Yesterday I had one of the scariest moments of my life. It went a little something like this.
I was looking for my external hard drive in the house and couldnt find it. I decided to go look in the truck. Brody was playing and walking around and when I started to head out he wanted to go with me. So I picked him up and we headed out to Aaron's truck. I unlocked the car and Brody grabbed the keys to play with them. He does this all the time so I didnt thing anything about it. I opened the front door and set him in the seat so I could look all around the front for it. I didnt see it so decided to check in the back. So before I opened the back door I closed the front door and just let Brody continue sitting in the front while I checked quickly. I didnt want him to fall out so that is why I closed the front door. He still had the keys. As I am looking in the back, I hear a click of the door but it didnt register that Brody could have hit lock instead of unlock. So I finish looking in the back seat and close the back door. As soon as the door closed, panic sunk in as I thought, what if he locked it? As I go to open the front door I realize he did.
Now at first he was just sitting there playing with the keys happy. So I was not too scared yet. I was trying to tell him to keep pushing the buttons (as much as a 14 month old can understand that through a window) hoping he might hit the unlock. Well he did keep pushing them, but he pushed the alarm button. So I run inside and get Aaron quickly. He comes out and just kind of stands there like what do we do. Brody is still holding the keys so Aaron goes to the driver side and I stay at the passenger side. We keep saying "Play with the keys Brody, hit the button." His thumb was literally ON THE UNLOCK! But he other thumb was on the lock button and that is the one he kept pushing. We were ready to open the door super quick if he hit unlock. After about 5 or so minutes of this he drops the keys between the door and seat. I tell Aaron to go get a hanger and try to unlock it. I go grab my phone and call AAA.
Now I am just trying to keep Brody's attention as he is in the front seat. I start to freak out just a little here. I start thinking that my baby is going to be stuck in there a while and get hurt somehow. I turn away and hear Aaron start banging on the window and yelling "NO, NO, NO, NO" to Brody. Brody is trying to eat some pennies he found on Aaron console. PANIC!!! I just start crying and saying "He's going to choke! He's going to choke!". I tell Aaron, "Break the window!!!" He says I cant. I run into the garage crying and looking for something to break the window. Then I hear Aaron say, "He put them down!" Let me just say - you have never felt panic before until you think your child is about to be in serious danger. All I could think was, he is going to put that penny in his mouth and choke and I wont be able to get to him quick enough. Sheer panic! I really thought he might choke to death if we could not keep his mind off those pennies. Then I hear "NO, NO, NO, NO" again from Aaron. He has picked the pennies up again.
Meanwhile, I have gotten AAA and they say they will be there in 20 min or less. I think the person heard the panic in my voice when I told them my son was locked in the car because they said they would send the closest next available person over.
Crying I come over to the window and just start talking to Brody and trying to get his attention. He is screaming now. I think Aaron banging on the window and yelling scared him. BUT I am glad it did because he dropped the penny and became focused on us. He was scared and wanted us to pick him up. Then, he started getting close to the seat edge. Now, I think he is going to fall off the seat and hurt himself and I cannot get to him. Not as scary as the pennies but still scary. So I start playing peek-a-boo with him towards the back of the window. Since he is still standing I think that maybe he will slide towards the back of the seat to try and reach me and I am toward the back of the seat. It worked! Now he is just screaming, but ok standing and not about to fall off. He is pressing his face against the window smoothering it with tears and snot.
Then my mom text me and says Pop-A-Lock unlocks for free if a child is stuck. So I call them and ask how quick they can get there and they say about 10 min. I just want him out so I say ok send them. AAA was taking too long for me. Brody has been in there about 20 min by this point. As soon as I hang up AAA calls and says we are 3 miles away. We will be there in 5 min. So I call P-A-L back and say we didnt need them anymore. They AAA got there in about 5 min (seems like 30) and got him out in about 1 min. All I wanted to do was pick Brody up and hold him when we got it unlocked. He was in there about 25 total min.
Let me say, Aaron did a great job through it all! He remained calm when I did not and distracted Brody very well when I was crying and looking for something to plung through his truck window. So thankful for him and how he handled it all!!
It was a scary adventure for us! Not one I enjoyed. But I remember just praying "Lord protect him, protect him, protect him." I know the Lord heard me and distracted him from those pennies and kept him safe. I am so thankful! I held Brody a little tighter and kissed him a little more last night. Something I should do anyway.
So take note: Dont close any doors of your car if your child is in there and playing with the keys, or just dont let your kids play with keys. It was not something I thought about at all. It seems like common sense, but playing with car keys seems harmless as well. Just be cautious of the situation.
