Once or twice a year, we hear a story on the news or in the papers about a parent who drives off to work or gets home from someplace and leaves a toddler strapped into the carseat. (Like the one about the Kellys, in Virginia.

I have nothing but pity and sympathy for such people; I live in dread fear of doing the same thing, because I am so tired all the time right now that thinking more than 1 step ahead is impossible, and even that single step is highly challenging. I actually have occasional panic attacks that I have left the baby unsupervised someplace.