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Month: January 2016

Love Round-Up

January 29, 2016 by valplowman

Valentine’s is coming up, and when we think Valentine’s, we think love. I wanted to make sure you saw some posts that talk about the various aspects of love in …

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Categories BabywiseMom Tags love Leave a comment

Self-Worth Comes Vertically, not Horizontally

March 14, 2022January 28, 2016 by valplowman

There is a period in most people’s lives where we are surrounded by peers of the same age range. We get judged by those peers and we judge ourselves against …

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Categories Preteen, Teens Tags love, self-esteem 1 Comment

Gel Nail Polish

February 24, 2022January 26, 2016 by valplowman

Back in November, we had a fun service auction activity for an activity with the ladies from my church. At the activity, I won a manicure of gel polish from …

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If You Want a Routine to Stick, Stick to the Routine

December 4, 2023January 25, 2016 by valplowman

If you want your baby to really be on a solid routine, you have to have some consistency with that routine. A routine sounds really nice in theory. Baby eats …

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Categories Schedule Tips Tags flexibility, routine 3 Comments

Tips for Organizing Your Bedroom

October 12, 2020January 21, 2016 by valplowman

This year, one of my major New Year’s Resolutions was to declutter my entire house. I find moving to be one of the best ways to declutter–you really are willing …

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Discipline Without Taking Yourself Too Seriously

October 12, 2020January 20, 2016 by valplowman

  Most of us want children who are respectful to us and to those around them. We want our children to obey us the first time without backtalk and sass. …

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Categories Discipline 3 Comments

Tools for Teaching Children About Pornography and Protecting Them From It

October 12, 2020January 19, 2016 by valplowman

We live in a day when we must be proactive about a great many things–things generations of yore could ignore and most children would get by just fine. Not only …

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Categories Technology Tags pornography, prevention 1 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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