1 Peter 5:7 " Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you." NLT
Karlee
I was looking for my external hard drive in the house and couldnt find it. I decided to go look in the truck. Brody was playing and walking around and when I started to head out he wanted to go with me. So I picked him up and we headed out to Aaron's truck. I unlocked the car and Brody grabbed the keys to play with them. He does this all the time so I didnt thing anything about it. I opened the front door and set him in the seat so I could look all around the front for it. I didnt see it so decided to check in the back. So before I opened the back door I closed the front door and just let Brody continue sitting in the front while I checked quickly. I didnt want him to fall out so that is why I closed the front door. He still had the keys. As I am looking in the back, I hear a click of the door but it didnt register that Brody could have hit lock instead of unlock. So I finish looking in the back seat and close the back door. As soon as the door closed, panic sunk in as I thought, what if he locked it? As I go to open the front door I realize he did.
Now at first he was just sitting there playing with the keys happy. So I was not too scared yet. I was trying to tell him to keep pushing the buttons (as much as a 14 month old can understand that through a window) hoping he might hit the unlock. Well he did keep pushing them, but he pushed the alarm button. So I run inside and get Aaron quickly. He comes out and just kind of stands there like what do we do. Brody is still holding the keys so Aaron goes to the driver side and I stay at the passenger side. We keep saying "Play with the keys Brody, hit the button." His thumb was literally ON THE UNLOCK! But he other thumb was on the lock button and that is the one he kept pushing. We were ready to open the door super quick if he hit unlock. After about 5 or so minutes of this he drops the keys between the door and seat. I tell Aaron to go get a hanger and try to unlock it. I go grab my phone and call AAA.
Now I am just trying to keep Brody's attention as he is in the front seat. I start to freak out just a little here. I start thinking that my baby is going to be stuck in there a while and get hurt somehow. I turn away and hear Aaron start banging on the window and yelling "NO, NO, NO, NO" to Brody. Brody is trying to eat some pennies he found on Aaron console. PANIC!!! I just start crying and saying "He's going to choke! He's going to choke!". I tell Aaron, "Break the window!!!" He says I cant. I run into the garage crying and looking for something to break the window. Then I hear Aaron say, "He put them down!" Let me just say - you have never felt panic before until you think your child is about to be in serious danger. All I could think was, he is going to put that penny in his mouth and choke and I wont be able to get to him quick enough. Sheer panic! I really thought he might choke to death if we could not keep his mind off those pennies. Then I hear "NO, NO, NO, NO" again from Aaron. He has picked the pennies up again.
Meanwhile, I have gotten AAA and they say they will be there in 20 min or less. I think the person heard the panic in my voice when I told them my son was locked in the car because they said they would send the closest next available person over.
Crying I come over to the window and just start talking to Brody and trying to get his attention. He is screaming now. I think Aaron banging on the window and yelling scared him. BUT I am glad it did because he dropped the penny and became focused on us. He was scared and wanted us to pick him up. Then, he started getting close to the seat edge. Now, I think he is going to fall off the seat and hurt himself and I cannot get to him. Not as scary as the pennies but still scary. So I start playing peek-a-boo with him towards the back of the window. Since he is still standing I think that maybe he will slide towards the back of the seat to try and reach me and I am toward the back of the seat. It worked! Now he is just screaming, but ok standing and not about to fall off. He is pressing his face against the window smoothering it with tears and snot.
Then my mom text me and says Pop-A-Lock unlocks for free if a child is stuck. So I call them and ask how quick they can get there and they say about 10 min. I just want him out so I say ok send them. AAA was taking too long for me. Brody has been in there about 20 min by this point. As soon as I hang up AAA calls and says we are 3 miles away. We will be there in 5 min. So I call P-A-L back and say we didnt need them anymore. They AAA got there in about 5 min (seems like 30) and got him out in about 1 min. All I wanted to do was pick Brody up and hold him when we got it unlocked. He was in there about 25 total min.
Let me say, Aaron did a great job through it all! He remained calm when I did not and distracted Brody very well when I was crying and looking for something to plung through his truck window. So thankful for him and how he handled it all!!
It was a scary adventure for us! Not one I enjoyed. But I remember just praying "Lord protect him, protect him, protect him." I know the Lord heard me and distracted him from those pennies and kept him safe. I am so thankful! I held Brody a little tighter and kissed him a little more last night. Something I should do anyway.
So take note: Dont close any doors of your car if your child is in there and playing with the keys, or just dont let your kids play with keys. It was not something I thought about at all. It seems like common sense, but playing with car keys seems harmless as well. Just be cautious of the situation.
1 Peter 5:7 " Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you." NLT
Karlee
