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Baby Stuff I Love: Nursing/Bottle Feeding Stuff

October 15, 2024September 2, 2008 by valplowman

My list of nursing items I love is pretty short. There are few things I find necessary, but I sure love what I do: Please share the nursing and feeding …

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Categories Bottle Feeding, Breastfeeding Tags baby stuff I love, nursing 3 Comments

Baby Whisperer: Wake Up Disposition

May 5, 2020September 1, 2008 by valplowman
Baby wake up dispositions. Some babies wake up happy and cooing and some wake up grumpy and mad. Read about the different types of babies and how they wake up.

Baby wake up dispositions. Some babies wake up happy and cooing and some wake up grumpy and mad. Read about the different types of babies and how they wake up. …

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Categories Sleep Tags Baby Whisperer, hogg, waking up happy Leave a comment

Baby Stuff I Love: Bathtime

January 23, 2025August 26, 2008 by valplowman
The best products for bathtime with your baby and toddler. These will make bath time more exciting and fun. It will also make it easier on the parent!

The best products for bathtime with your baby and toddler. These will make bath time more exciting and fun. It will also make it easier on the parent! I am …

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Categories Baby Tags baby stuff I love, bathtime 2 Comments

Baby Whisperer: Growth Spurts

May 7, 2026August 25, 2008 by valplowman
All about growth spurts. How to hand a growth spurt with your baby's schedule, when to expect growth spurts to happen, and how growth spurts work. 

All about growth spurts. How to hand a growth spurt with your baby’s schedule, when to expect growth spurts to happen, and how growth spurts work. 

Categories Baby Tags Baby Whisperer, Growth spurt, hogg 14 Comments

How to Teach Children to Have Character

May 5, 2020August 22, 2008 by valplowman
How to teach children to have character. Tips from the book On Becoming Childwise to help you develop character in your child and why you should care about character training. 

How to teach children to have character. Tips from the book On Becoming Childwise to help you develop character in your child and why you should care about character training. 

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Baby Whisperer: Nursing vs. Bottlefeeding

July 19, 2021August 15, 2008 by valplowman
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Baby Whisperer: Nursing vs. Bottlefeeding. Thoughts on the book Secrets of the Baby Whisperer on the topic of breastfeeding versus bottlefeeding. This is a chapter that really irritated me in …

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Categories Bottle Feeding, Eat Tags Baby Whisperer, hogg, nursing 6 Comments

Four Phases of Parenting (Childwise)

November 20, 2024August 13, 2008 by valplowman
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Four Phases of Parenting (Childwise). How much control you should exert at each age of your child. When to lead, when to train, and when to be a friend. Parenting …

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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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