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Internet divided on mom who left baby in shopping cart

The incident happened in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert, on a day when the high temperature was 104 degrees.

Peterson returned to the grocery store to look for her baby after about 40 minutes, but she didn't notice he was missing until she had finished her errands and driven all the way home.

­"As I was pulling into the garage, my 3-year-old-goes, 'Where is baby Huxton?' I turned around and looked and realized he was gone," Peterson said.

She told CBS Phoenix Affiliate KPHO she was distracted by two of her kids and forgot her son, who was still in the cart.

"Normally, I put my cart away, but I didn't need to because I parked at the front of the store, and I never park there. And I drove away," Peterson said.

An off-duty police officer found the infant and took him inside a nearby Supercuts.

Huxton was checked out at a hospital before being returned to his parents. CBSNews

Good mom who made a bad mistake? Negligent parent? Or should social media even be weighing in on this story?



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