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Sleep

Find all of my posts on sleep here. Get sleep training tips, tips for establishing great naps, and tips for getting baby to sleep through the night. I have posts to teach you how to do these things as well as walk you through troubleshooting sleep problems.

Sleep Help Book: Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

May 20, 2021November 12, 2009 by valplowman
Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child

A review of the book Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth. This is a great book for helping your baby or child get sleep. I know many of …

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Categories Parenting Book Reviews, Sleep Tags book recommendation, CIO, healthy sleep habits 18 Comments

Chronic 45 Minute Naps: One Year Later

August 26, 2019August 28, 2009 by valplowman
Older baby napping

Do you have a baby who always takes 45 minute long naps? Read these reflections from a mom who has been there as she looked back on a year or …

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Categories Naps Tags 45 minute intruder 28 Comments

Reader Cry It Out Questions

April 21, 2021August 5, 2009 by valplowman
Baby sleeping

Here are many reader Cry It Out questions. tedsfiles said… what’s a CIO?January 28, 2008 11:09 AM Plowmanators said… CIO is Cry it OutJanuary 28, 2008 1:28 PM CIO Process …

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Categories Sleep Training Tags CIO, reader questions 15 Comments

Cry It Out Sleep Training in Action

June 3, 2020July 10, 2009 by valplowman
3 month old baby

Read all about how the process of cry it out went for this three month old baby and how she went to peacefully falling asleep independently. I recently went through …

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Categories Sleep Training Tags CIO, in action 38 Comments

Sleep Training and Trust

June 3, 2020June 25, 2009 by valplowman
Mother and son photo collage

Can your child ever trust you if you did cry it out with them as a baby? What are the real impacts of sleep training on trust and the parent/child …

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Categories Sleep Training Tags CIO 46 Comments

Index: Cry It Out (CIO)

July 1, 2024June 17, 2009 by valplowman

How To CIO/Important CIO Tips CIO Alternatives CIO Pep Talks CIO Polls CIO and Older Babies Reader Questions

Categories Sleep Training Tags CIO, index 17 Comments

Index: Bedtime

March 18, 2025June 11, 2009 by valplowman
Categories Night Sleep Tags bedtime, index 8 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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