My Worst Parenting Mistakes (So Far)  I wouldn't say I was the
most prepared sandwich in the deli when it comes to having a
kid, but these raw vegetables did what it took to get the soup
cookin'. Er, cringe-inducing analogies for parental readiness
aside, I read like a mofo while I was pregnant, talked to people
with kids, and generally put my reporting skills to work to get
my shit together to have a baby.  It paid off. We immediately
had a sixth sense for when she was hungry or cold, knew
intuitively when her diaper was within a 3% wetness range of
chafing, and were spotting choking hazards like a coupla
Terminator-scanning wunderkinds within seconds of her birth.
SECONDS. But in spite of mostly being good little hyper-vigilant
helicopter parents in 2011, we still pulled a few rookie moves
whose consequences are still TBD — and these are just the ones
we're aware of. To wit:  We looked away a bunch and she hit her
head. A lot.  When you have a baby, you cannot look away. Did
you hear me? You can't look away