Empty Threats: Stop Now Before It’s Too Late

June 4, 2010 Parenting Tips

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 My Story
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Children vs Waiting Room: The Eternal Battle

May 20, 2010 Parenting Tips

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 [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: A Bug’s Life

May 19, 2010 My Story
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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Paternity leave: How much is enough?

May 13, 2010 Parenting Tips

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 [...]

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Cloth Diapers – Two weeks in

May 8, 2010 Reviews

In an effort to save money and help out the environment we’ve made the switch to cloth diapers. The decision to switch involved heavy thought on my part. I mean really, disposables are just so easy! Nevertheless CleverMom’s persistence paid off, we bought a dozen cloth diapers and haven’t looked back. After some research, we [...]

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How much sleep does one baby need?

April 20, 2010 Sleep Tips

Naps. Parents love ‘em. Lions love ‘em…. Babies hate ‘em. Little Miss has decided at 7 months that she’s a big girl and doesn’t need to nap. Ever since she went through her 4 month sleep regression, a bedtime without tears has become rare. Not surprisingly, this has made everyone at the CleverHouse tired and [...]

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Kids are like mint cars

March 25, 2010 Recalls

After being linked to three deaths in 2009, over one million baby slings made by Infantino are being recalled in Canada and the US. The Consumer Product Safety Commission states that the thick fabric of the sling can suffocate younger babies. The CPSC describes that there are two ways a baby can suffocate in this [...]

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