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Month: November 2017

How The Babywise Mom Discovered Babywise

January 23, 2025November 30, 2017 by valplowman
How The Babywise Mom Discovered Babywise | On Becoming Babywise | #babywise

Read all about how Valerie Plowman, the Babywise mom, discovered Babywise. What led her to use and love the baby sleep method for her babies. I was pretty sure I …

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Light The World This Christmas

November 21, 2023November 29, 2017 by valplowman
How To Teach Children About Christ All Year. Focusing on Christ is not just a Christmas thing. In this post are tips for teaching about Jesus Christ year round.

I always try to be as done as possible with the list of Christmas tasks before December 1 hits. I want to be able to enjoy my family and enjoy …

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Categories Holidays Tags #LIGHTtheWORLD, Christmas, service Leave a comment

Sleeping Through the Night: A Tale of Four Children

August 24, 2020November 28, 2017 by valplowman
How to get your baby sleeping through the night | baby sleep | sleeping through the night | babywise success | #babysleep

Sleeping through the night. It can seem like such a pipe dream at times. This unattainable goal somewhere off in the distance that we pine for. Perhaps it is even …

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How To Get Your Child to Happily Play Alone

March 16, 2021November 27, 2017 by valplowman
How To Get Your Child to Happily Play Alone | Independent playtime | #independentplaytime

You can get your baby, toddler, preschooler, or child to play alone for an extended period of time every day. Here are the tips for making it happen. What if …

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Wake

May 26, 2021November 26, 2017 by valplowman

The second element to the Babywise routine is “Wake.” Official wake time includes feeding time, dressing time, bathing time, playing time…all time awake in between naps is your waketime. Because …

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Sleep

January 23, 2025November 26, 2017 by valplowman

The third element to the Babywise routine is “Sleep.” This is when your baby naps or goes to bed for the night. You can read up on the Eat portion of …

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Eat

October 15, 2024November 25, 2017 by valplowman

The first element to the Babywise routine is “Eat.” These posts will help guide you through the elements of “eat” you will encounter as a Babywise mom. Visit this page …

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Categories Bottle Feeding, Eat Tags cluster feeding, dreamfeed, index, nursing 3 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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    Early Morning Wakings: What to do when baby wakes early

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    How Cooler Weather Affects Naps & Outdoor Playtime

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    Sample Sleep Schedules for School-Aged Kids

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