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Chappietime t1_j9wxnq9 wrote

A co-workers hearing impaired son was missing. The whole neighborhood and several co workers got involved in the search. After the third inspection of the house by the local police department, the missing child woke up from his nap on the couch under a blanket, where he had been the entire time.

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ackillesBAC t1_j9x216p wrote

We had a neighbour that got the whole street looking for her little girl. Turned out she fell asleep behind the couch.

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nospamkhanman t1_j9xedx5 wrote

When my youngest was like 2 1/2 I put him down for a nap. I checked on him like an hour later and he wasn't there.

I went ask over the house yelling and screaming. It's not like he could have left the house on his own because the front door is bolted, the sliding glass door has a blocker thing up high and the garage door is noisy as hell.

We had looked all around the house for 20 minutes and my wife was literally on the phone with 911 when I found him.

He had crawled under his bed, created a wall of toys around him then fell asleep.

I didn't see him when I looked under the bed because of the toys.

He definitely heard me screaming for him but he stayed quiet because he thought I was mad or something.

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UltraInstinctLurker t1_j9xlmra wrote

Me looking at my 2 year old and taking notes

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Acewasalwaysanoption t1_j9y0224 wrote

Tell them about the monsters that inhabit under their bed to avoid a similar situation. Or take away their bed. And toys. For their own safety, of course.

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km_44 t1_j9yevq5 wrote

You have no kids, right?

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escrimadragon t1_j9yigse wrote

No joke the best thing I did for my toddler’s safety is get an indoor camera with motion detection pointed at their door while they are napping and at night. You can tell when they’re up and which direction they went (toward kitchen, toward front door, whatever) when they left their room.

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SteveHeist t1_j9yct5r wrote

My mother tells a story about me that goes something like this:

When I was about your son's age, I apparently decided one day that I was tired and wanted a quiet place to nap, so I climbed into the lazy Susan cabinet with a pillow and blanket and slept in there.

Apparently my mother was looking for me for a solid couple hours because I'd tucked myself in the back corner.

I don't remember this happening but I can still bet I was comfy xD

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VURORA t1_j9zb8x3 wrote

Honestly all these situations remind me about how useful it is to have a ring camera in the house, if you lose a item you just had in your hands or a person you can scroll through hours of footage on your phone for the last location of said person or item. It helps people like me with scatter brain. Just dont become addicted to it and check constantly on stuff you shouldnt know about.

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coldvault t1_j9xq8xd wrote

Ugh these comments remind me of a case from Mexico in which a girl couldn't be located...she was eventually found at the foot of her bed :(

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WikiSummarizerBot t1_j9xq9qt wrote

Death of Paulette Gebara Farah

>Paulette Gebara Farah was a four year old disabled Mexican girl who disappeared, and was subsequently found dead under suspicious circumstances. She went missing from her bedroom on March 22, 2010, in the municipality of Huixquilucan de Degollado, Mexico. Upon her disappearance, her family began a search campaign utilizing television, advertisements, and social media. Paulette's body was found in her own room wrapped in sheets between the mattress and the foot of the bed, the same room where her mother had given interviews.

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XtremeWRATH360 t1_j9y2vq6 wrote

When we moved into our new house several years ago my son who at the time was 3/4 vanished in the morning. I wake up early for work and found the front door wide open and couldn’t find my son anywhere. I’m outside in a panic looking for him and what feels like an eternity searching eventually my neighbor flags me down and informs me he’s with her. Apparently he wanted to play basketball with the neighbors kids.

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ackillesBAC t1_j9yikfk wrote

Our street is crawling with kids all summer, this happens weekly. But the kids do a good job keeping everyone informed, and the all parents have a group text.

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brightyoungthings t1_ja0ht9k wrote

My sister fell asleep at the neighbor’s house once. Ran all around outside looking for her until neighbor was like, oh yeah she came over and fell asleep!

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CarlosFer2201 t1_ja4vnua wrote

I'm starting to think people should put airtags on little kids

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ackillesBAC t1_ja4wvk2 wrote

Airtags only work if an apple phone is close enough to detect it, which is about 33 feet, so wouldn't be as helpful as you'd think.

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CarlosFer2201 t1_ja4xf3r wrote

Maybe not for out in the wild, but if you're in the middle of a city it would.

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BafangFan t1_j9wyb68 wrote

On the flip side, my coworker fell asleep on the couch, and when he woke up his 2 year old was found by a neighbor 4 blocks away

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Raw_Venus t1_j9xu1fr wrote

My sister with down syndrome did this many years ago. Scared the shit out of me. My three other siblings and I all ran out of the house to look for her.

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PooPooDooDoo t1_j9yl2e9 wrote

My son has tried to leave the house multiple times, luckily our house security system announces when a door or window opens. Granted they know not to go far away and they stick to our yard.

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Hivestrung t1_j9xm1xy wrote

Y’all need to attach AirTags to your children

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KanyePepperr t1_j9xubjp wrote

Ya know, I have a toddler and have tried thinking logistics for this.

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escrimadragon t1_j9yiqh8 wrote

They make watch band style things for AirTags in toddler sizes. Whenever we go to super crowded areas (the beach, the fair, etc) we have my son wear his “watch” and he’s super excited about it. Doesn’t even want to take it off when we get home. Pretty easy and inexpensive peace of mind.

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Hivestrung t1_j9yj8gj wrote

That's pretty smart. Could do a necklace too (but possibly dangerous due to strangulation risk idk I don't have a child), or ankle bracelet. Or just clip it to their ear like they do cows.

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Isord t1_j9ykp4u wrote

Just have them eat it and you'll be good for a day or two.

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luger718 t1_j9yojc4 wrote

>(but possibly dangerous due to strangulation risk idk I don't have a child)

Bro, toddlers are suicide machines, you are not that far off.

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escrimadragon t1_j9yk11w wrote

Or keychain clipped to a belt loop if they’re wearing something with belt loops.

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Boxerlife t1_ja01odp wrote

We have seriously thought about putting one in their shoes after we make a spot in one.

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tailuptaxi t1_j9ymgk2 wrote

I was gonna say, when we get our kids microchipped or just a neural implant this is gonna be as easy as Find My iPhone.

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JB-from-ATL t1_j9xn0jy wrote

Oh my god. When we moved into our new house our cat went missing. We thought she ran away trying to get back to the old house. She buried herself under the covers in our bed. She had never done that (when we weren't in it) and never done it since.

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Raeandray t1_j9zhwq9 wrote

I had a similar experience. Daughter had played dress-up, and then played hide and seek after that. Police searched the house multiple times, the entire apartment complex was searching and video footage was being pulled to see what cars had come in and out of the complex.

They brought in whatever detective was in charge of child kidnappings, who found her on his second search through the house. She'd fallen asleep in the dress-up clothes bin.

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jeffe_el_jefe t1_j9yh2ug wrote

My brother once did that except he wasn’t napping, just a prick lmao. Little 8 year old hiding under the cushions for hours whilst we freaked the fuck out

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nicoco3890 t1_j9yqvcx wrote

Deaf or hard of hearing? Using euphemism here make the story hard to understand.

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