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Eat

Find posts to guide you through your “eat” section of your eat/wake/sleep cycle in the Babywise method. Find tips on breastfeeding, feeding solids, dropping feedings, and family mealtimes. You can also find tips on dealing with picky eating.

Tips for Dropping the 4th Feeding {Bottle or Breast}

April 26, 2021July 28, 2008 by valplowman
baby drinking from a bottle

Tips for Dropping the 4th Feeding {Bottle or Breast}. Get ideas for when to drop the fourth feeding and move to three feedings a day. Many moms are unsure when …

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Categories Dropping Feedings 29 Comments

How to Wean Baby From a Bottle

May 2, 2020July 10, 2008 by valplowman
Baby holding a bottle

How to Wean Baby From a Bottle to a sippy cup. Get baby drinking milk from a sippy cup each day instead of the bottle. Kaitlyn was basically an easy …

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Categories Eat Tags in action, sippy cup, weaning 42 Comments

When to Drop a Feeding for Your Baby: Merging Feeds

October 22, 2024June 20, 2008 by valplowman
Baby eating from a bottle

When to Drop a Feeding. How to know when to drop one of your baby’s feedings and how to go about doing it. As your baby grows, she will take …

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Categories Dropping Feedings Tags dreamfeed 78 Comments

When Does a Toddler Master Spoon Skills

December 3, 2020May 5, 2008 by valplowman
Toddler eating with a spoon

When Does a Toddler Master Spoon Skills. When to expect a toddler to be able to eat well from a spoon and how you can help. Your baby is either …

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Categories Eat, Pretoddler Tags spoon 5 Comments

How to Wean Your Baby From Breastfeeding

November 19, 2020April 15, 2008 by valplowman
Weaning baby from breastfeeding

How to wean a baby from breastfeeding. Week by week process for gentle weaning. Also find troubleshooting tips and common questions. I just finished weaning Kaitlyn from nursing. With Brayden, I …

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Categories Eat Tags in action, nursing, weaning 14 Comments

Nursing Woes {Baby Playing While Breastfeeding}

May 2, 2024March 27, 2008 by valplowman
Baby playing instead of eating

What to do when your baby wants to play instead of breastfeed That little grin is so cute. The curiosity of your baby is precious. The look of wonder is …

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Categories Breastfeeding Tags nursing 66 Comments

How to Teach Your Baby Highchair Manners

April 27, 2020February 27, 2008 by valplowman
Baby eating in high chair

How to Teach Your Baby Highchair Manners. Tips to help baby have good manners while eating. A baby CAN have good manners! To a new parent watching their child eat for …

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Categories Discipline, Eat Tags highchairs, manners 42 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

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    Toddler Sleep Routines to Help Them Sleep

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    8 Steps to Get Your Child to Sleep In Later in the Morning

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    When To Stop the Dream Feed

  • It’s Okay If Your Baby Sleeps “Only” 10 Hours at Night

    It’s Okay If Your Baby Sleeps “Only” 10 Hours at Night

  • How to Dress Your Child for Better Sleep: Finding the Optimal Temperature

    How to Dress Your Child for Better Sleep: Finding the Optimal Temperature

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