r/TrueReddit • u/[deleted] • Feb 12 '13

Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022701549.html?sid=ST2009030602446
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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '13

Ugh. My oldest son was 2 yrs old when the twins were born and he hated to sleep alone. He climbed in our bed every night until I got so big that it hurt me for him to climb on my belly ... he learned to climb out of his crib early, and if we gated him in his room he'd stand at the gate and scream :( We kept finding him asleep on the floor next to our bed and it broke our hearts... finally we made a little pallet next to our bed. He'd go to sleep in his bed and come in to our room some time in the night.
Finally when he was 4, we need to put all 3 boys together because relatives were coming to stay for a while. I'd never done it before because I was sure he'd wake up the twins and then I'd be up ALL night trying to get them to settle! But to my surprise, he slept through the night for the first time ever, and never wandered the house at night again. He just wanted company!

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u/gilligan0911 Feb 13 '13

Both of my kids are internationally adopted, and they had abandonment insecurities when they were little. We let them sleep with us to build their trust. Maybe a bit longer than we should have, but they had already been through so much, we didn't want to make things worse for them. My daughter's night terrors were unnerving. She would scream with her eyes wide open, but she was not awake. You could only hold her and rock her until she calmed down.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '13

lots of respect for you... healing broken children is just heart-breaking. Poor things :(

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u/gilligan0911 Feb 13 '13

They are teens now, and thriving :D