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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.

How to Plan Your Perfect Babywise Schedule

October 2, 2020January 29, 2020 by valplowman

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How to plan your baby’s schedule to work with everyone else in the family. Learn an easy process to set up a Babywise schedule that will work! Whether you are …

How To Diaper Baby at Night for Optimal Sleep

January 9, 2025January 28, 2020 by valplowman

Baby getting diaper changed

Get tricks and tips for how to diaper baby at night so wet diapers do not wake baby up and you can get baby sleeping longer stretches at night. Sometimes, …

How To Help a Perfectionist Child Who Won’t Try

September 8, 2021January 27, 2020 by valplowman

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Read up on how to help your perfectionist child overcome the difficult traits of perfectionism and use perfectionism as a strength rather than a weakness. When Brayden was a young …

Using Encouragement as a Discipline Tool

January 18, 2023January 23, 2020 by valplowman

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There are many ways to discipline, or correct, a child, and encouragement is one of those! Read all about how to use encouragement as discipline in this post. Did you …

13 Parent Child Date Ideas

March 17, 2025January 22, 2020 by valplowman

Mother and daughter

Kid date ideas to do with their parents. These work great for mother son date ideas, father daughter date ideas, mother daughter date ideas, and father son date ideas. When …

How To Be an Authoritative Parent

January 21, 2020 by valplowman

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The authoritative parenting style is the very best parenting style out there. Find out why and how to be an authoritative parent. Did you know that among the four different …

How To Expertly Manage Disruptions to Your Baby Routine

August 14, 2023January 15, 2020 by valplowman

Mom and baby

How to deal with disruptions in your daily schedule and routine. Learn to expertly manage disruptions in your baby’s routine and adjust the schedule for baby. When we were brand …