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Month: August 2013

McKenna Preschooler Summary: 4 Years, 3-5 Months

July 31, 2023August 29, 2013 by valplowman
4 year old McKenna

Daily routine for this 4 year old who has been raised on Babywise. Find out what daily life was like and find a 50-53 month old preschooler schedule to follow. …

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Categories Preschooler Tags preschooler summary, swimming 2 Comments

Benefits of a Family Home Evening

July 31, 2023August 28, 2013 by valplowman
Family spending time together on the couch

Find out the benefits of dedicating one evening a week to spending time as a family as well as how to implement this idea. I often reference our Family Home …

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Categories Family Tags Family Activities, LDS church, obedience 2 Comments

Brinley Pre-Toddler Summary: 12 Months Old {One Year}

July 31, 2023August 27, 2013 by valplowman
12 month old Brinley

12 month old pretoddler schedule and routine. 12 month old schedule. Baby schedule for baby’s 53rd week. Baby schedule and routine for the fifty-third week of life. 52-week-old baby routine …

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Categories Pretoddler Tags camping, pre-toddler summary, vaccinations 11 Comments

Chocolate Zucchini Bread {And more zucchini recipes!}

July 31, 2023August 23, 2013 by valplowman
zucchini recipes

Chocolate zucchini bread recipe AND other delicious recipes for using up your zucchini. Regular zucchini bread and grilled zucchini. Last week, I posted a recipe for an amazing chocolate zucchini …

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Categories Recipes Tags Feed Me Friday 1 Comment

Reader Schedule Questions

May 21, 2019August 22, 2013 by valplowman

Returning to Schedule After Disruptions:   Laura said… Hi! I really need some advice. I’m having a lot of trouble getting my 8 week old baby back into a routine. …

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Categories Schedules Tags reader questions, routine 1 Comment

Organizing Home Lunches to Take to School

July 31, 2023August 22, 2013 by valplowman
kids eating lunch at school

Get free printables to help you organize your home lunches for your kids to take to school! Make mornings smoother and easier. Today I thought I would talk about organizing …

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Categories Schooling Tags lunch, printables, public school Leave a comment

5 Ways to Maintain Your Parental Influence

July 24, 2023August 21, 2013 by valplowman
Parent and child fishing

As parents, we really worry about what is influencing our children and if we can protect them from the unsavory influences of the world. We can rest assured that our …

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Categories Parenting Tags example, family time, prayer, scriptures Leave a comment
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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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