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Month: July 2017

How to Raise Independent and Responsible Children

June 22, 2021July 31, 2017 by valplowman
How to Raise Independent and Responsible Children

I have such a passion for helping children to be independent and personally responsible. I know that personally for me a huge part of my success as a person in …

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Categories Chores, Parenting Tags independence, responsibility Leave a comment

How to Teach Table Manners to Your Child

October 15, 2024July 27, 2017 by valplowman
How to Teach Table Manners to Your Child and table manner ideas

When I was in the dating pool, all it took was a meal for me to be able to quickly know if I could pursue the relationship any further or …

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Categories Eat, Mealtime, Preschoolwise Tags BFBN, manners Leave a comment

Reader Week 2017

April 24, 2019July 24, 2017 by valplowman

For the last seven years, I have been taking one week out of the normal blog schedule routine and hosting a week focusing on the readers of this blog. I …

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Babywise is Work but It Works

October 7, 2022July 21, 2017 by valplowman

by Lisa   I first found this blog as the mom of a 3 week old little girl. A mom in my church had given me “on becoming babywise” but …

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6 Ways Babywise Set My Kids Up For School Success

October 7, 2022July 21, 2017 by valplowman

Right now I have all three of my children in school. My oldest is going into 3rd grade, my middle is entering kindergarten and my youngest will be continuing with …

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How Schedules Impact Sleep for the Entire Family

October 7, 2022July 20, 2017 by valplowman

by Elisabeth   During the months leading up to the birth of our first baby, my husband and I received a variety of advice from friends, coworkers, and even people …

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Moving Cross Country: A Babywise Success Story

December 12, 2022July 20, 2017 by valplowman

I’ve admitted it before, I was a Babywise quitter. I read about the main ideas when my son was a newborn and started to implement them. Then I read more …

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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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    It’s Okay If Your Baby Sleeps “Only” 10 Hours at Night

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    How to Dress Your Child for Better Sleep: Finding the Optimal Temperature

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