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Welcome! My name is Valerie and I have 4 children. I have been blogging since 2007 and absolutely love helping parents love parenting. I help with all aspects from your little newborn on up through your teenagers. Get the help you need here! Here is a basic overview of how to get the most from this website.

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Find Answers To Your Questions

I have organized this site to make it easy for you to find what you are looking for. From the menu, you can find the most commonly searched for parenting topics. This is at the top of your screen on both mobile and desktop. Be sure to look through these to find your topic. The three most commonly searched topics on this blog are sleep, schedules, and Babywise, so I have linked them for you right here:

Night Sleep & Nap Help
Schedule Help
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Babywise Help
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Utilize the Blog Index

The blog index is another way to find what you are looking for on this blog. It is just like an index at the back of a book. You can get to the index from the menu. Once there, scroll to find the topic you are looking for. You can also click the letter at the top of the index to quickly get to your topic (for example, if you want “sleep”, click the S to jump right to the S section of the index).

Access the Index here

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Use the Search Function

I personally use the search function more than anything on this blog. You can find the search icon next to the menu on both mobile and desktop. Just click the magnifying glass and enter your search word.

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Feel Free to Ask Questions!

I prioritize answering questions that are asked here on this website before any other questions I get on social media or through email. Please feel free to ask your questions and I will answer them! It is best to ask a question on a post that is related to your question. Simply leave a comment in the comment box at the end of any post. You can see recent comments here:

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Never Miss a Tip for Getting Your Baby (and You!) More Sleep

Hey mama. I know you’re up at odd hours googling “why won’t my baby nap” while running on caffeine and hope. I’ve been there — more times than I can count, across all my kids — and it’s exactly why I started Chronicles of a Babywise Mom in the first place.

Here on the blog, you’ll find everything I’ve learned about the Babywise method: how to build schedules that actually work, how to troubleshoot nap transitions, and how to survive those brutal sleep regressions without losing your mind. But the blog is just the beginning. My email list is where I share the good stuff first — the tips, encouragement, and behind-the-scenes wisdom that doesn’t always make it into a full post.

Here’s what you’ll get when you join:

  • New posts delivered straight to your inbox so you never have to wonder if you missed something important
  • Exclusive tips and troubleshooting advice for common Babywise struggles, from newborn feeding schedules to toddler bedtime battles
  • Encouragement for the hard days — because some days, all you need is to know another mom gets it
  • A heads-up on freebies, printables, and resources I create just for my subscribers
  • A little community of moms who are all figuring this out together, one nap schedule at a time

I know your inbox is probably already overflowing. But I promise this isn’t going to be another list of unread emails piling up. I write to you the way I’d talk to a friend — because that’s genuinely how I think of you. No fluff, no judgment, just real, practical help from someone who has lived every stage of this journey right alongside you.

Whether you’re bringing home a newborn for the first time, wrestling with a strong-willed toddler, or just trying to keep your sanity intact through it all, you don’t have to figure it out alone. I’ve made the mistakes, cried the tears, and found what actually works — and I want to hand all of that to you so you don’t have to start from scratch.

So if you’re ready for more sleep, more confidence, and a little more peace in your parenting journey, pop your email in below. I’ll take it from there.

Sign up now and let’s get through this together — one nap, one bedtime, one victory at a time.

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