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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.

How to Successfully Fly with a Baby

April 27, 2020March 25, 2008 by valplowman
Successfully flying with baby

How to Successfully Fly with a Baby and tips for flying with a baby A great fear of mine is the unknown. If I have something big coming up, I …

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Categories Baby, Traveling 18 Comments

Sample Babywise Baby Schedules

May 7, 2020March 12, 2008 by valplowman
Baby schedules

Sample Babywise Schedules used by Babywise babies. Find sample schedules used by real Babywise babies. I often get requests for sample schedules for certain ages. In this post, I list …

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Categories Baby, Babywise, Sample Schedules 289 Comments

The 5 Love Languages Book Review

May 24, 2022March 11, 2008 by valplowman
5 love languages book

Book review of the book The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman. Find out what the book is about and if it is worth reading or not. I recently wrote …

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Categories Marriage Tags love language 6 Comments

Combatting Babywise Myths: Your child will not be interactive

November 12, 2020March 7, 2008 by valplowman

I think the myth I was most surprised about reading was that your child won’t be interactive if you do Babywise. Remember, I didn’t become aware of the anti-Babywise sentiment …

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Understanding Why vs. How When Parenting

October 15, 2024March 6, 2008 by valplowman
Understanding why vs how for discipline

Humans are creatures of habit. Once we get an idea of how something should be, we will stick to it rather stubbornly. This is as true in parenting as anything …

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Babywise Does Not Have to Be Super Stressful

May 24, 2022March 5, 2008 by valplowman
Stressed out mom with her baby in the crib

There are lots of amazing tools you can use when implementing On Becoming Babywise. That can be overwhelming. It doesn’t have to be stressful! With my first child, I honestly …

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Categories Babywise Tags blanket time, word to the weary 2 Comments

Is Watching Television Bad for Kids?

May 24, 2022March 4, 2008 by valplowman
Child watching television

Watching television isn’t all bad. There can be some good things from TV time. You want to use it in moderation. I have had a question from a reader about …

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Categories Technology Tags television 12 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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