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Month: May 2011

Pre-Toddler Milk Intake Totals to Expect

May 17, 2021May 16, 2011 by valplowman
Pretoddler drinking milk from sippy

Find out how many ounces of milk a day you should expect a pre-toddler to have. This is for the 12-18 month age range. A common concern with the pre-toddler …

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Categories Pretoddler, Pretoddlerwise Tags milk 7 Comments

3 Main Purposes of Parenting

May 10, 2021May 12, 2011 by valplowman
parents with their two kids at sundown

Parents have 3 main jobs. These are the things to focus on and make sure your kids know or have. In The Parenting Breakthrough, Boyack talks about three main purposes …

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Categories Chores, Parenting Tags Parenting breakthrough 2 Comments

Parents Remember: Eating Solids is a New Skill

May 10, 2021May 9, 2011 by valplowman
Baby eating fruit for the first time

Just as a baby needs to learn to roll over, crawl, talk, and any other new skill, your baby will need time to learn to eat solid foods. The newest …

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Categories Solids Tags Babywise II, spoon 2 Comments

DIY Emergency Preparedness Binder

May 3, 2021May 6, 2011 by valplowman

How to create your own DIY Emergency Preparedness Binder. Get tips for what to include and how to track it all. For a while now, I have been working on …

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Categories Emergency Prep 14 Comments

Benefits of Teaching Kids to Deal With Consequences

May 3, 2021May 5, 2011 by valplowman
mom teaching and comforting child

There are three distinct benefits to requiring children to learn to live with consequences. Learn all about those in this post. Love and Logic Magic is a book all about …

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Categories Consequences, Discipline Tags love and logic, word to the weary 2 Comments

10 Ways Moms Can Nurture Their Children

January 28, 2025May 4, 2011 by valplowman
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Learn 10 things you can do as a mom to nurture your child. These are simple things any mom can do! With Mother’s Day approaching, I wanted to write a …

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Categories Motherhood 3 Comments

McKenna Toddler Summary: 25 Months Old

May 3, 2021May 3, 2011 by valplowman
McKenna and Nate in Zion National Park

A full summary of life for this 25 month old. Find out what daily life was like and find a 25 month old sample schedule to follow. Another month older …

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Categories Toddler Tags toddler summary 12 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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