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Potty Training on the Go: A Guide to Success While Traveling

June 9, 2025 by valplowman
Girl sitting next to public toilet. She is cowering and looking nervous

Traveling with a potty training toddler? Discover practical tips, smart packing ideas, and sanity-saving strategies for stress-free family trips. While going on vacation is a lot of fun, if you …

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How To Best Handle Teen Backtalk

October 24, 2024May 15, 2023 by valplowman
Teen looking to the side with some sass

Teen backtalk is frustrating. While it is normal for teens to backtalk, that does not mean that you do nothing to correct it. Get 7 tips for how to best …

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What To Do When Church Disrupts Baby’s Routine

January 30, 2023September 21, 2022 by valplowman

How to handle the weekly disruption of church without destroying your baby’s routine. What to do when baby’s nap is during church. If there is one place you might be …

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Categories Schedule Tips Tags church, disruptions, tips and tricks 23 Comments

How To Calculate Baby’s Age

March 2, 2026May 4, 2022 by valplowman
Home holding baby

How To Calculate Baby’s Age. How to know how many weeks translate to the number of months old a baby is and if you count from due date or birth …

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Categories Baby Tags babywise milestones, tips and tricks, Top 4 Comments

How To Get Your Little One To Pee or Poop on the Potty

September 25, 2020February 25, 2020 by valplowman
Potty Training image

Use this one simple tip to help your little one pee or poop on the potty. Make the whole potty training process easier. It is easy and very effective! It …

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Categories Potty Training Tags pooping, tips and tricks 12 Comments

Printable Morning Routine Cards for Kids

October 11, 2021October 7, 2019 by valplowman
Morning Routine Cards Cover by Valerie Plowman

Get these printable morning routine cards with pictures to help give your children a visual schedule for their morning tasks. Discount It seems like no matter what you do to …

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Quick and Easy Dinner Ideas for Hectic Nights

April 2, 2026September 5, 2019 by valplowman
Child reaching for strawberry

Read below for many easy and fast meal ideas and recipes for busy nights. When your baby is fussy and you can’t cook or you are running around, these are …

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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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