Murphy’s Law States:
That if you leave your Boba Soft-Structure Carrier in the car, your sleeping baby WILL wake up and demand to be held instead of chillin’ in the car seat attached to the stroller.
OK, first of all, Grady is getting way too long for his carrier car seat. I’m not quite sure why we haven’t moved him into his convertible car seat yet. We have one, I generally wear him when we go into stores, he can sit up on his own and in a cart when we are grocery shopping. I just don’t know. Probably laziness. I digress.
Second of all, I NEVER leave my carrier or my wrap in the car.
Except for today.
It goes like this: Both babies were sleeping when we got to the mall an hour later than we were supposed to arrive. (typical) I put Madilyn, still groggy, into the Baby Jogger City Select (brushes off shoulder), and then snapped Grady’s car seat into the top portion of the stroller. Grady gets few naps so when he sleeps, I let him lie.
Mistake #1.
I strolled into the mall, struggling with doors and went to find my friend.
Grady eventually woke up and was not content with sitting in the stroller. Would you be? I mean, he had been in the car seat for at least 2 hours. GAH! Saying that makes me want to turn the hands of time and slap myself with the soggy chicken skin that I didn’t eat for lunch.
I took one look at Grady’s sad, sad face and took him out of the seat. He stayed out with me for a while but when it was time for us to move on, I put him back in the seat. Without unbuckling him.
Mistake #2.
I’ve done this with Grady before and he sits happily in his car seat. If I’m standing right there, there really is no harm. But when I forget that he is not strapped in and start taking pictures of Christmas ornaments in Sears, that’s when trouble ensues.
I was checking out some really great ornaments at Sears (miniature shop vac ornament? Don’t mind if I do!), when I hear a 
I looked to my left and saw my dear, sweet baby lying on the hard floor next to me. He wasn’t just lying there. He was screaming his head off and coming up to a crawl position, but for a split second, all I saw was a limp baby doll lying there. I THREW my DSLR onto the floor and scooped my screaming heap off of the floor while checking him over for bumps or blood (of which I saw neither). He quieted down pretty quickly but I was shaken up for the rest of the day.
I gave him an extra helping of love today and kissed his head every time it was near my lips.
Note to self: NEVER, EVER allow your 8 month old baby to sit, unbuckled, in his car seat. Especially when it is snapped into your stroller.
The friend I went with probably thinks I’m the biggest, hawtest mess on the face of the planet. The last time we went out in public together, I busted my derriere in the library parking lot while wearing heels, carrying the bucket car seat and holding Madilyn’s hand.
HeadDesk
SO this week, Murphy’s Law states that if you put your baby into his/her car seat stroller attachment without their straps on, they WILL fall out onto the hardest floor that you’ve walked on all day in the second that you aren’t paying attention to them, no matter how content they may seem.
Oh my goodness. Your post was funny but that incident was so not. I am so glad everything is Okay! Zane is 7 months and we are changing to convertible tomorrow. He is way too big for it now.
I have twins. They were small and fit in carriers until 18 months. However, the could scoot out of them by 4 months. I always had to buckle them because I learned the hard way
OH my goodness. IT stinks to learn the hard way! It wasn’t the first time…He used to be in a co-sleeper next to our bed. Well, the little monkey started crawling the same week he turned 5 months old. One morning while I was still sleeping, he climbed right out of the cosleeper, onto my bed, then off the bed. It was horrible. I freaked out. SO now he sleeps in bed with me and I cuddle him ALL NIGHT LONG. I always know when he moves and there hasn’t been another problem 🙂
Awwww….poor babe! And poor mama too! $hit happens and I’m sure he’s fine. 🙂
Aw! Something similar happened to us! Joey lived in his infant swing most of the first 5 months of his life. I also had to swaddle him most of the day and night because he was so colicky. So one night we were in the kitchen which is attached to the living room. Joey was swinging away all swaddled up (meaning we couldn’t buckle him in) when we heard THUD. He had scooted down and plopped down on the floor. As it turned out he didn’t even shed a tear. The kid who cried all day and night didn’t cry when he plopped out of his swing. LOL Hang in there Mama!
OMG, Maria, that is SO funny! HAHA!
Aw poor mommy and Grady! I’m glad everything is ok. I almost smacked Phi’s head on a table yesterday and then spent 30 minutes crying about what I almost did. (((hugs))) It is so scary to learn the hard way.
Garrett fell out of his car seat when he was only a couple months old. SO scary! I had forgotten to buckle him back in after nursing him on our boat, set him back in his seat, then moved the seat to put it up on the bench and as I was squeezing it onto the narrow bench I had to wiggle it around quite a bit in the process I dumped him right out of this seat. Matt looked down from the wheel and he told me his first thought, was, “why did Paige bring a doll on the boat?” I was traumatized for quite a while. Called the pediatrician, did not go out on the boat, cried to everyone I knew on the phone, until another friend told me her daughter fell (was dropped while her husband tripped) down wooden stairs at 4 months! That made me feel a little better. I think most children a dropped or fall on their heads at least a few times!
omg – so scary! So glad Grady is okay & glad you are as well!
Oh wow I would’ve just about died. Glad he wasn’t hurt by it. I felt bad enough the time my two month old bumped her nose on my collarbone.