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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.

Why Bother to Forgive Others?

March 24, 2025August 10, 2016 by valplowman
Hands holding a slip of paper that says "Forgive" on it

Why should we even bother to take time to forgive others? Do we need to teach our kids to learn how to forgive? Forgiving others is not easy. Sometimes we …

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McKenna Child Summary: 7 Years and 3 Months Old

September 28, 2020August 9, 2016 by valplowman

  This is a summary for McKenna from 7 years to 7.25 years old.   EATING Eating is great. She eats well. She likes healthy foods. This is an area …

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How to Motivate Children to Clean Up After Themselves

September 28, 2020August 8, 2016 by valplowman

5 Cent Cleanup Plan {How to Motivate Children to Clean Up After Themselves} You know, I’d had it. I really felt like I spent the whole day, every day, walking …

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Brinley Preschooler Summary: 47 Months Old

September 28, 2020August 2, 2016 by valplowman

This is a summary for Brinley from 46-47 months. She is now just one month shy of four years old.   SLEEPING Sleeping is the same. Nothing new. She is …

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Baby Standard Time

September 28, 2020August 1, 2016 by valplowman

  The years fly by, but the minutes crawl. That very accurately describes life with a baby for me. If you watch my weekly Facebook live videos (which I do …

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Categories Baby, Motherhood Tags newborns, word to the weary 4 Comments

Communication Index

January 30, 2019July 31, 2016 by valplowman

  Communicating Acceptance not Rejection  Triad Communication {Getting Kids to Talk}  

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Caregivers index

May 14, 2019July 31, 2016 by valplowman

5 Tips for Using Family as Babysitters Babysitters Baby Whisperer: Daycare Tips Church Nursery/Daycare/Playcenter Daycare/Childcare and Babywise  

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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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