Now that the weather is finally heating up, one woman is determined to ensure people don't leave their baby in a hot car.
She's doing so by providing a genius tip on TikTok. It actually makes soo much sense. It's something you can also do to keep your dogs safe!
Keep reading to see her life-saving tip.
According to one Canadian study, this is called “forgotten baby syndrome.”
Factors that contribute to this include stress and a change in routine.
In Canada, there has been, on average, one child death in a hot car per year since 2013.
In the US, 42 children died from a hot car in 2019.
More often than not, owners will take their furry friends along for a ride and leave them in the car while they run their errands.
Some make the mistake of thinking so long as they crack a window, their pet will be fine.
The temperature inside a car can rise as much as 40 degrees in the span of only an hour. Even with the window cracked, your pet can still suffer from heatstroke and in some instances — even death.
Kristy Wilson, @pinkjeepgirltx, recently became a grandmother. While she was out running around town with her grandson, she felt compelled to share a brilliant new memory hack with her friends and followers.
There's a lot more going on here than just Kristy's brightly colored fluorescent toenails. When Kristy finally asks herself why she's doing that, she says, "because I have my infant grandson in the car."
It's a pretty clever trick. Whereas someone might neglect an elastic band on their wrist, there isn't a person alive who wouldn't be able to notice that they weren't wearing two shoes.
The purpose of this is to leave something essential in the backseat so parents and caregivers are reminded of the child being in the car.
Facebook user Jennifer Cullen wrote "I remember how someone (before being a parent) would say they could never leave their kid and they shouldn't be parents if they do...left their kid TWICE. Luckily someone was there to remind them."
Another Facebook user, Eva-Marie Yee, commented "This can’t be serious? I have three kids three years apart and there has never been any time that I’ve needed to remind myself they are in the car."
One Facebook user by the name of Jennifer Farrell stressed that people needed to stop publically shaming parenting hacks like Kristy's.
Just because it doesn't work for everyone, doesn't mean that it won't work for anyone.
Do you think it's a clever hack or is this something that would never apply to you? Make sure to leave a message and be sure to let us know what (if any) car hacks you use for your kiddos!
