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Month: January 2008

Combating Babywise Myths #2: You have to abandon your child’s needs

April 27, 2020January 30, 2008 by valplowman
Baby walking with parents

Combating Babywise Myths #2: You have to abandon your child’s needs. Babywise never encourages abandoning the needs of baby. Here is the truth about Babywise. On Becoming Babywise Book Two (affiliate) brings …

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How To Wean Baby from Breast, Bottle, and Formula

April 27, 2020January 29, 2008 by valplowman
baby eating solid foods

How To Wean Baby from Breast, Bottle, and Formula. Tips and strategies to help make the transition from breastfeeding and bottle-feeding smoother for baby. Whether you are weaning from breast …

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Categories Eat Tags nursing, weaning 35 Comments

Potty Training On Hold

June 19, 2019January 28, 2008 by valplowman

source After much thought and pondering, we have decided to stop potty training for now. Things seemed to be going so well! But after some thought, I realized I wasn’t …

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Categories Potty Training 3 Comments

Poll Results: What is Baby’s Bedtime

March 29, 2019January 27, 2008 by valplowman

Results: 6:30 PM: 6 votes (7%) 7:00 PM: 14 votes (17%) 7:30 PM: 12 votes (14%) 8:00 PM: 23 votes (28%) 8:30 PM: 11 votes (13%) 9:00 PM: 3 votes …

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The Babywise 4 Hour Schedule: More Thoughts

April 21, 2021January 24, 2008 by valplowman
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The Babywise 4 Hour Schedule: More Thoughts. Tips for knowing when and how to move to a four hour daily schedule. I have done a post entitled “When to Move …

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Categories Schedules Tags four hour schedule 54 Comments

The Value of Reading Aloud to Your Children

April 27, 2020January 23, 2008 by valplowman
A dad reading to his baby

The Value of Reading Aloud to Your Children. There are many benefits to reading aloud. Fit it into your routine now. Have you all heard the push to read to …

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Potty Training: Days 6-9

June 19, 2019January 23, 2008 by valplowman

image source Day 6 Day 6 was about the same as Day 5–no accidents and went on the potty, but did wake up from his nap wet. Daddy was in …

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Valerie Plowman

Valerie Plowman, known as "the Babywise Mom", is the happy mother of four children. She has been helping parents with their parenting concerns since 2007 and loves helping others absolutely love being a parent.

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