Parenting: 9 - 12 Months Community

So DH is an assistant t-ball coach. I went to one of his games last night, and of course all the little kids on the team are 5 or 6, so there was a lot of little kids running around. Well, I was sitting on the home team side, in the bleachers at the bottom, b/c I had DD stroller and she was sitting in it, staring intently at her Daddy. There was a lady sitting next to me, now keep in mind, there wasn't a LOT of people there, maybe 20-30, and me and this lady were the only one's sitting on the bottom row, b/c most people brought their own seats or were standing. She had what looked like a 3 year old boy, and then I would say about a 7 to 8 month old baby in a carrier. So, I'm minding my own business playing with DD, and this lady gets up, takes her older child and leaves, and LEFT THE BABY next to the bleachers. I was in shock! I sat there, and being nice, I just kept an eye on the baby from a distance to make sure he was ok. He was just laying there sucking on his bottle. She comes back 10 mins later, and I get up to go talk to the coach's wife, b/c we're good friends. Well, I'm standing over by the dugout, and I look over and this lady is gone again, nowhere to be seen, and the baby is sitting there bawling his eyes out. By this time I tell the coach's wife and we're looking around for his mom, and she's sitting in her car talking on her phone(she is a good 4 cars back and 5 over, so its not like its right there next to the bleachers). I walk up to her window and say, "Ma'am, your son is crying all by himself." and she says back to me, "Yeah, this phone call is important, he's okay, there's people around him if anything bad happens. Plus, my husband is on the field helping coach if anything really bad happens. It's not really your business."

I was SHOCKED. Really? I would NEVER leave my daughter just sitting there. I don't care if my husband was on the field. If someone tried to take my child, he'd have to run off the field, around the fence, through the dugout, and geez, hell no! I am in awe. Maybe I'm overreacting, but I don't think so.