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How to Prepare Your Child for Surgery

February 14, 2022February 21, 2012 by valplowman
How to Prepare Your Child for Surgery | surgery tips | surgery | #surgery

Find out how to prepare your child for surgery, what to take with you to surgery, and what to expect after surgery. Two of my children have had surgery thus …

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Categories Parenting Tags surgery 13 Comments

How to Do Exercise During Pregnancy

February 14, 2022February 17, 2012 by valplowman
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Are you wondering what exercise is safe during pregnancy? Find out what is okay, what to avoid, and good sources for workouts. One of my biggest questions when I got …

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Categories Pregnancy Tags exercise 17 Comments

Daily Family Compliments to Build Bond

February 14, 2022February 15, 2012 by valplowman

Learn how this simple tradition of giving compliments to each other each day can help build and strengthen family relationships. I often hear from other women about compliments and how …

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Categories Parenting Tags family relationships, self-esteem 5 Comments

Nobody Knows Baby Like You Do

January 24, 2022January 30, 2012 by valplowman
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Mama, trust your instincts. No one knows your baby better than you do. Trust your gut and follow through on what you think is right for your baby. Do you …

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Categories Motherhood 6 Comments

Mom’s Positive Attitude Makes All the Difference

January 17, 2022January 18, 2012 by valplowman
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Your perspective on any given parenting difficulty will influence your happiness more than the actual parenting situation you are in. Parenting is hard. Our children throw things at us that …

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Categories Parenting Tags perspective, word to the weary 4 Comments

10 Ways Moms Can Save Their Sanity on Really Hard Days

January 10, 2022January 12, 2012 by valplowman
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Ten ways you can keep it together when your kids are being really difficult. Find out how to respond in the moment and how to improve things for the future. …

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Categories Motherhood Tags word to the weary 10 Comments

McKenna Toddler Summary: 33 Months Old

January 10, 2022January 10, 2012 by valplowman

A full summary of life for this 33 month old. Find out what daily life was like and find a 33 month old toddler sample schedule to follow. McKenna is …

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Categories Potty Training, Toddler Tags toddler summary 9 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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