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Posts to help you navigate the child years. These are ages 5-8 years old. Get discipline help, summaries, schedules, instilling morality, sleep, schooling, and all considerations for children in this age group.

Brinley Child Summary {5 Years 5 Months Old}

August 10, 2020January 9, 2018 by valplowman
Brinley Child Summary {5 Years 5 Months Old}

This is a summary for Brinley from 5 years 4 months to 5 years 5 months old.        SLEEP Sleep is great with nothing new to report.    …

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Brinley Child Summary {5 Years 4 Months Old}

August 24, 2020December 19, 2017 by valplowman
Brinley Child Summary {5 Years 4 Months Old}

This is a summary for Brinley from 5 years 3 months and 5 years 4 months old.       SLEEP Sleep is great! I have to make sure that …

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Brinley Child Summary {5 years 3 Months Old}

August 24, 2020November 14, 2017 by valplowman
Brinley child summary, 5 years 3 months

This is a summary for Brinley from 5 years 2 months to 5 years 3 months old.      SLEEP Last month, I talked about Brinley having some bad dreams. …

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Brinley Child Summary: 5 Years and 2 Months Old

August 24, 2020October 10, 2017 by valplowman
Brinley Child Summary: 5 Years and 2 Months Old

This is a summary for Brinley from 5 years 1 month to 5 years 2 months old.   SLEEP I commented last time about Brinley’s night with bad dreams. Brinley …

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Brinley Summary: 5 Years and 1 Month Old

August 31, 2020September 12, 2017 by valplowman
Brinley Summary: 5 Years and 1 Month Old

This is the big one people! Kindergarten has begun! This is a summary of her first month as a five month old.     SLEEP Sleep is great overall. One …

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McKenna Summary: 8.25 Years Old

November 18, 2020August 15, 2017 by valplowman
McKenna Summary: 8.25 Years Old

This is a summary for McKenna from 8-8.25 years old. EATING Eating is the same as always. McKenna eats well.  SLEEPING Sleep is good. She still needs a lot of …

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Brinley Summary: 5 Years Old!

August 31, 2020August 8, 2017 by valplowman
Brinley Summary: 5 Years Old!

This is a summary for Brinley now that she is five years old. This covers the last two months of her being 4, from 4 years, 10 months old to …

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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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