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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.

Printable Morning Routine Cards for Kids

October 11, 2021October 7, 2019 by valplowman
Morning Routine Cards Cover by Valerie Plowman

Get these printable morning routine cards with pictures to help give your children a visual schedule for their morning tasks. Discount It seems like no matter what you do to …

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Categories Schedule Tips Tags tips and tricks 4 Comments

How to Easily Put Together a Halloween Costume

October 16, 2023October 3, 2019 by valplowman
Family dressed up for Halloween

You can have the Halloween costume you want on the cheap! Simple ways to recreate your favorite characters to dress up for Halloween. We LOVE dressing up for Halloween. We …

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McKenna Preteen Summary: 10.5 Years Old

April 18, 2023October 2, 2019 by valplowman
10.5 year old tween girl smiling for the camera

10.5 year old girl information. Sample schedule of her day and what is going on in daily life for this tween who was a Babywise baby. This is a summary …

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How To Stop Backtalk Now (and prevent it in the future)

February 12, 2026September 26, 2019 by valplowman
sassy child

Find out how to stop backtalk from your kids and how to best prevent it from coming back in the future. It is a fast and simple fix! Read for tips. …

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Categories Discipline Tags freedoms, wise in own eyes 1 Comment

The Key Element To Starting a Baby Routine

August 14, 2023September 24, 2019 by valplowman
Baby and mom looking at each other

Learn how to start a baby routine. If you want to have a baby schedule, you MUST include this element in your time establishing a baby routine. Starting a routine …

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Babywise Sample Schedules: Eleven Months Old

May 21, 2024September 23, 2019 by valplowman
Brinley sitting on a bench at 11 months old

Sample schedules for an 11 month old using the Babywise method. This is the 12th month of life. Baby schedules for 48-52 weeks old. This post tells you all about …

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Kennedy Space Center Travel Tips

September 19, 2019 by valplowman
A family standing outside Kennedy Space Center in front of the NASA globe

Kennedy Space Center Travel Tips. Tips for visiting Kennedy Space Center in Florida with kids. What to do, how long to stay, and what to expect. When we took our …

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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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