TechnoGranola
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With the recent story of the child left in a hot car, and with our ever changing schedule and who has which car and who drops kids off, etc., today I set up a location based reminder for when I arrive at work. I will never have my kids at work with me, so an alert when I arrive pops up and asks me to check if any kids are in the vehicle.
I could also set it to only remind on specific days, but I figure that defeats the purpose of the change in routine that can lead to forgetting a child. So I want it to ask me each and every time I arrive at work.
These reminders could also be set up when arriving at other locations. For me, and with my youngest being already 2.5 and loud, and that my mom starts texting and asking where we are if we're late dropping kids off in the morning, I felt this reminder will work for our situation. I'm going to have DH set one up for when he arrives at work as well.
I'm sure there are other apps that can do this for you on both iOS and Android. But I thought I'd just point out the built in one on the iPhone in case anyone else wanted to do the same.
Here's a link on how to set up location based reminders http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4970 I find it easy to do from the location as then I just choose "Current Location".
I could also set it to only remind on specific days, but I figure that defeats the purpose of the change in routine that can lead to forgetting a child. So I want it to ask me each and every time I arrive at work.
These reminders could also be set up when arriving at other locations. For me, and with my youngest being already 2.5 and loud, and that my mom starts texting and asking where we are if we're late dropping kids off in the morning, I felt this reminder will work for our situation. I'm going to have DH set one up for when he arrives at work as well.
I'm sure there are other apps that can do this for you on both iOS and Android. But I thought I'd just point out the built in one on the iPhone in case anyone else wanted to do the same.
Here's a link on how to set up location based reminders http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4970 I find it easy to do from the location as then I just choose "Current Location".