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Family

Learn how to manage the sibling relationship and help your children love each other. Get tips on strengthening your marriage and learn why that helps establish a strong family. Get travel tips and tips on managing extracurriculars so you can forge a strong family culture. And of course, don’t forget the pets!

How To Travel Without Destroying Your Babywise Progress

September 27, 2023May 20, 2019 by valplowman
Boy and girl on the beach

How To Travel without destroying the progress you have made with Babywise so far. How to travel and maintain your Babywise schedule. Traveling with a baby is stressful. I would …

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Categories Babywise, Traveling Tags Babywise Schedules 4 Comments

How to Set Up a Daily Schedule for Three Kids

March 4, 2026May 8, 2019 by valplowman
Three children on the ground. One boy and two girls.

See a simple way to set up a schedule for your three children that will meet the needs of all three. Included are sample schedules actually used by Babywise kids. …

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Categories Sample Schedules, Siblings Tags sibling schedules 43 Comments

Prepping Siblings for Baby Tip: Establish Consistency

February 20, 2024March 26, 2019 by valplowman
Four children sitting on swings

How to prepare your kids for a new baby. Tips to make the transition to a new baby easy and how to make baby’s schedule work with the family’s schedule.  …

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Categories Baby, Parenting, Pregnancy, Siblings Tags consistency, newborns 9 Comments

That Ref is My Son

May 15, 2019March 12, 2019 by valplowman
Ref at a soccer game

When watching your kid’s games, think twice about how you treat the ref. That ref is someone’s child. You are also setting an example for your own children.  Parenting has …

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How to Teach a Child to Be Gentle With a Baby

March 4, 2019 by valplowman
Family of four on a bed. New baby with older brother, mom, and dad

How to Teach a Child to Be Gentle With a Baby. Tips for helping older siblings be gentle with the new baby when you bring baby home. The idea of …

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How to Keep Siblings in the Funnel

February 6, 2019 by valplowman
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How to parent more than one child and keep rules and privileges age appropriate for each child. Keep children in the funnel. To parent inside the funnel means that you …

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Valentines Date Ideas for Married Couples

February 13, 2025February 5, 2019 by valplowman
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Valentines Date Ideas for Married Couples. Date night ideas and day date ideas. Go out or stay home, you can make Valentine’s special. I have never really been one 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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