothes for DD. Left trolley at end of aisle. Wandered up another couple of aisles then turned round and automatically put my hands on the pushchair that was there. Started walking off and DS pipes up "that's not my sister" I looked down and realised DD was now wearing boys clothes and had aged by about 6 months. I panicked and returned baby to the aisle I stole him from. Thankfully I'd only got to the end of the aisle and turned to go into the next aisle before DS said something. The other mum never even noticed!

@ProudAuntie76 Oh god I did similar once, she was only about 2 weeks old. I just walked out the shop and browsed in another TWO. I only remembered because I wanted to buy something and realised I didn't have my bag...which was on the buggy.

I've kept that quiet for years out of sheer humiliation.

These are so funny. I remember racing out of primary school and diving into my mum's blue car. The man sitting in the front seat was very confused!

Ach you gave it back, so no harm done OP.

I took the wrong dog home once.

Lee Mack once tried to pass this off as a story on WILTY. Can't recall if it was or not ...

I told two children in a swimming pool in no uncertain terms that if the ignored the lifeguard again we'd be getting out and waiting for the rest of the cub pack in reception then realised they weren't with me.

@lifestooshort123

My 2-yr old son once grabbed on to another woman's denim leg from behind thinking it was mine - one tiny paw went right up the top as well! I can't remember who screamed the loudest.

thats cute though... my oldest was really good at staying with me (never used reins or anything) but not very good at paying attention to whats around him (If I walked he walked, if I stopped he stopped) but his lack of attention makes it totally seem like something he would've done lol

he was always in a day dream when shopping and sometimes would start following the wrong person think it was me - I would often watch him wander a few meters away (following someone who had been stood near me) before I'd announcing 'where you going?' and watch him snap out of it and come running back shocked that it wasnt me he was following lol

he never got far though, he was really good at always staying in my sight and following me like a duckling unlike my youngest who is much more alert but will bolt like a whippet out of nowhere because something caught his attention (I miss the duckling like days lol)

Lucky your son was alert!

My parents forgot to pick me up from school in the first month of school. I was 7. In a foreign country where I couldn't understand anything. The school closed and I was sitting on the curbside until 9pm from around 2.
There was an arrangement that each day a diff parent would pick up 4 kids from 2 diff schools. That parent forgot about me. And my own parents thought I was with them on a playdate.

This was early 80s, arab country.

Not a child but...

When dd was about 3 we were in supermarket and she was really playing up - taking stuff off shelves, shouting., trying to climb shelves... I was at the end of my tether... she was just behind me so I reached back grabbed a wrist and semi shouted

"Right that's it, we're going home RIGHT NOW and there'll be no chocolate buttons"

I turned round to discover I'd firmly grabbed the wrist of a rather perturbed looking lady in her 30s. Thankfully she thought it was funny and was very kind about it... DD meanwhile was at the other side of the aisle giggling

I didn't go into that shop for months

I quite recently sort of did the opposite and nearly falsely accused someone of stealing my child. I was walking up to DS's nursery when I saw a man walk out of it, carrying DS - my blood ran cold and I ran after him, trying to shout but (thank god!) my mouth had gone so dry in my panic I couldn't get the words out. As I got closer I realised it wasn't DS, just another little blond boy wearing a similar jumper and dropped from a sprint to a jog to walking, trying to look cool and style it out

DH is a teacher and I was once walking with him, quite close to his school, when he suddenly shouted 'what do you think you're doing! Wait for the light!' to a random adult man who happened to be wearing a jacket in the same colour as the blazers at DH's school and who was trying to cross a busy road. DH was incredibly embarrassed, but the man did stop and wait for the light! It wasn't even a school day, it was in the holidays...

@iwantmyownicecreamvan

Mind you this was in the 50s

My Nan took me as a baby (about 4 months) to the shops in a pram. She left the pram outside whilst she went in (people did that then). Then she came out, forgot she had brought the baby with her and just went home.

