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problem solving

Baby Takes Short Naps: First 5 Things to Check

May 9, 2024January 31, 2024 by valplowman

What To Do When Your Baby Is Taking Short Naps. Get the tips you need to quickly get naps for baby longer. These things are very common causes of short …

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Categories Naps, Sleep Problems Tags 45 minute intruder, chronic short naps, problem solving 5 Comments

How To Increase Your Milk Supply FAST

October 15, 2024September 18, 2023 by valplowman
Mom breastfeeding baby

Learn how to boost your milk supply. Know steps you can take to increase milk production, from pumping to taking supplements. Learn how milk supply works, how many feedings your …

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Categories Baby, Breastfeeding Tags milk, nursing, problem solving Leave a comment

High Lipase in Breastmilk: Why and What To Do

August 14, 2023 by valplowman
Woman holding a breast pump with a bottle of expressed milk

High lipase in breastmilk can lead to baby refusing to drink pumped milk. Find out what is lipase, how do you know if it is high, what causes it to …

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Categories Baby, Bottle Feeding, Breastfeeding Tags newborns, problem solving Leave a comment

How To Accurately Calculate Baby Wake Time Length

September 3, 2024July 27, 2020 by valplowman
Mom and Baby together

Did you know that if you keep baby up too long or too short baby won’t sleep well? This post discusses how to correctly count the time baby is awake. …

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Categories Wake Time Length Tags optimal waketime, problem solving, waketime length 10 Comments

Problem Solving Tip: What Has Changed?

May 7, 2020April 29, 2020 by valplowman
Baby with a light bulb above the head

Is your baby’s schedule off? Is baby not sleeping well anymore? Is your toddler having major meltdowns? Try this simple problem solving tip to fix it. Things were going great. …

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Categories Discipline, Sleep Problems Tags problem solving 25 Comments

Sleep Begets Sleep? The Truth About Baby Sleep

October 28, 2022September 25, 2019 by valplowman
The more baby sleeps, the better baby will sleep. Sleep begets sleep. Do not think you can keep baby up for hours and then get long sleep.

The more baby sleeps, the better baby will sleep. Sleep begets sleep. Do not think you can keep baby up for hours and then get a nice long nap or …

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Categories Sleep Tags Baby Whisperer, hogg, problem solving, sttn 12 Comments

Little Kids, Little Problems…

May 7, 2019August 17, 2015 by valplowman

About five years ago, I bought an elliptical. My third (living) child had just turned one. In the previous five years, I had carried three babies to term, one baby …

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Categories Parenting Tags perspective, problem solving 3 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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