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Pretoddler

Help for parents of pretoddlers. This is is for the age of 12-18 months. Find posts to help you navigate these months. Learn about dropping to one nap, dealing with mini-tantrums, and changing up the daily schedule.

How to Align Baby’s Meal Times with Family’s Meal Times

October 11, 2024June 27, 2022 by valplowman
baby eating family meal

When to move your child’s meal times so they are at the same time as the rest of the family. What time should baby eat dinner? When you first start …

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Dropping the Morning Nap Transition Time

February 25, 2025June 20, 2022 by valplowman
Toddler boy with blue eyes looking at the camera.

Signs your toddler is ready getting to transition to one nap. Toddlers are usually not quite ready to drop the morning nap all at once, but have some transition time. …

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Categories Naps, Pretoddler Tags dropping naps, poll results 164 Comments

How To Fill Toddler’s Time When Transitioning to One Nap

January 18, 2023April 19, 2021 by valplowman
toddler doing activities with mom

How To Fill Toddler’s Time When Transitioning to One Nap. What to do with the schedule when you are at one nap a day. Activities to do with your toddler. …

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Categories Pretoddler, Schedule Tips, Toddler Tags dropping naps 2 Comments

Sample Toddler Schedules: 1-3 Years Old

September 26, 2023March 9, 2021 by valplowman
Toddler happily looking into the distance

Are you looking for schedule ideas for your toddler? This post is FULL of sample schedules for toddlers age 12-36 months old! This post contains sample schedules for toddlers. These …

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Categories Pretoddler, Sample Schedules, Toddler, Toddlerwise 77 Comments

The “Mini-fit”: Responding to Young Tantrums

January 18, 2023January 27, 2021 by valplowman
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What to do when your child has a mini-fit. How to solve the early tantrums your pre-toddler and toddler have. Strategies to stop tantrums. The mini-fit. Ugh. The first time …

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Categories Pretoddler, Tantrums Tags mini-fits 52 Comments

Pre-Toddler Months: Words To Live By

November 2, 2020 by valplowman
Mom and 14 month old

Pre-toddler months are a rocky time when your little one is transitioning from babyhood to toddlerhood. Learn how to get through unscathed. When your little baby is growing into a …

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Parenting Pre-Toddlers Goal: Simply Don’t Lose Ground

August 14, 2024September 22, 2020 by valplowman
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It can be difficult to have a 12-18 month old. During this time period, focus on maintaining your ground and you will succeed. We all want to be intentional with …

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Categories Discipline, Pretoddler, Pretoddlerwise 6 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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