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The Awesome Power of Consistency

January 12, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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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Empty Threats: Stop Now Before It’s Too Late

June 4, 2010

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

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Children vs Waiting Room: The Eternal Battle

May 20, 2010

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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