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Surviving

Surviving Weaning from Breast and/or Bottle

January 15, 2024November 3, 2015 by valplowman
Smiling baby with a sippy cup smiling in a high chair

Tips from real moms on how to successfully wean your baby from breastfeeding or bottle feeding. Weaning a baby from breast or bottle is stressful. You do not want a …

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Categories Baby, Bottle Feeding, Eat Tags nursing, Surviving 1 Comment

Surviving Dropping Naps

June 2, 2021September 22, 2015 by valplowman

The period of time when you are dropping a nap can be stressful, what with figuring out new waketime lengths, ideal nap time, and what to do to keep the …

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Categories Naps Tags dropping naps, Surviving Leave a comment

Surviving Mosquitoes: Repelling and Treating Bites

June 3, 2024August 24, 2015 by valplowman
Child surrounded by mosquitoes

Get the tips you need to be able to repel mosquitoes and treat those itchy bites when they do happen. Tips from real moms! Oh how I loathe mosquitoes. A …

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Categories Summer Tags camping, doTerra, mosquitoes, Surviving Leave a comment

Surviving Flying with Children

January 25, 2024July 2, 2015 by valplowman
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  Flying with children can be nerve-wracking. Children are unpredictable. You never know if they are going to have an off day and if they will essentially freak out or …

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Surviving Potty Training

March 5, 2019June 15, 2015 by valplowman

There are two things about parenting that I truly dread. One is sleep training. The other is potty training. Now, I haven’t necessarily had a terrible experience with either. When …

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Categories Potty Training Tags Surviving 2 Comments

Surviving Eczema

October 17, 2020May 18, 2015 by valplowman

Eczema is truly heartbreaking. Your poor child has these sores that at the very least cause mild discomfort, but in many cases, pain. It can be hard to know how …

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Categories Baby, Pretoddler, Toddler Tags eczema, medical issues, Surviving 3 Comments

Surviving 45 Minute Naps: Tips from Moms

January 22, 2024March 23, 2015 by valplowman
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Find out how to stop your baby from waking up after 45 minutes every single nap. Get baby taking a solid, long nap. These are real tips from real moms …

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Categories Naps, Sleep Problems Tags 45 minute intruder, chronic short naps, Surviving 17 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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