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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 Go Out With Your Baby Without Disruption

July 18, 2023March 22, 2021 by valplowman
mom and baby smiling for the camera

How To Go Out With Your Baby without ruining the routine. Tips for being flexible with your baby and what gear you need. We all need to get out of …

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Categories Babywise Tags disruptions, flexibility 30 Comments

How To Respond to Your Emotional Preschooler

March 17, 2021 by valplowman
upset and emotional preschooler

Get 8 tips for helping your preschooler to calm down when she is being really emotional. Learn what to do and what not to do. “Mama I love it when …

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Categories Discipline, Preschooler Tags emotions Leave a comment

Teaching Children to Love to Read

January 13, 2025March 16, 2021 by valplowman
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There are five simple things parents can do to help children learn to LOVE to read. Get these 5 tips and start implementing them today! One of my biggest goals …

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Categories Reading Tags read aloud handbook 6 Comments

Easter Picture Books for Kids

March 6, 2025March 10, 2021 by valplowman
Mom and daughter reading a book

19 different Easter books for kids. These picture books range from fun to spiritual and are great to read with your kids this Easter! If you follow me on Instagram, …

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Categories Book Lists, Holidays Tags children's books, Easter, spring Leave a comment

Sample Toddler Schedules: 1-3 Years Old

September 26, 2023March 9, 2021 by valplowman
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Are you looking for schedule ideas for your toddler? This post is FULL of sample schedules for toddlers age 12-36 months old! This post contains sample schedules for toddlers. These …

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Categories Pretoddler, Sample Schedules, Toddler, Toddlerwise 77 Comments

Fix Your Baby’s Day/Night Confusion

July 30, 2024March 8, 2021 by valplowman
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Is your newborn baby wide awake at nighttime? Learn how to get your baby sleeping and tell day from night. Do you feel like your baby has days and nights …

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Categories Sleep Problems Tags newborns 18 Comments

Adding Waketime to Your Newborn’s Day

February 24, 2026March 3, 2021 by valplowman
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How to add waketime to your newborns day when your newborn sleeps all day. Tips to get your newborn baby sleeping for naps and all night. A key element to …

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Categories Baby, Schedule Tips, Wake Time Length Tags newborns, waketime length 43 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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