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Postpartum Changes in Your Body to Expect

September 18, 2023October 14, 2013 by valplowman
Postpartum mom holding baby

After you deliver your baby, you will see a lot of changes in your body. Learn what to expect and what to do. While I knew some basic facts of …

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Categories Motherhood Tags postpartum 15 Comments

Car Seat Safety Tips Moms NEED to Know

September 18, 2023October 10, 2013 by valplowman
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5 car seat safety tips that you need to know to keep your kids safe in the car. Make sure you know what the recommendations are. by Emily Parker For …

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Categories Safety Tags BFBN, carseat, Guest Post 3 Comments

Building Positive Body Image in Our Kids

September 18, 2023October 9, 2013 by valplowman
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Understand how and why to build positive body image in our kids even when we do not have a positive body image in ourselves. Oh body image! Isn’t this just …

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Categories Parenting Tags body image, exercise, self-esteem 6 Comments

Mothers: We Don’t Need to Live at a Frantic Pace

September 11, 2023October 2, 2013 by valplowman
Mothers: We Don't Need to Live at a Frantic Pace

Inside: How to slow down and live the life you want to live and not the life you think you must life. Mothers: We Don’t Need to Live at a Frantic …

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Categories Motherhood Tags prayer, time management 7 Comments

Trouble: Kids Don’t Have to Look For It

August 28, 2023September 25, 2013 by valplowman
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In our modern day, trouble will find your child. Your child does not have to go looking for it–it will come to them. They need to be prepared and know …

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Parenting Far From Home {Guest Post}

August 14, 2023September 12, 2013 by valplowman
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5 hard things about parenting when you live far away from family. How to manage the difficulties on your own. Our family has spent the past few months this summer …

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Poll Results: Potty Training

May 21, 2019September 11, 2013 by valplowman

  Here are the results on potty training! To see the original post and the responses, see this post.   There were 25 responses.   Here are the answers–you will …

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Categories Potty Training Tags poll results 1 Comment
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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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    How To Keep Sleep Consistent When Days are Longer

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