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These posts help you in parenting your baby. Baby sleep, feeding baby, breastfeeding, bottle-feeding, baby schedules, reflux, wonder weeks, gas, baby gear, baby toys, baby books, correcting behavior, growth spurts…you will find it all here!

What To Do When Your Baby Cries {S.L.O.W.}

May 5, 2020August 11, 2008 by valplowman
What to do when your baby cries

What To Do When Your Baby Cries {S.L.O.W.}. This acronym from Tracy Hogg, The Baby Whisperer, will help you to respond in the way your baby needs when your baby …

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Categories Baby Tags Baby Whisperer, crying, hogg, S.L.O.W. Leave a comment

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 …

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Categories Baby Tags Baby Whisperer, hogg, poll results, sleep props 17 Comments

Tips for Making the Newborn Days Easier

May 2, 2020July 25, 2008 by valplowman
Newborn baby sleeping in a bassinet

A New Baby is Hard. Having a newborn is hard emotionally and physically. This post has Tips for Making the Newborn Days Easier. One of my favorite things about the book …

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Categories Baby Tags hogg, newborns 2 Comments

Why You Shouldn’t Over Stimulate Baby During Playtime

May 26, 2021July 8, 2008 by valplowman
Mom holding her baby while sitting on a couch

How Over Stimulating Baby During Playtime negatively affects your baby. Babies do not need a lot of action to be perfectly content and to learn from the world around them. …

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Categories Baby, Play Time Tags overstimulation, waketime activities 12 Comments

Why Your 9-10 Month Old Is Frustrated

May 24, 2023July 2, 2008 by valplowman
Baby sitting on the grass

Why Your 9 or 10 Month Old Is Frustrated. What you can do to help your baby be more content and even sleep better. You might be noticing that your …

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Categories Baby Tags waketime activities 8 Comments

When To Stop Swaddling Your Baby

April 27, 2020April 29, 2008 by valplowman
Baby in crib

When to stop the swaddle varies from family to family. Some swaddle up to a year. Others never swaddle at all. You might be sick of reading this, but exactly …

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Categories Baby, Sleep Tags Swaddling 43 Comments

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
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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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Schedules and Sleep

  • The Basics of a Dreamfeed

    The Basics of a Dreamfeed

  • Why an Eat/Wake/Sleep Cycle Works to Get Baby Sleeping

    Why an Eat/Wake/Sleep Cycle Works to Get Baby Sleeping

  • Early Morning Wakings: What to do when baby wakes early

    Early Morning Wakings: What to do when baby wakes early

  • How Cooler Weather Affects Naps & Outdoor Playtime

    How Cooler Weather Affects Naps & Outdoor Playtime

  • Sample Sleep Schedules for School-Aged Kids

    Sample Sleep Schedules for School-Aged Kids

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