have you ever had this happen with your baby?

Yes, I have done this. How I do it depends on what the weather is like and whether my daughter is sleeping or not. If she is sleeping I will leave her in the car while I run everything in and then grab her. If she's awake and it's rainy or cold/hot I will bring her in before I bring the groceries in. If it's a nice day I'll let her hang out in her car seat where she will happily hang out for a minute or two while I run the groceries in. If I bring her in and then run back out she'll usually cry until I'm back in and I'd rather leave her in the car than have her cry. But I also live in a good quiet neighborhood, there are some places I would NEVER do that.

If she lives in an area where she felt the need to lock the car and didn't feel it was safe to leave the windows rolled all the way down when she left it for just a moment to run bags to the house, then yes she did make the wrong choice. The logical decision would be to take the baby and most perishable grocery items in first, put her in her crib or playpen, and THEN go back out and get the groceries. A sun roof will not allow enough air movement in the car to prevent a baby from dying of heat stroke on a hot day.

People were mad about it because THIS is exactly how 38 children DIE each year after being left in a car on a hot day! That's 38 children that shouldn't have to die in the first place because they were perfectly healthy kids who just happened to be left in a hot car. It only takes about 10 minutes for temperatures inside a car to become dangerously high if it's 80 degrees outside. And leaving the car running is no guarantee either, as there have been infants and toddlers who have died after being left in a running car too.

We tend to do that if we have milk in the car and it's hot. I know that may sound wrong but milk doesn't have an AC blowing on it. But we live in a small neighborhood, in a house. And will leave the doors open. And we park next to our front door.

Maybe next time she can take the baby in first and just leave her in her car seat until all the groceries are in.

Let her know though. The sun roof does not let air in it only lets sun in and will not keep the car cool. Windows on the other hand, do. If she chooses to continue taking the groceries in first (Which, again I do so I'm not judging) to open the windows instead of the sun roof. But taking the baby in first and just leaving her in her car seat may be the best option in her situation.

Now then. My toddler is a totally different story. She will scream if we leave her in the car, so she gets out immediately. But she can also walk and tends to carry a bag.

EDIT: All of this of course depends on where she lives. If she lives in an area where people were willing to kidnap babies then that would be different, or in a large apt, or a single mother's residence, then she should definitely take the baby in first. But again, we live in a really nice neighborhood, not gated btw just nice people, so we trust that nobody will judge and nobody will take her or our groceries.

I saw somebody say put her in her play pen. If she is in a carrier car seat then there really is no reason to remove her from it. Especially if she's sleeping. Ours have all 3 slept all night in their car seats.

When I have to bring in the groceries by myself and it's more than I can take in one trip *with* the baby, I'll stop outside my door, run as many groceries up to the porch as I can and go back to the car. Then I park the car and bring her and the rest of the groceries in. The car is never out of my sight because I don't go in the house until she's with me. If I had a parking spot in front of my apartment, I would bring her in first, get her settled in her bouncy seat and then go get the groceries, but I don't have parking that's visible from the house. She's a lot safer inside the house than inside the car and if I only had to go to a driveway for the groceries, I wouldn't mind leaving her in the alone inside. But my parking lot is too far to make that practical. I don't know what your friend's situation is, but if she can park the car, getting the baby in should come before the groceries. If she has a situation like mine, I would tell all the people criticizing that if they have that much to say about it they can help me carry the groceries from the parking lot. LOL

Maybe next time bring baby into the cool house first and put him or her somewhere safe and then head back out instead. It would be a lot less likely that people would be gawking like crazy.

Maybe bring in the baby and a few bags in first, and then the rest of the bags really quickly. But in her situation, it wasn't that bad, really, people shouldn't judge so quickly.

Take the baby first and put him/her in the crib or somewhere they can't get out and then get the groceries. That's what I did and still do with my kids.

i would have taking my child up first and put him in the play pen and come bak and get groceries you cant do things like this anymore but i wouldnt do it because there are sick people out there and it only takes a second for someone to snatch him up

NO - because, no matter how many bags I had to carry (along with my child)...I NEVER left my child alone.