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Nurturing and Developing Your Child’s Conscience

July 15, 2019July 20, 2009 by valplowman
Girl hugging a stuffed animal on the grass

How to teach your child to listen to the conscience and treat others with respect and kindness. How to teach this skill and raise a moral child. Most of us …

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Categories Moral Training, Preschoolwise Leave a comment

Making Children Mind…Chores and Allowance

July 15, 2019July 16, 2009 by valplowman
Young boy carrying his toy lawn mower

Should you have official “Chores”? What about an allowance? What are the benefits of making things official or not with chore and allowance? I don’t usually like to write about …

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Categories Chores Tags allowance, leman, making children mind 20 Comments

McKenna Baby Summary: Week 15

November 13, 2020July 14, 2009 by valplowman
15 week old baby sitting in a bouncer

Schedule and routine for a 14-15 week old newborn baby. Get info on this baby’s daily schedule and what her routine was each day. I thought I would change the …

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Categories Baby Tags baby summary, newborn summary, Swaddling 25 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

Discipline is Not Instant Gratification

July 8, 2019July 9, 2009 by valplowman
Child walking down the railroad tracks as parent watch

Discipline takes time. When you are correcting your child and trying to change behaviors, remember change takes time. Be patient through the process. My favorite point in Making Children Mind …

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Categories Discipline Tags leman 9 Comments

McKenna Baby Summary: Week Fourteen

November 14, 2022July 8, 2009 by valplowman
Mom and her 14 week old baby sitting on the beach

Schedule and routine for a 13-14 week old newborn baby. Get info on this baby’s daily schedule and what her routine was each day. McKenna is not officially a newborn, …

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Categories Baby Tags newborn summary 17 Comments

Why Your Preschooler’s Job is Play

January 29, 2021July 6, 2009 by valplowman
preschooler with messy hands enjoying play

It is tempting to fill your preschooler’s day with lessons and organizes sports, but read this post to see why your preschooler’s focus should be play. A child’s job is …

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Categories Play Time, Preschooler Tags learning, waketime activities 2 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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