Guess what I did!?

Right as I read this, there is a locksmith sorting out my car!

It has a mechanical lock on the driver's door, fuel-filler and ignition, but electronic fob. The plastic case had failed so I took it to a local branch of a key-cutting chain. The car was not nearby but at home.

The shop assistant re-homed the electronics but when I arrived home I found it would not fit, also she had not given me the old one back, and despite a careful search I had no spare! Luckily the shop was able to call out one of their locksmiths to come and make a new key.

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Years back I had one of those rear-engined VW 'Transporter'-based caravanettes - the sort that surfers apparently loved to corrode to death. It was horribly easy to lock the keys still inside it. I managed that twice.

By sheer luck a previous owner had replaced the small inspection-cover in the rear parcel with a hatch nearly the size of the shelf, held by four thumbscrews. Using pliers to unscrew them very carefully from below, I could then push the whole hatch plus the usual clutter it held, over onto the rear seat; then crawl in over the engine, up through the opening and follow the clutter onto the back seat.

Couldn't do it now - I'm less slim and supple!

It does happen. I remember my daughter locking herself in a parents room at the shops and security had to rescue her. Was mortifying. Sounds like he had a fun adventure though!

If it helps at all, I’ve heard this happens way more than people admit. You did exactly the right thing, and your little guy got the cutest experience out of it 🥹

Moms have a lot to think about. It's no joke managing a child and a life at the same time. Little lapses are bound to happen, but this wasn't a real safety issue so it's not like you dropped a major bomb. We all have lapses like that. To be perfect is to be other than human. Only people like me are perfect. Perfectly bald 🤔

On the bright side, if he remembers this, it will just be a cool time he got to tour a fire truck. 🤣

Nvm the mama trauma lol.

I would have been so upset in the moment too but I hope one day you can look back on this and laugh 💜

So glad he was OK, and that he got something fun out of it. We all have our stories like this, so don't feel too bad.

That is cute how much he loves firetrucks, I mean they are pretty friggen cool!

That’s happened to me too.

glad it worked out okay!

glad you are all ok..

Okay, never leave your keys in a car, especially not along with your baby. Just take em out. Not for the locking thing, but someone can literally just steal your car and baby.