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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!

Learning Triangle for Babies

January 29, 2021September 4, 2008 by valplowman
Learning Triangle for Babies. Know what your baby is capable of focusing on and learning developmentally so you don't overwhelm baby. 

Learning Triangle for Babies. Know what your baby is capable of focusing on and learning developmentally so you don’t overwhelm baby. Tracy Hogg has a rule for what you give …

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Categories Baby, Learning Development, Play Time Tags Baby Whisperer, hogg, milestones, waketime activities 2 Comments

Baby Stuff I Love: Bathtime

January 23, 2025August 26, 2008 by valplowman
The best products for bathtime with your baby and toddler. These will make bath time more exciting and fun. It will also make it easier on the parent!

The best products for bathtime with your baby and toddler. These will make bath time more exciting and fun. It will also make it easier on the parent! I am …

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Categories Baby Tags baby stuff I love, bathtime 2 Comments

Baby Whisperer: Growth Spurts

May 7, 2026August 25, 2008 by valplowman
All about growth spurts. How to hand a growth spurt with your baby's schedule, when to expect growth spurts to happen, and how growth spurts work. 

All about growth spurts. How to hand a growth spurt with your baby’s schedule, when to expect growth spurts to happen, and how growth spurts work. 

Categories Baby Tags Baby Whisperer, Growth spurt, hogg 14 Comments

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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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
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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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