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Baby Playtime Activities By Age

June 17, 2024May 20, 2024 by valplowman
Baby sitting on the floor playing with toys

Get ideas for what to do with your baby for every month of life in baby’s first year. These ideas will help you structure baby’s playtime. You will also find …

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Categories Baby, Play Time Tags Best Toys, routine Leave a comment

How to Balance Summer Fun and Routine for Kids

April 10, 2024April 10, 2024 by valplowman

You can have a fun summer even if your kids have a daily schedule. A daily schedule and routine maintain structure and order. Find out how to have this structure …

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Categories Family, Summer Tags flexibility, routine, structured Leave a comment

Schedule Tips

December 18, 2023 by valplowman
Baby smiling for the camera

Get all of the tips you need to have a successful schedule or routine. Get schedule tips for newborns, babies, toddlers, and older kids! Find out how to make a …

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Gentle Sleep Training: The Four S’s

December 2, 2024August 8, 2022 by valplowman
Baby in a bassinet

How to sleep train a baby without crying. This is a gentle baby sleep training method to get baby sleeping independently. No-cry sleep training method. Can I let you in …

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Categories Sleep Training Tags 4 S's, Baby Whisperer, CIO, routine, Swaddling, Top 85 Comments

Sleep Routine Ideas to Get Your Baby Sleeping Well

June 4, 2025May 23, 2022 by valplowman
Mom putting baby to bed in bassinet

Sleep Routine Ideas to Get Your Baby Sleeping Well. A sleep routine helps your baby know it is time for sleep. Keep sleep routines consistent each time. It is a …

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Categories Sleep Tags routine, sleep routine 58 Comments

Sample 3 Year Old Daily Schedules and Routines

December 20, 2021 by valplowman
3 year old Brinley

Sample schedules for your 3-year-old to follow each day. These are real routines used by real families, so you know they work! As your little one turns three years old …

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The Key Element To Starting a Baby Routine

August 14, 2023September 24, 2019 by valplowman
Baby and mom looking at each other

Learn how to start a baby routine. If you want to have a baby schedule, you MUST include this element in your time establishing a baby routine. Starting a routine …

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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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