re: There are bad days and terrible days; 2 year old dead after being left in a car

My wife had to bring our two year old to school and the baby was going in later because he had a doctor's visit. She brought them both, brought both inside, dropped our oldest off, put the little one back in the car, and drove home.

She didn't leave our little one in the car (she remembered before she even pulled into the driceway), but she freaked out because she had forgotten for a second he was there and came home instead of the doctor because of the routine.

That's probably as close as either of us will ever come, and I can't imagine forgetting for an extended period of time, but the mind is powerful.