Talk:IHire An Idiot/@comment-3083473-20110213195048/@comment-3276102-20110214053440

My guess, frankly, is that it was just sloppy script writing.

But if you're looking for a rational explanation from within the show itself ... You could figure that Ashley arranged for a friend or family member to come to Bushwell Plaza with their baby. Ashley then took the baby up to the studio, while the parents waited in the lobby.

When Sam brought the baby back down, the parents likely pretended to have been going crazy looking for their child, and acted extremely grateful to get the baby back - all part of Freddie and Ashley's ploy to convince Carly and Sam that Ashley was an idiot.