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Month: July 2008

How to Identify Your Baby’s Personality

November 9, 2021July 31, 2008 by valplowman
Mom and baby

How to Identify Your Baby’s Disposition. Tips from the Baby Whisperer to get to know your baby and know what to expect. When your baby is first born, he basically …

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Categories Baby Tags Baby Whisperer, hogg, personality Leave a comment

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

Poll Results: What was/is baby’s approximate optimal waketime length for ages 4-5 Months? (waketime length includes feeding time)?

June 18, 2019July 29, 2008 by valplowman

Results: 50-60 minutes: 9 votes (6%) 60-70 minutes: 14 votes (9%) 70-80 minutes: 14 votes (9%) 80-90 minutes: 36 votes (24%) 1.5-1.75 hours: 29 votes (19%) 1.75-2 hours: 35 votes …

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Categories BabywiseMom Tags optimal waketime, poll results, waketime length 11 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
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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
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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

What was/is baby’s approximate optimal waketime length for ages 3-4 Months? (waketime length includes feeding time)?

June 18, 2019July 22, 2008 by valplowman

Results: 50-60 minutes: 14 votes (8%) 60-70 minutes: 45 votes (28%) 70-80 minutes: 32 votes (20%) 80-90 minutes: 39 votes (24%) 90-100 minutes: 20 votes (12%) 1 hour 45 minutes …

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Categories BabywiseMom Tags optimal waketime, poll results, waketime length 19 Comments
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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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