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Month: July 2008

Tips to Find Your Child’s Currency for Obedience

May 2, 2020July 30, 2008 by valplowman
Preschooler smiling for the camera

Tips to Help You Find Your Child’s Currency and Get Your Child to Obey Last week I started to notice Brayden was getting a little too attached to the television. …

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Categories Discipline Tags in action 6 Comments

Tips for Dropping the 4th Feeding {Bottle or Breast}

April 26, 2021July 28, 2008 by valplowman
baby drinking from a bottle

Tips for Dropping the 4th Feeding {Bottle or Breast}. Get ideas for when to drop the fourth feeding and move to three feedings a day. Many moms are unsure when …

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Categories Dropping Feedings 29 Comments

Tips for Making the Newborn Days Easier

May 2, 2020July 25, 2008 by valplowman
Newborn baby sleeping in a bassinet

A New Baby is Hard. Having a newborn is hard emotionally and physically. This post has Tips for Making the Newborn Days Easier. One of my favorite things about the book …

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Categories Baby Tags hogg, newborns 2 Comments

How To Enjoy Motherhood More Thoroughly

May 2, 2020July 24, 2008 by valplowman
Mother holding child in her arms

How To Enjoy Motherhood More Thoroughly. Tips for mothers and fathers to help make motherhood more enjoyable. I did this post a while back, but I recently tweaked it a …

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Categories Motherhood, Parenting Tags word to the weary 8 Comments

Secrets of the Baby Whisperer Book Review

August 14, 2023July 21, 2008 by valplowman
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Secrets of the Baby Whisperer Book Review written by the Babywise Mom. What great things you can take away from this book and apply to your eat, wake, sleep baby …

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Categories Parenting Book Reviews Tags Baby Whisperer, book recommendation, hogg 3 Comments

How to Help Your Child Poop in the Potty

January 21, 2021July 19, 2008 by valplowman
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How to Help Your Child Get Past Pooping in the Potty Issues and start pooping in the potty. Potty training helps and tips. When we did our first attempt at …

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Categories Potty Training Tags pooping, Pottywise 26 Comments

Why You Should Be a Parent Before You are a Friend

January 16, 2024July 18, 2008 by valplowman

Why You Should Be a Parent Before You are a Friend to your child. Friendship comes later in life when your children are grown up. They have one set of …

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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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