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[Ari2]

Darn! I knew we forgot something!

From Yahoo! News:

Parents board flight, forget toddler at airport

Tickets, check. Passports, check. Luggage, check. Baby...oops.

A family boarded a flight on Monday in westernmost Canada, and forgot their tot at the Vancouver international airport, media said Tuesday.

The 23-month-old boy's family had just arrived in Canada from the Philippines, but they were forced to repack their overweight bags before catching a connecting flight to Winnipeg, causing them to run late.
In their sprint to the gate, the family became separated.

The boy's father Jun Parreno, told local media he had thought his son was with his wife and the boy's grandparents, who ran ahead. They thought the boy was with his dad.

On the plane, the family members were seated separately and so did not immediately realize they had left the child behind.

Sometime later, a security guard found the boy, who speaks no English, wandering near the departure gate, and Air Canada officials tracked down his shocked parents on the flight.

Because the boy was so young, he was not issued a boarding pass and would have sat on a parent's lap during the flight, so airline personnel did not notice a passenger was missing.

According to the Vancouver Sun, airport security found a Tagalog-speaking Air Canada agent who looked after the child while his father flew 2,300 kilometers (1,400 miles) back to Vancouver to pick him up and then return to Winnipeg to rejoin the immigrant family on their first day in Canada.

The baby was kept in Air Canada's offices and staff found him some toys, said local media.

"Air Canada took good care of him," Parreno told the daily Winnipeg Free Press upon arrival. "I'm grateful."

[Kaytee]

well myt first reaction was oMG how could yo uforget your kid. But I can kinda see how it could happen

[HappyMomma]

I would go into complete panic mode! OMG

[fallon]

opps

[musicmom]

This is something my dh would do. I thought you were watching them.

[.:Kalli Rae:.]

I can see it happening, I would have lost it though. Poor baby.

[Good Wolf]

[Ari2]

Originally Posted by Kaytee

well myt first reaction was oMG how could yo uforget your kid. But I can kinda see how it could happen

Me too. That's why I had twins: To have a spare in case of an airplane mix-up. (Entirely kidding...but my fear is that I would do something like this. )

[.:Kalli Rae:.]

I actually forgot a kid in the house once, I only got as far as starting the car though. There were 3 adults (my cousin, my ex-hubby and me) with 7 kids and we were trying to get everyone in the cars to go to Easter. I did the count in the house and then when I got in the car and got it started I thought I would do the count again and we were missing one. I went in the house and there was my niece in here car-seat on the living room floor. I felt horrible, but from then on I do counts about 2-3 times before we leave anywhere.