My Mum thought she had left the sleeping baby in the pram outside the front door (yes, people did that then too, so baby could get fresh air) and said "Goodness she's sleeping well outside today!" Cue a hysterical dash back to the shop for both Mum and Nanna to find a distraught howling baby being passed around by the poor shop assistants.

My ExMIL did exactly the same with her eldest! Realised as soon as she got home!

Whilst in a shop, a man & his family came into the same shop where DD7 already were.

They went to leave & he put his hand on my daughters head & started walking her to the door, saying ‘come on then, let’s go’.

She stopped dead, I shouted that’s my daughter, he was mortified!

His daughter & mine, similar height & blonde. He’d just seen a similar looking child out the corner of his eye.

@EatPrayYoga

I hope you disinfected the pushchair handle before giving it back!

FGS give it a rest.

I had a similar thing where my DS was about 18 months. I was standing with him in a cafe while DH was at the counter. DS grabbed a complete stranger from behind and gave him a massive hug around his legs. I’m not who was more surprised when the man turned around and saw tiny DS cuddling him! In fairness to DS he was wearing similar trousers to DH.

My DM left my baby brother in KwikFit . He was in his carry cot (no car seats in those days), she put him on the floor next to her, and I sat on her lap. When the car was ready she paid, put me in the back seat of the car and drove off.

She only realised when 3yo me piped up 'I'm glad we left DBro behind Mummy, I don't like him'

Classic is this thread, just got to add to it - I once shop lifted a water melon thinking it was my baby

Oh wow, these are funny, you’ll have had a fright though OP, hope you’ve recovered.

Our school gate is halfway up a hill, if I CBA walking up or am just on time for the bell I’ll wait at the bottom for DS to come out the gate and run down the hill.

Waiting for him early this year squinting into the low winter sun, he comes running towards me in his bright coloured jacket, blonde hair messy as usual after a day at school, munching on a banana.
I shouted at him like a banshee up the hill where loads of kids and parents were walking/waiting “WHERE DID YOU GET THAT BANANA?!!”

My actual DS, behind me, having come down the nursery path pipes up “Hi Mum” just as banana boy gets to us, shoots me a look of fear then hops into his Mother’s car behind us on the road.

@ScrambledSmegs

My DM left my baby brother in KwikFit . He was in his carry cot (no car seats in those days), she put him on the floor next to her, and I sat on her lap. When the car was ready she paid, put me in the back seat of the car and drove off.

She only realised when 3yo me piped up 'I'm glad we left DBro behind Mummy, I don't like him'

Oh gosh, I’ve had a tough day but I laughed at this. Thank you!

I went to the supermarket once without my DD. I was intent on my shopping when I became aware of a small presence beside me. Automatically I reached down for her hand which the child put in mine unquestioningly and we walked off. I’d gone 4 or 5 steps when I realised what I had done. I gasped out loud and dropped her hand in horror. When I turned round the little girls mum was watching and laughing, saying ‘ I wondered when you’d notice!’

@EatPrayYoga

I hope you disinfected the pushchair handle before giving it back!

I took this as a joke not a someone having a go.

Last year I was walking across the car park to the cinema, quite near a mum with two small ish kids, in the dark & rain (so coats on & hoods up).

Suddenly I felt a small hand slip itself into mine - looked down and saw a small boy on the end of it. Kept walking for about a minute before he looked up to say something, when he did a massive double take and his mouth dropped in a mix of shock & horror... He let go & scurried back to his mum, while she and I both roared with laughter. The memory of the look on his face still makes me laugh...

Good subject line but the story isn't quite so exciting OP.

Not a small child story, but funny. My 15yr old just came out of his den looking for his new jogging bottoms before his guitar lesson. He realized that it is now "time to move on" - his words.
Said bottom has been in constant use since he was 6! Has gaping holes everywhere but until now it was always "fine" :)

Great thread! It's had me roaring 😂

@EatPrayYoga Bore off 😠