just made the worst mistake ever....

[bumbly]

...parents in law were ditracting me and i ended up putting baby in car seat without being strapped in....

arrived at destination to find 3 1/2 month lo all leaning forward in his seat!!! but asleep

oh my gosh i bet he bashed his head backwards and forwards several times

luckily i drive slowly but bumps and braking would have jogged him back and forth

argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FEEL SO SO SO SO BAD

but one thing - he wa asleep so perhaps all is well????

can't live with myself

how did it happen??

have i hurt lo???

i've done that
except with straps on but carseat not strapped onto carseat

I think there is probably not a person posting on Mn who has not done one or both of the following once in their lives:

• carefully strapped baby into Group 0 seat and driven off with the seat and baby not secured by the seatbelt

• what you did, forgotten to strap in the baby after carefully attaching the seatbelt

Rear-facing seats for babies do help with safety, I am sure your baby is fine

Please don't feel guilty you poor thing - save it for when the little rascal has his first tumble down the stairs or rolls off a bed or sofa. These are incredibly common and understandable oversights, and happen to a LOT of parents

bumbly I did it once - never did it again, and I'm sure you won't either

please don't beat yourself up over it

I did that. We drove all the way back from Legoland in Windsor to Wimbledon.

ive done this too (a couple of times) . Dont beat yourself up about it, luckily he's absolutely fine so try not to dwell on it.

My trip of shame was home from Bluewater with an NCT friend and we were both so bombed from lack of sleep that she had done straps and no belt, and I had done belt and no straps

I carefully strapped DS into his chair then left it sitting on the kitchen floor. I realised just as me and DH drove off in separate cars.

One of my friends did the same with her baby at around 10 months old, but the poor baby tumbled out and fell under the seat. Please stop worrying! If your baby wasn't happy he would have let you know

don't beat yourself up - to my horror I did this a few times too

I did this... but the baby was in the seat on the back of my bike!!!

I did it 2 mornings running with BabyDragon recently. And I've done it a few times with both DSs too.

Bumbly, I'd been walking with baby in backpack for ages before realising she wasn't strapped in... It does give you such a sick feeling... gscrym, I guess your little one was at least strapped in!

you have not hurt him, the fact he was asleep is good !

of course you can live with yourself ! it is not the worst mistake ever, we have all done it

DH dropped our DS on the floor when he was a few weeks old, and he is perfectly fine...babies are actually a lot more robust than they look

please try not to be so hard on yourself

if you need more reassurance, give NHS direct a call, but i am sure you have nothing to worry about

If that's the worst mistake you've ever made with your baby, you're really doing a fantastic job!

I let DS1 roll off a bed when he was a few months old. Felt absolutely dreadful, but he survived (and when I rang the out of hours doctors service, they said dont' worry, it happens to most of us, and he will fall down the stairs too in due course).

If that's the worst mistake you've ever made with your baby, you're really doing a fantastic job! honest.

oops, double post. oh the shame.

Actually, Bumbly, if you like I can post a long list of crp things I have done to my children over the last 8.5 years You're just starting out on this long journey of guilt filled days, a few years into the future you'll be posting "Oh, he'll be fine*, I did XYZ to my child(ren)..." on a similar thread

Controlled Crying when, in fact, BabyDragon had fallen out of her cot and was underneath my bed? Tick!
Out of date yoghurt? Tick!
Carseat errors? Tick, tick, tick!
Dropping a baby? Tick!

bumbly, everyone has done this at least once

anyone else cut the end off their baby's finger with nail clippers

(btw she's 6 now, and has no scar!)

Snipped an ear whilst trimming hair? Tick!

tissy, yes
I've also snagged his skin in the buckle on his bouncy chair (also done it to myself and it really hurts )

Tried to shut a door, not realising your childs fingers were the thing stopping it closing? tick.