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Month: January 2014

Teach and Train to Your Child’s Character Traits

January 29, 2024January 16, 2014 by valplowman
Mom with her two kids

Teach your children in a way that makes sense to your child and help them overcome limiting character traits so they can have success! By Maureen Monfore, www.ChildwiseChat.com There are …

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Categories Moral Training Tags BFBN, Guest Post Leave a comment

Why You NEED to Prioritize Family Meals

January 29, 2024January 15, 2014 by valplowman
Family eating dinner together

Your children NEED you to prioritize family meal time. Find out why this is a need to make it happen and how you can do it. Do you ever sit …

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Categories Family, Preteen, Teens Tags family time Leave a comment

Brinley Pre-Toddler Summary: 17 Months Old

November 20, 2023January 14, 2014 by valplowman
17 month old Brinley opening a gift

17 month old pretoddler schedule and routine. 17 month old schedule. Pretoddler schedule for baby’s 72-73rd weeks. 72-week-old and 73-week-old pretoddler routine and daily life. Learn about sickness with a …

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Categories Pretoddler Tags doTerra, pre-toddler summary 4 Comments

Coats and Carseats {Coat Compression}

January 29, 2024January 13, 2014 by valplowman
Child sitting in a car seat with a coat on

Why you shouldn’t put a coat on your baby in the car seat. This is very unsafe. You need to remove the coat before you strap your child in. Baby, …

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Categories Safety Tags carseat 10 Comments

McKenna Preschooler Summary: 4.75 years old

January 29, 2024January 9, 2014 by valplowman
McKenna sitting on her dad's lap in the ER

Daily routine for this 4 year, 9 month old who has been raised on Babywise. Find out what daily life was like and find a preschooler schedule to follow. Find …

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Categories Preschooler Tags preschooler summary 7 Comments

Brinley Pre-Toddler Summary: 16.5 Months Old

November 20, 2023January 7, 2014 by valplowman
4 kids sitting in front of the Christmas tree

16.5 month old pretoddler schedule and routine. 16.5 month old schedule. Pretoddler schedule for baby’s 70-71st weeks. 70-week-old and 71-week-old pretoddler routine and daily life. Learn about pretoddlers playing independently, …

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Categories Pretoddler Tags pre-toddler summary 11 Comments

Goal Tips: How to Be Successful

January 29, 2024January 6, 2014 by valplowman
An open notebook with the word Goals written arcoss the top of the page and numbers listed.

Get tips on how to set goals and be successful in meeting them. You have to do more than just set a goal. I sat down all ready to write …

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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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