Here's what you knew:

You saw me get out of my car to walk into the store, leaving my baby in the backseat. You must have been mortified or something, to call the cops. What kind of mother does that?

Here's what you DIDN'T know:

My child was sleeping. And she HATES being taken out/ put in to her car seat. She would have screamed if woken up and taken into the store, only to go back into the car seat moments later. I would have likely gotten many dirty looks, and even strangers unneeded opinions on how my child is 'probably' tired.

While you told the cops I was gone for 10 minutes, you were in fact very off. Why did you lie? I assume that you 'guessed' at that time. Makes sense, I mean most people would assume that when a person walks into a store they're going in to shop and buy something. However I was not. If I was, I would have brought my child in with me. I walked in to snap a picture of something my husband was interested in purchasing and walked out. I was gone less than 5 minutes... and when I came out, you were NOT there.

My baby weighs in at almost 30lbs. She's OVER the 100th percentile for weight. On top of that, I have a very bad back and need to go to the chiropractor and massage therapist 2 times a week. I'm also not covered for these visits so you can imagine the cost adds up rather quickly. If I can avoid picking my child up when I'm hurting, I do that.

I'm currently horribly sick with a nasty cold. So simply going out to run errands seems like a nightmare, but I do it anyway because these things need to get done.

Help? My husband works full time and both my parents are dead. My in-laws are in another country and other family members live hours away. So help is something I do not have.

So thank you. Thank you for ruining my day, wasting a police officers time and being ignorant to the facts. I suppose if you saw someone filling their car with gas, walk in to the store to pay, all with their child in the back seat of the car you'd see that as a problem too? Because I walked in and out of that store in LESS time it takes to do that. Maybe I'm wrong, but is that a crime? It shouldn't be. And when talking to other mothers, they confessed to me they do this all the time.

So don't worry. We won't go out anymore. Going to the library for story time? Can't risk someone calling the cops because I put my child in the car first (rather than her crawling around the house unattended) and then packed up our things. Baby swim time? Nope. I've eliminated all of the risks and in doing so... all of the fun too. So now my baby crawls around in the living room, looking rather bored. But hey, she's at least 'safe' in her over protective bubble. I'm sure she thanks you for that... since I know she's really going to miss swimming. We also go into the yard and play in the snow. She is loving the snow. Hopefully no one will see problems with this and ruin that for us too.

Being a mom is a tough job, but one of the things that makes it so is people who have little to no compassion or understanding. I ask that next time you consider the facts, or approach that mother personally if something is bothering you. I'm a kind person and would have respected that... rather than the unnecessary events that took place that day.