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Find tons of parenting tips here. Get info on Pregnancy, Chores, Potty Training, Parenting Siblings, Love Languages, Birth Order, More Than Making it Through the Day, Motherhood, Book Lists, Technology Tips, Education, Parent/Child Dates, Hair Tips, Gifted Children, Working Moms, and Parenting Book Reviews.

Why You Should Be a Parent Before You are a Friend

December 16, 2020July 18, 2008 by valplowman

Why You Should Be a Parent Before You are a Friend to your child. Friendship comes later in life when your children are grown up. They have one set of …

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Tips for Baby-Proofing Your Home

January 16, 2023July 11, 2008 by valplowman
Older baby peeking around the corner

Tips for Baby-Proofing Your Home. What to baby proof and what to leave out. You don’t want to make everything indestructible.  When it comes time to baby proof your house, …

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Categories Discipline, Safety Tags baby-proofing, Babywise II, child-proofing 4 Comments

How to Balance Daycare/Childcare and Babywise

May 2, 2020June 30, 2008 by valplowman
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How to Balance Daycare/Childcare and Babywise. You can do Babywise even if you are a working parent and your child is in daycare. Real Mom Daycare Advice There are many …

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Categories Babywise, Childcare, Working Moms Tags daycare 5 Comments

How to Raise a Child Who is a “Good Helper”

June 22, 2021June 25, 2008 by valplowman
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How to Raise a Child Who is a “Good Helper”. Your child can help around the house and do chores if you model, encourage, and allow it.  We have this …

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Categories Chores, Parenting Tags work ethic 6 Comments

How to Solve Your Parenting Problems

May 2, 2020June 18, 2008 by valplowman
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How to Solve Your Parenting Problems Using Beliefs, Goals, Why, and How Before you read this post, be sure you have read these two posts: Beliefs and Goals (Toddlerwise) and …

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How to Unite as Parents

May 2, 2020June 6, 2008 by valplowman
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How to Unite as Parents and why you should. Uniting as parents helps keep your marriage strong.  After my son was born, I was quite frustrated with my husband. I …

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Potty Training Success!

June 18, 2019June 4, 2008 by valplowman

For anyone who has been reading the blog since January or before or anyone who has read through posts form that time, you know we attempted potty training in January. …

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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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