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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 You Should Encourage Thumb/Finger Sucking

February 10, 2025August 8, 2008 by valplowman

Child sucking fingers

Why You Should Encourage Thumb/Finger Sucking. The benefits of thumb sucking or finger sucking and how you can prevent it from being a problem. In the book Secrets of the …

Start as You Mean to Go On as a Parent

January 7, 2021August 7, 2008 by valplowman

Start as You Mean to Go On as a Parent. Do not start habits you will later want to break or allow habits you will later want to break.

Start as You Mean to Go On as a Parent. Do not start habits you will later want to break or allow habits you will later want to break. Just …

How Much Time Should You Spend With Your Child Daily

May 5, 2020August 5, 2008 by valplowman

Mother and child walking together

How Much Time Should You Spend With Your Child Daily. How to know if you are spending too much time with your child or too little time with your child. …

Baby Whisperer E.A.S.Y. Routine

September 5, 2023August 4, 2008 by valplowman

Baby sucking on a block

Baby Whisperer E.A.S.Y. Routine. All about the E.A.S.Y. Routine and how routine impacts different temperaments. In Secrets of the Baby Whisperer (affiliate link), Tracy Hogg recommends following a regular routine. She refers …

Change Your Parenting Strategy

May 5, 2020August 1, 2008 by valplowman

Strategy game

Change Your Strategy. Examples of what it looks like to change your strategy to make parenting easier. When things aren’t working, try something different. The fact that I write these …

Tips to Find Your Child’s Currency for Obedience

May 2, 2020July 30, 2008 by valplowman

Preschooler smiling for the camera

Tips to Help You Find Your Child’s Currency and Get Your Child to Obey Last week I started to notice Brayden was getting a little too attached to the television. …

Tips for Dropping the 4th Feeding {Bottle or Breast}

April 26, 2021July 28, 2008 by valplowman

baby drinking from a bottle

Tips for Dropping the 4th Feeding {Bottle or Breast}. Get ideas for when to drop the fourth feeding and move to three feedings a day. Many moms are unsure when …