Toddler Found In Hospital Parking Lot in Delaware

[finn's mom]

She must have really felt like she was at the end of her rope to abandon him that way and leave a note like that.

And, I don't know, is there a way for mothers and/or fathers to give up their children safely and legally when they get in a situation where they can't take care of them anymore? Instead of just leaving them in stores or parking lots where anyone could pick them up?

Poor baby, poor girl.

[petslover]

That is really awful. I can't imagine just driving off leaving a child in the parking lot. I am sorry, but that is heartless. There are safer ways to give up your kid instead of leaving him in a parking lot. That angers me.

[cyber-sibes]

How sad. She must be in a lot of emotional pain to do such a desparate thing. I hope they do find her and help her. I'm adding them to my prayers.

[Catty1]

The note said she lost her job and her medical coverage...she must have been in a great deal of emotional pain to do this, as all accounts so far point to Michael as a happy boy and her as a great mom.

I think she didn't want to be found...leaving her boy in a parking lot is NOT the right way at all...I would guess in her mind it was preferable to going somewhere official and having a record...

I hope she has other family who will help her come forward.

Prayers for that little boy and her.

[Kalei]

What a terrible story, no matter how in the hole I could ever be or even living on the streets, I would never abandon anything I love like that, not a baby or an animal, If It came down to it I would go for help and seek the child an adopted family that would take the child in and love him.

Poor child, I hope he finds somebody that loves him dearly so he can continue to be happy.

[AdoreMyDogs]

How sad I can't imagine doing that to my child or an animal. I wonder what goes threw someones head that they think this is their only way out I wonder how a woman, who witnesses say loved that child, could surcome to such a horrible act. Very, very sad situation

[lizbud]

What a terrible story, no matter how in the hole I could ever be or even living on the streets, I would never abandon anything I love like that, not a baby or an animal,

I feel the same way. I do hope the boy & the mom get the help they need.

[Hellow]

This just ticks me off. i mean, why didnt she just ask a government official where to take her child instead of leaving him in a parking lot? This just makes me sick.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

That is really awful. I can't imagine just driving off leaving a child in the parking lot. I am sorry, but that is heartless. There are safer ways to give up your kid instead of leaving him in a parking lot. That angers me.

I agree with you 100% Tia! I can understand that she had no choice as to give up her son; but she could have taken him to a safer place then, such as a hospital or an orphanage

[Karen]

And, I don't know, is there a way for mothers and/or fathers to give up their children safely and legally when they get in a situation where they can't take care of them anymore? Instead of just leaving them in stores or parking lots where anyone could pick them up?

You may be thinking of the Baby Safe Haven law that some states hav, but that is meant for infants - newborn to 30 days old in New Jersey, for example. In Massachusetts and some other places it's 7 days old ...

http://www.njsafehaven.org/

http://www.babysafehaven.com/

But this child is a toddler, poor thing. There are social services she might have been able to use, maybe she just wasn't thinking clearly.

[lvpets2002]

Yes in Texas the baby has to be left at a Fire Station or a Police Station..

[Cataholic]

How very sad. She must have felt as she had no choice. Poor little boy, poor mommy.