This is so, so, so true. I have three boys. The youngest is still a toddler and sometimes I think, "well I've raised two others and I've seen it all, nothing can suprise me". Yesterday I see this little fucker playing with something in his hand and hes about to put it in his mouth... He managed to pull a decorative metal stud with a sharp pin on the back off my couch that was close to his playpen. I still dont know how he even had the strength to pull it off. I tried removing the others and physically couldn't. In instances like these, YOU have to be physically able to sprint like a goddamned American Ninja WarriorTM and sprint over fucking obstacles to get to your baby in 0.0043 seconds before they hurt or kill themselves. Even if someone had been there with me, and I were to catch their attention with "Hey, omg he's about to put something in his mouth, please stop him!" That would have been too much time passing and my son would have swallowed the damn thing.
To mirror what
@glass_houses said, this isnt to PL or show what a super awesome wonder mommy I am. This is to show just how unprepared able-bodied and even experienced parents can be with kids and how dangerous those little fuckers can be.
Edit: this is what he pulled off. Plz no dox me from my couch pin.