babble » blogs » Strollerderby
Strollerderby
Mom Finds Her Baby Locked Alone in Day Care Center
Someone is so in trouble. A Rhode Island daycare center apparently didn’t keep very good tabs on their wards. A 9-month-old baby was forgotten and locked in a day care center all alone for about an hour. The AP is reporting that a mother in Johnston, Rhode Island arrived at the center to pick up her child only to find the facility closed with not a soul around. She began to banging on the door and yelling. When a neighbor heard the ruckus, they helped her gain entry into the day care center where her child was found alone and crying in a crib. Apparently the daycare workers simply forgot the child was there.
The owner of the day care center pointed the finger at the mother saying that she hadn’t signed the baby in when she had dropped him off. And that it was a “crazy mistake”. But since the baby was actually there, wouldn’t that trump any kind of sign in sheet? Perhaps they have just that many kids that one could be forgotten.
Could you or would you ever forgive a daycare center for forgetting your kid was there?
Go Back To Strollerderby
11 Comments
PlumbLucky commented on Aug 13 09 at 1:41 pmUh, no.
I somehow doubt that a sign-in sheet would trump, oh, I don’t know, a physical check of the premises?
I’d be filing a report of some sort with the appropriate state agency and I’d have him OUT of that center in a heartbeat.
ceecee commented on Aug 13 09 at 3:49 pmSo if I don’t sign my kid in, you ignore him all day, don’t check his diaper, don’t feed him lunch? Daycare center dropped the ball big time!
Mistress_Scorpio commented on Aug 13 09 at 7:11 pmHoly crap. No way. That’s some rank BS, calling out the mom on a flippin’ sign in sheet. I hope the mom sues that daycare into oblivion.
Suzer2 commented on Aug 13 09 at 10:39 pmWow. That is so bad. A few years ago when my son was in kindergarten, I got a call from his principal 3 hours after school had ended. The principal was leaving for the day, and he found my son sitting outside by himself. Turns out his daycare van came to get him, but he didn’t come out within 3 minutes, so they left because a parade was going to come by and they would be trapped in the parking lot. Never called me, never called the school. Just left him. Thank goodness nothing happened, but I hate to think about what could have happened. He never spent another second in that center.
Ri-chan commented on Sep 06 09 at 10:47 pmAs a Pre-school teacher and former daycare worker I don’t see how this could possibly happen. How do you not notice that you left a baby when your leaving. You have to clean the room very well, so there’s no way you wouldn’t see him. If I was that mother I wouldn’t have just stood around banging on the door, I would have smashed the window, grabbed my baby and sued the hell out of that place!
conteena commented on Sep 12 09 at 4:05 pmunder no circumstances will i ever forgive any day care that would leave my child in their center. i would prosecut them to the fullest extent of the law and i would also go to the news media, radio and news paper to let them know exactly what happend.Their is no reasoable explanation for leaving a child any where withought proper supervision.
John D commented on Feb 16 10 at 1:24 pmJust that fact that this day-care has the nerve to mention the sign-in sheet, and thinking this will somehow rectify their obvious negligence would be enough for me as a parent to file a law-suit and to make sure their license yanked. How dare they try and turn their lapse in awareness and responsibility around back at the parent for some bogus little procedural BS. They ought to be sending that mother flowers, not building a wall against her. It’s just like the designers of the luge track at the Olympics trying to spin their negligence onto the victim of the accident. Do these people/organization have no conscience. I mean the term “pathetic weasels” doesn’t even begin to describe them.
m commented on Mar 02 11 at 4:09 pmmy son’s kindergarten teacher couldn’t be bothered to do a headcount when bringing kids to bus after school on a friday and he got locked in classroom all alone. bus came and he wasn’t on. i called school and they found him but teacher split so she wouldn’t have to face me. i withdrew him from school that day and homeschooled him till we moved to a better school discrict…
Julie commented on Mar 03 11 at 9:07 pmHaving worked in a daycare I can honestly say it’s pretty damned hard to just “forget” a child is there, even if the parent didn’t sign them in. I can’t think of ANY reason any caregiver could forget a child, let alone an infant especially considering how much care they need. That daycare needs to overhaul their staff if that’s the best they can do for those children.
JULIE ANDREWS commented on Jan 23 12 at 5:06 pmI would have gone crazy, knowing that my child was left all alone and distressed and confused, it is disgusting.
JULIE ANDREWS commented on Jan 23 12 at 5:06 pmI would have gone crazy, knowing that my child was left all alone and distressed and confused, it is disgusting.
Add your take:
Note: Babble is a supportive, diverse community. We encourage a range of opinions,
but any unduly hostile comments will be removed.
Comments are delayed up to 15 minutes
Joslyn Gray 
Amber Doty 
Julianna Miner 
Monica Bielanko 
Sierra Black 
Meredith Carroll 
Carolyn Castiglia 
Sunny Chanel 
Madeline Holler 
Wendy Michaels 
Rebecca Odes 
Danielle Smith 
Danielle Sullivan 
Katherine Stone 
The Walt Disney Company supports Babble as a platform dedicated to honest, engaged, informed, intelligent and open conversation about parenting. However, the opinions expressed on this site are those of individual parents/writers and do not reflect the views of Disney. In addition, content provided on this site is for entertainment or informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or safety advice.
11