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by Gigi_Graciette from Los Angeles

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Mar 23, 2008 | 9:22 PM
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He's a beautiful little boy...sound asleep in his car seat, his lips in a cute pucker, he is adorable.
 
And for a fraction of a nanosecond I am tempted to swipe him...for a good cause, of course.
 
You see the baby that I am a few feet away from is all by himself in the back-seat of a parked car. The windows are rolled down, the doors are unlocked and no one is there to watch him.
 
His mother/relative/friend/sitter is inside the dry cleaners from which I have just left. She is busy talking to the cashier as she waits for her cleaning to come down on the clothes-merry-go-round thingy.
 
And there I am, standing next to the car, knowing that it would take me -- or someone else - only seconds to grab the months-old baby and disappear.
 
And that, my friends, is where the thought -- the one that lasts only a fraction of a nanosecond -- to grab the baby and hide around the corner with it pops into my mind.
 
But of course, as quickly as it pops in, it pops right out.
 
Sure, my intentions are good -- I want to scare the living daylights out of his mother/relative/friend/sitter, or whoever she is, so that she learns her lesson!
 
YOU NEVER LEAVE A BABY UNATTENDED -- NO MATTER HOW CLOSE YOU'LL BE OR HOW MANY SECONDS YOU'LL BE GONE!
 
Hello!!!
 
But I don't do it.

I figure the police wouldn't understand, she wouldn't understand and my boss wouldn't be at all pleased with my well-intentioned but dumb idea.
 
So instead I get in my car and do what this woman should have been doing and that's watch her child.
 
I wait there for a few minutes until she comes out, making sure the baby is all right. We make eye contact and I hope she can read my mind.
 
I debate telling her that I am a reporter and that I both see and do too many stories about stolen babies and pets from cars.
 
I want to warn her that this is a dangerous world we live in; that there are a lot of sickos and crazies out there but deep in my heart I know my words will fall on deaf ears.
 
Common sense and a mother's instinct are two things that no one can teach you or preach to you. Either you have them or you don't.
 
She obviously didn't.
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samo714 read my blog view my photos
Mar 24, 2008 | 7:16 AM

yeah, that's a pretty messed up thing to do to a baby, especially in this heat. wow, it was pretty hot this weekend. but yeah, that was not a cool thing for a mom to do. i hope she felt embarrased when you gave her the eye, and i'm glad that you did what the mom should have done. i swear, she couldnt take her child with her.
michele_h
Mar 24, 2008 | 10:38 AM

You should have told her... at least for the sake of your conscience.
Gina_Silva read my blog view my photos
Mar 24, 2008 | 12:44 PM

Gigi,
I totally understand your frustration.
I get so upset when I see a small child alone in a car. It's happened to me twice.
The first time, two toddlers were in the car banging on the windows and screaming their lungs out. Their Mom was inside the bagel shop ignoring them. I say 'ignoring' because those kids were so loud you could hear them blocks away. I stayed outside kinda shocked/horrified wondering where Mom was. (Oh yeah, it was a summer morning in ARIZONA--HOT!) When she came out, I tried to explain to her the dangers of leaving the kids in the car.
She responded by calling me the "B" word and telling me it that it wasn't my F-ing business.

The second time it happened, it was at a mall parking lot and again this kid was scared and crying. I think he may be been asleep when Mom left him inside and thought it would be easy to run in and out. This time I just called security and I stayed with the boy until they showed up. I tell you, some people really have no business having kids.
ProudAmerican read my blog view my photos
Mar 24, 2008 | 1:13 PM

I'm in Texas now and every summer parents "Forget" their precious infants/toddlers are in the backseat. Leaving these baby's to die a miserable death while they are in their air conditioned offices or homes.

I call it the "New" way to murder your child and get away with it.

You should have called the police and reported the baby left alone.
mystere read my blog view my photos
Mar 24, 2008 | 3:04 PM

Gigi,

I can bet that if this woman's husband knew what happened, he would be furious like any other protective dad. I know that if I were married, and found out that the wife left the child in the car alone, even for a short second, I'd be outraged. One of my former driver's education instructors taught me and some other classmates to always get everyone out of the car whenever doing something that would be a risk to others, such as fueling the car, or doing an errand. I work in radio, and whenever the Emergency Alert System sends out an Amber Alert, it disturbs me deeply, whenever it's a kidnapping of a child or infant.

Gigi, kudos to you!

"Mr. E" from Cypress.
blcoffman read my blog
Mar 24, 2008 | 3:40 PM

Its amazing how safe people think they are, and its good you Gigi were there! She should thank her lucky stars you were not a child molester or worse! She may never see the baby again its very frustrating, and always a good time to remind to anyone NOT LEAVE KIDS UNATTENDED !!
I AGREE GREAT POST!!
Love ya Brenda
Leelila_Strogov read my blog view my photos
Mar 24, 2008 | 5:11 PM

This is really sad, Gigi. Children and animals have no one to protect them but their caretakers. It's heartbreaking to see those caretakers fail to honor the enormous responsibility they themselves have taken on BY CHOICE. Makes no sense to me. No one forces anyone to become a parent!!! What was this woman thinking???
craftyguy read my blog
Mar 24, 2008 | 8:52 PM

next time call the police
Paul_D read my blog
Mar 25, 2008 | 7:21 PM

the key, from my perspective, is to impregnate the smart women! i like you gigi.
cookie2ana
Apr 10, 2008 | 7:28 AM

Realmente...

Ela não tinha!

Gostei muito do texto e do título e também do final!!
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Gigi_Graciette

Gigi Graciette can be seen nightly on the Channel 13 and FOX 11 Newscasts. She is also the host of "Ella Es…Gigi Graciette", a nationally syndicated radio show – a three-hour program heard daily. Raised by her Portuguese mother and grandmother, Gigi loves to travel – she’s already visited 23 countries – and in addition to having lived in Mexico City, has spent a lot of time in Portugal, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Haiti and England. Gigi Graciette is fluent in three languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese.

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