HOUSTON -- For most parents, getting their kids in and out of car seats is a part of the routine. So, to many, it seems impossible that a child could be left behind.

“That doesn't make any sense to me,” said parent Courtney Noe. “How you could leave a child in the car and just forget about them?”

Experts said people do “just forget” and it is common.

“It can be easy to go about your normal routine almost on autopilot,” said Jennifer Cole of Depelchin Children's Center.

Two horrible reminders of people on autopilot played out on our TV screens this week as a pair of toddlers died in separate incidents where they were locked in a hot car for extended periods of time.

What if there was an automatic reminder to help a parent keep alert?

A quick online check found a handful of products that would alert parents.

One is marketed by the company Baby Alert International.

“The smart seat is activated by the weight of the baby,” said company spokeswoman Jocelyn Spears. “When the parent exits the car, within 15 feet (or) six seconds after that, the key ring will alarm the parent that the baby is still in the car.”

When 11 News called local stores, none seemed to carry such devices like the smart seat or baby alerts.

“People don't think there's enough demand for a product like this,” said Spears.

Someone need not spend lots of money to have handy reminders around when the baby is in the back seat.

On low tech approach requires a stuffed animal that you keep in the baby seat when it's not in use. When you put your child into the car seat, take the stuffed animal in the front of the car with you.

It becomes a visual reminder that your child is still in the back.

Or try putting your workbag, purse of even your employee ID at the foot of the baby seat. That way, you are bound to reach to the back seat to retrieve the item, but your child as well.

“That's why we talk about different things to help trigger your memory,” said Cole.

Anything to prevent scenes like the deaths of toddlers in Webster and north Harris County the last couple of days.