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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.

Brayden Child Summary: 5.5 Years Old

November 30, 2020December 7, 2010 by valplowman

5.5 year old life and daily schedule. Learn about this child’s daily schedule and how to handle things that come up with five year olds. This are going really smoothly …

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Categories Child Tags child summary, Kindergarten, music lessons 3 Comments

5 Actionable Ways to Be a Better Dad

November 20, 2024December 6, 2010 by valplowman
Father and his daughter doing a piggy back ride

Get five tips to be a better dad. These are simple and actionable steps you can take to be a better dad and better support your wife as a mother. …

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Categories Fatherhood, Pretoddlerwise Tags husbands 5 Comments

Help A Reader Out: Toddler Crying Before Naps

June 18, 2019December 3, 2010 by valplowman

Hello readers! Please share any experience/insight you have with this situation: Sum said… Hi Val – I scanned all of these questions/comments and even the link to Reader Nap Questions, but …

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Categories Naps, Toddler Tags CIO, help a reader out 8 Comments

Parenting Tips for All Birth Orders

September 8, 2021December 2, 2010 by valplowman
Family running through the park

These tips will help you parent all of your children no matter what their birth order is. Some tips just apply to all children. In The Birth Order Book, Kevin …

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Categories Parenting Tags birth order Leave a comment

McKenna Toddler Summary: 20 Months Old

November 23, 2020November 30, 2010 by valplowman
McKenna 20 months

A full summary of life for this 20month old. Find out what daily life was like and find a 20month old sample schedule to follow. This is a summary for …

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Categories Toddler Tags roomtime, toddler summary 12 Comments

Various Reader Questions/Requests

November 29, 2010 by valplowman

BABY GEAR QUESTIONS emily said… What do you think about crib mobiles? I thought it would be nice to have something for my daughter to look at when she wakes …

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Categories BabywiseMom Tags baby gear, family relationships, foster care, four hour schedule, reader questions 2 Comments

Teaching Obedience is a Step-by-step Process

November 23, 2020November 29, 2010 by valplowman
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Your child will need to learn to listen and obey in a step-by-step manner. It takes time to learn to have first time obedience. This post builds off of the …

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Categories Discipline Tags Babywise II 7 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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