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Top Posts On Babywisemom.com Year in Review

January 7, 2026January 7, 2026 by valplowman
Plowman Family 2025 outside

Take a look back at 2025 with BabywiseMom! The top posts on Babywisemom.com (Chronicles of a Babywise Mom) in 2025. This year-in-review shares highlights, milestones, favorite moments, and lessons learned—from …

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Merry Christmas To You! All Together Merry

December 23, 2025December 23, 2025 by valplowman
Plowman Christmas card 2025

Merry Christmas to your family from ours! We hope you have a wonderful Christmas. I will be having a Christmas break until the new year. I am sure I will …

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Merry Christmas 2017

December 25, 2017 by valplowman

A very Merry Christmas from our family to yours. One of our favorite events this year was my dream vacation–visiting New York City. We absolutely loved it. I will be …

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Happy Thanksgiving (and some posts for you to read)

June 3, 2020November 22, 2017 by valplowman

Happy Thanksgiving week to you! Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the United States. I will be hosting a meal tomorrow, then attending a meal Saturday and another meal Sunday. So …

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New Blog Look!

November 15, 2017 by valplowman

This past month, the local Walmart got a total face-lift and update. I figured if Walmart needs a face-lift, my blog could use one, too. It was put on my …

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Fall Break 2017–With Posts to Read

June 3, 2020October 18, 2017 by valplowman

Fall is my favorite, and so I am sorry for those of you who do not get to have a nice fall cool down. My kids are off of school …

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Summer Break {And posts for you!}

July 3, 2017 by valplowman

Time for a summer break! Whenever I take a break, I always highlight some great oldies for you to read while I am gone. These are posts that were very …

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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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