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Cheap and easy homemade baby wipes

June 24, 2010 Parenting

Since our successful switch to cloth diapers the CleverFamily has been thinking about other ways to save money and reduce waste. Second only to diapers, baby wipes are one of the items we go through the most. Wiping butts, wiping noses, wiping faces, wiping hands. It’s no surprise to see a mountain of used [...]

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Why is my baby gagging herself?

June 22, 2010 Parenting

Albert Einstein said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. I now know exactly what he meant.
Lately Little Miss has been purposely using her fingers to gag herself. Every chance she gets the fingers are digging at her tonsils.
This wouldn’t be so bad if she didn’t gag [...]

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Children vs Blog: Juggling Family Life and Blogging

June 8, 2010 Blogging

I started blogging before Little Miss was born. Back then I had plenty of time to spare. So much free time I would run out of things to do and actually suffer from boredom. (What the hell is that now?)
Here is a breakdown of the past few days at the Clever household. Let the battle [...]

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Empty Threats: Stop Now Before It’s Too Late

June 4, 2010 Parenting

Empty threats have to be one of the useless attempts to parent a child. You see it all the time, at the mall, at the park, at school – parents pleading with their little angel to shut the hell up and behave. Occasionally it will work as the child becomes distracted for two minutes before [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Hangin’ Out

May 25, 2010 Wordless Wednesday
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Children vs Waiting Room: The Eternal Battle

May 20, 2010 Parenting

Waiting for the doctor with young children is like sitting with lit dynamite, eventually it is going to explode. You know its going to be loud, destructive, and did I mention loud?
So how do you survive the dreaded waiting room without leaving a crater of destruction in your wake? Which wire do you cut to [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: A Bug’s Life

May 19, 2010 Fun Stuff
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Rotavirus: Surviving Natures Enema

May 15, 2010 Health & Nutrition

Now there’s a title that paints a pretty picture. We are finally getting over a week’s worth of poop, vomit, and everything in between. And when I say we, I mean everyone that has been to our house in the past week. I swear that everyone but the mailman caught it.
So the entire CleverFamily has [...]

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Step2 Buggies Recalled

May 13, 2010 Recalls

Once again, there is another children related recall. Step2’s Push Around and Whisper Ride Buggies are being recalled due to reports where the handle has become detached, causing the adult to lose control of the buggy. There are approximately 2.5 million buggies include in the recall that were sold between 1999 and 2009.

The models included [...]

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Paternity leave: How much is enough?

May 13, 2010 Parenting

A recent email from a dad-to-be got me thinking. How much time should a father take off work after the baby arrives? Where you live and your current financial situation can play a huge roll in determine how long of paternal leave you should take.
Your situation is different from mine and everyone else, check out [...]

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