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four hour schedule

When and How to Move Baby to 4 Hour Schedule

May 27, 2025May 27, 2025 by valplowman
4 month old baby hero shot

When to Move baby to a 4 Hour Schedule. Once your baby is happily eating every three hours and you seem to always need to wake her up to eat, …

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Categories Schedule Tips Tags four hour schedule, On Becoming Babywise, poll results, Top 112 Comments

It is Okay for Baby To Do a Combo Schedule

February 24, 2021December 9, 2020 by valplowman
Happy baby looking at the camera

It is perfectly fine for your baby to have a schedule with feeding intervals that vary throughout the day. Learn when this combo schedule is advantageous to use. Most people …

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Categories Schedules Tags four hour schedule 59 Comments

Sample 4 Hour Schedules for Your Baby

September 3, 2024October 8, 2019 by valplowman
Mom and baby playing together

Find over 52 different sample 4 hour schedules used by real babies. Get ideas for how to structure your baby’s day and have a great routine. Congratulations on moving to …

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Categories Sample Schedules Tags Babywise Schedules, four hour schedule 2 Comments

Reader Questions/Comments to Each Other

June 18, 2019February 22, 2013 by valplowman

Four Hour Schedule LHS Class of 1998 said… Hi Heather,I was following your question a few weeks ago to Val about moving to the 4 hrs schedule. I was wondering …

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Categories BabywiseMom Tags four hour schedule, reader questions 3 Comments

Various Reader Questions/Requests

November 29, 2010 by valplowman

BABY GEAR QUESTIONS emily said… What do you think about crib mobiles? I thought it would be nice to have something for my daughter to look at when she wakes …

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Categories BabywiseMom Tags baby gear, family relationships, foster care, four hour schedule, reader questions 2 Comments

The Baby Whisperer Four Hour Schedule

August 28, 2020April 29, 2010 by valplowman
Baby Whisperer's four hour schedule hero image

All about moving baby to a four hour schedule and how to decide if baby is ready. Learn what Tracy Hogg, The Baby Whisperer, has to say about it. Looking …

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Categories Schedules Tags Baby Whisperer, four hour schedule 55 Comments

McKenna Baby Summary: Week 25

November 20, 2020September 22, 2009 by valplowman
25 week old baby McKenna sitting in a high chair

Schedule and routine for a 24-25 week old newborn baby. Get info on this baby’s daily schedule and routine for each day and know how to structure your baby’s day. …

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Categories Baby Tags baby summary, four hour schedule 18 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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