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In Action: Planning the Summer Schedule

April 29, 2021June 14, 2013 by valplowman

I thought I would show you how I planned out my summer schedule. I followed my own advice I gave in this post: “Planning Your Schedule for Multiple Children“ I …

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Categories Schedule Tips, Summer Tags in action 6 Comments

Room Sharing Log: Getting Started with Room Sharing

June 17, 2022June 26, 2012 by valplowman
Two sisters sitting in a chair together

Get all of the details on the first few weeks of two girls sharing a room for the first time. Get tips and see how the process went. June 1, …

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Categories Siblings Tags in action, room sharing 5 Comments

No Use Crying Over Spilled Milk…Or Is There?

June 2, 2022June 13, 2012 by valplowman
spilled milk

No Use Crying Over Spilled Milk…Or Is There? Why I actually do get after my kids for spilling milk. Not every time–but there are moments. I am typically a very …

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Categories Discipline Tags in action 8 Comments

I Had One of “Those” Moments

January 18, 2021January 21, 2011 by valplowman
Mom with kids

All moms have hard days and hard moments. They are normal parts of motherhood and don’t mean you did anything wrong. And by “Those Moments” I don’t mean a good …

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Categories Parenting Tags in action, word to the weary 4 Comments

A Babywise Kid with A Good Heart

July 20, 2020August 3, 2010 by valplowman
family in front of camper

Some people claim that a child who was raised with Babywise principles will grow up to be compassionless. This post shares why that is false. My Kaitlyn is a sweet …

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Categories Moral Training Tags in action, love 4 Comments

That Time I Messed Up at Church

October 13, 2021June 22, 2010 by valplowman
3 year old Kaitlyn

Yeah. I make mistakes too. I really goofed on Sunday. I know it makes a lot of you feel really good when you hear about me messing up, so I …

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Categories BabywiseMom Tags in action 5 Comments

Prepping for the Dentist using Training In Non-Conflict + Ask & Tell

April 20, 2020April 30, 2010 by valplowman
Mom with three kids

Some tips for how to prep your kids for the dentist using simple training in times of non-conflict plus ask and tell to get your kids mentally prepared. We recently …

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Categories Discipline Methods Tags dentist tips, in action, non-conflict training 6 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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