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Optimal Waketime Length: Finding Baby Wake Windows

March 3, 2025December 18, 2024 by valplowman
Baby yawning

Best baby wake times to get baby taking great naps. This post walks you through how long baby should be awake at each age (also known as wake windows) and …

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Categories Sleep, Wake Time Length Tags optimal waketime, Top, waketime length 102 Comments

Ultimate Guide to Stopping Baby Poop at Night

November 3, 2025December 11, 2024 by valplowman
Baby sleeping in a striped sleeper

How to solve the baby poop at night problem. Learn when babies stop pooping at night and how you can help speed that along. Find out how often a baby …

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Categories Baby, Night Sleep, Sleep Tags baby sleep, diapers, pooping, Top 6 Comments

What To Do When Baby Takes a Long Time to Fall Asleep

December 4, 2024December 4, 2024 by valplowman
Baby laying awake in the crib

When baby will not fall asleep for naps or for bedtime, follow these steps to get baby to fall asleep. Help when baby won’t sleep. You want to fix the current …

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Categories Baby, Sleep, Sleep Problems Tags baby sleep, Top 18 Comments

Structuring a Pretoddler’s Day: 15-18 Months Old

November 15, 2024November 29, 2023 by valplowman
Toddler girl sitting on the train tracks

How to do more than just make it through each day with your toddler. Tips to structure your toddler’s day and really thrive! Thrive rather than just survive! Whew! You …

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Categories Play Time, Pretoddler, Toddler Tags More Than Making it Through the Day, Top 8 Comments

Reasons Your 3 Month Old Won’t Eat (and how to help)

December 2, 2024October 2, 2023 by valplowman

8 common reasons your three month old will not eat. Reasons include a wonder week, distraction, baby being a faster eater, slow milk flow, pain, sickness, constipation, and more! Once …

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Categories Baby, Eat Tags Top, wonder weeks Leave a comment

5-6 AM “Night” Wakings

February 3, 2025June 5, 2023 by valplowman
baby sleeping

Do you want your baby to sleep longer through the night? This post outlines ways to get your baby to sleep through the night. How to help your baby sleep …

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Categories Night Sleep Tags morning wake time, newborns, sttn, Top, waking early 123 Comments

Dropping the DREAM FEED Ultimate Guide

December 2, 2024October 26, 2022 by valplowman
Baby on a blue blanket

Everything you need to know about dropping the dreamfeed. The ultimate list of information on dream feed for baby. The dream feed is that feeding that happens around 10-11 PM. …

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Categories Schedule Tips Tags dreamfeed, poll results, Top 224 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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    How Cooler Weather Affects Naps & Outdoor Playtime

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    Toddler Sleep Routines to Help Them Sleep

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    8 Steps to Get Your Child to Sleep In Later in the Morning

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