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A small child who drifts off to sleep in the car awakens when the engine cuts. Unless, that is, you are at a distant store you must enter. Then the kid will wake loudly only AFTER you have carried the 30 lb. carseat into the store (and not one second before). He will NOT resume napping on the ride home, since in fact you COULD leave the child in the car in your own driveway. You've long since rigged an extension cord outside to let you place the baby monitor transmitter on the car window. Just remember to open the windows and put the car in the shade...and no, you really can't do this on a truly hot day. The guilt of dealing with an overheated, sweaty, screaming toddler is really not worth it. But I'm just guessing here.