Safety mistakes even smart moms make

... You turn your head, and your toddler is gleefully shredding the work papers you brought home. Mostly, we're lucky; our momentary lapses are harmless. But some close calls are scarier -- what mom hasn't seen her child take a fall and felt her own heart plummet? Parenting.com brings you the stories of little blunders by a handful of moms that almost caused big tragedies, and how these mishaps might have been prevented.

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