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valplowman

Valerie, also known as The Babywise Mom, is the mother to four children. She has been blogging on Babywise and general parenting since 2007. She has a degree in technical writing and loves using those skills to help parents be the best parents they can be! Read her book, The Babywise Mom Nap Guide, to get help on sleep from birth through the preschool years. You can also find her writing at Babywise.life, Today Parenting, and Her View From Home. Read more about Valerie and her family on the About page. Follow her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram for more tips and helps.

5 Important Sleep Training Tips for Baby Sleep

June 3, 2020August 29, 2016 by valplowman
baby sleeping in the arms of an adult

Learn the five tips that will help you achieve great sleep from your baby. These tips will help set you up to have a solid, independent sleeper. When you are …

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Categories Sleep Training Tags CIO, newborns 14 Comments

Babes, Tots, and Kids eBook Giveaway!

May 1, 2019August 26, 2016 by valplowman

It is that time of year again–time to think about school time! It can be hard to work in planning and executing preschool at home. This is especially true once …

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Categories eBooks, Education Tags giveaway, preschool 9 Comments

Brinley Preschooler Summary: 4 Years Old {48 Months}

September 28, 2020August 24, 2016 by valplowman

This is Brinley camping. Nice. This is a summary for Brinley in her last month as a 3 year old. SLEEPING Sleeping. Oh Sleeping. Brinley has always been one to …

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What To Do When Your Child Doesn’t Like A Certain Food

September 28, 2020August 22, 2016 by valplowman

  When Brayden was just over two years old, we had fresh corn from our garden. It was absolutely delicious. Amazing. Melt in your mouth, the most delicious corn I …

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Categories Eat Tags picky eaters 2 Comments

Best Things About Three Year Olds

September 28, 2020August 18, 2016 by valplowman

  Two and three year olds are my favorites. Sure, you get a lot of tantrums with these years, but there is so much fun, also. I have already talked …

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How Babywise Prepared our Twins for Preschool

September 28, 2020August 17, 2016 by valplowman

    By Emily T. Miller My twins are now 4 years old. Today was their first day of preschool. As I waved goodbye and blew them a kiss, I …

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Kaitlyn Preteen Summary: 9.25 Years Old

September 4, 2024August 16, 2016 by valplowman

This is a summary for Kaitlyn from 9-9.25 years old.  EATING Eating is good!  SLEEPING Sleeping is very good. Kaitlyn is just a great sleeper. An interesting thing to note …

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Categories Preteen Tags Preteen Summary 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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