How I Fixed Our Toddlers Poor Sleep in 1 Night

October 31, 2011 Sleep Tips

I’m going to let you in on a secret that we stumbled upon a couple weeks ago. Something so simple, yet effective you’ll fall out of your chair from the absolute brilliance. Little Miss has always been a pretty good sleeper. Except for when she’s sick, or teething, or going through a sleep regression, or [...]

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Understanding Why Children Bite and How to Stop it

October 29, 2011 Behavior Tips

Biting and toddlers. They go together like peanut butter and jelly. Like hot chocolate and marshmallows Like a cold beer on a hot summer day. Biting is a rite of passage that nearly every parent has to go through at some point. Children bite for numerous reasons, and some bite more than others. So how [...]

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Why You Should Let Your Kids Make Choices

October 27, 2011 Parenting Tips

As parents, we make the majority of decisions for our young children. We decide what to eat, where to eat, when to eat, and even how to eat. We dictate which night is bath night. We are the enforcers of bedtime. We manage their schedule, plan activities, and control when the TV is on and [...]

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How to be a Great Dad – Mega List!

October 25, 2011 Dad Tips

Being a great dad means… giving up that extra two hours of sleep on Saturday mornings to watch cartoons. Always keeping the smaller half. Being the slayer of monsters, and the healer of owwies. being tough, but fair. Not letting your kids win every time. watching the same movie for the zillionth time. wearing a [...]

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The Awesome Power of Consistency

January 12, 2011 Parenting Tips

I was cooking spaghetti for dinner on the weekend. Nothing out of the ordinary. Little Miss had just woken up from her nap and was a bag full of misery (Like I said, nothing unusual). While mixing the sauce, Little Miss ran into the kitchen and proceeded to latch onto my leg. “Eat!” she repeated [...]

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Sleep Regression: Frequently Asked Questions

December 10, 2010 Sleep Tips

Over a year ago I wrote a post about Little Miss’ bout of sleep regression. Since then it has become the highest searched topic on my blog. Due to its popularity, I decided to write up a list of frequently asked questions as a better way to explain the term sleep regression. What is sleep [...]

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5 Awesome Lies Parents Tell Their Children

December 8, 2010 Parenting Tips

Parents lie to kids all the time without even a hint of thought. Sometimes it just comes naturally. Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, the list goes on. Is this okay? Are we turning our kids to be skeptical human beings sent into a downward spiral of questioning their own reality? I say hell no! [...]

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Cheap and easy homemade baby wipes

June 24, 2010 Parenting Tips

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 wipes [...]

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Why is my baby gagging herself?

June 22, 2010 Parenting Tips

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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