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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.

Necessary Newborn Items

July 18, 2022August 2, 2012 by valplowman
Necessary Newborn Items. What baby layette items are actually necessary and what are just nice to have. Know which items to put on your baby registry. 

Necessary Newborn Items. What baby layette items are actually necessary and what are just nice to have. Know which items to put on your baby registry. There are so, so, …

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Categories Baby, Pregnancy Tags baby prep, baby stuff I love, newborns 7 Comments

Must-Read Posts to Prep for Baby

July 18, 2022August 1, 2012 by valplowman
Pregnant Valerie

Must-Read Posts to Prep for Baby. 33 posts to help you read while you are pregnant to prepare to welcome your new baby. My assumption is that the vast majority …

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Categories Pregnancy Tags baby prep, newborns 6 Comments

How to Prep Siblings For a New Baby

June 6, 2022July 31, 2012 by valplowman
How to Prep Siblings For a New Baby

How to Prepare for a New Baby: Establish Independence in Children. How to get siblings prepared for a new baby. I think a concern we have as we bring a …

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Categories Pregnancy, Siblings Tags baby prep 5 Comments

Let’s Ask Auntie Anne {Giveaway}

May 29, 2019July 20, 2012 by valplowman

Today’s giveaway is brought to you in partnership with Gary and Anne Marie Ezzo. They are giving away the Let’s Ask Auntie Anne five book series. This series is different …

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Categories Product Reviews Tags book recommendation, giveaway 124 Comments

Babywise Works Again and Again

October 7, 2022July 19, 2012 by valplowman

I stumbled across Babywise a few months after my first son was born in 2008. Dispite some of the negative comments I saw I decided to see for myself and …

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Categories Babywise Benefits Tags Babywise Success Stories Week 2 Comments

So Worth It!

October 7, 2022July 19, 2012 by valplowman

I’m not the most patient person in the world. I have a plan and I want the plan to work when I want it to work. God knew what I needed though …

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Categories Babywise Benefits Tags Babywise Success Stories Week, flexibility 4 Comments

How Baby Wise Made Cancer Diagnosis Easier

October 7, 2022July 19, 2012 by valplowman

image source When we got the shocking news that our two (almost three) year old daughter had Leukemia, our second child was only 6 months old. We were just getting …

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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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