What are some things that you had to learn thru parenting experience that other/new parents should know?

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answer:To start it off, a few things that I can think of off the top of my head: 1.) I wouldn’t recommend any parent of a newborn dress their child in those cute little nightgowns that have the bottom part open. One night, back when my daughter was brand-new and still waking up every couple of hours, I woke up realizing that it had been a while since the last time she had woken up. I bolted up in bed to look in her bassinet, and the open part at the bottom of the nightgown had somehow come up and covered her face. I pulled it down and she immediately gasped for air then started crying. Thankfully she was okay, but I threw away all of her open-bottom pajamas immediately. 2.) I may be the only person in the world that didn’t know this, but there is a little switch on ceiling fans that let you choose either “winter mode” (where the fan circulates warm air down) or “summer mode” (where the fan circulates colder air down). I didn’t find this out until just recently because I just moved into a home with ceiling fans for the first time since my daughter was born. It really helps to keep her comfortable at night.

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