When she was expecting her first child, Lara Frankovitch searched for the perfect baby book to record her little one’s milestones and stories. Finding none that fit the bill, and being in the nesting phase of pregnancy, Lara decided to create her own way to capture her son’s stories. Using notecards to record the major milestones as well as the little things that make each day special, Tiny Tales was born. Read the rest »

Clever Parents loves Beyond Learning’s Word Chase and Number Hunt games. For ages 4 and up, these games offer a fun way to introduce reading and math into your curious preschoolers’ and kindergarteners’ worlds. Plus, Clever Parents TV Video Correspondent Sara Holliday demonstrates some mom and baby toning exercises and a clever way to record your baby’s stories from his first year.

See Vidcast #32 on Clever Parents TV. Read the rest »

Looking for a clever and environmentally sound way to make learning the letters of the alphabet fun for your kids? Pick up an alphabet tee or two from bioME 5, an eco-friendly apparel company focused on using fashion as a tool for learning. bioME 5, which takes its inspiration from the earth’s biomes, produces a line of 100% organic alphabet tees each emblazoned with a single letter, superimposed with a wild animal representing the letter (’B’ for bear, ‘J’ for jaguar, ‘O’ for octopus…). The animal name is cleverly printed upside-down below the larger letter on the shirt, giving the child wearing the shirt the best vantage point for reading. Read the rest »

Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep and can’t tell where to find them; if only Little Bo Peep knew about Little Bow Peep, her hair wouldn’t have blocked her view to her now lost sheep.

The brain child of mom of four, Carol Edwards, Little Bow Peep offers unique, beautiful, hand-made hair accessories of any color, design and style that you can possibly imagine. Carol designs all of the products which are then hand-made by stay-at-home moms in Raleigh, North Carolina. Read the rest »

Problem: Your baby loves to swing, but you’re less than thrilled about the hygienically challenged swing at the park - especially during fall when germs seem to descend on all people three feet and under. Problem solved: No more worries about carting around the Purell and wipes to clean off bucket swings, The Swing Scarf has you - and the swing - covered.

The Swing Scarf is the clever invention of Dottie Foley, a Clever Parent of two young children. “The very first time I put my daughter into a park swing, she leaned over and put her cute little mouth all over the front of the swing,” says Dottie. “YUCK was all I could think and then I thought, I need something to put over the swing to keep her from the germs and dirt on the swing.” Read the rest »

Looking for a handmade baby blanket with an up-to-date look for the contemporary baby in your life? You’ll find something you love at Tailored Tadpole. Tailored Tadpole offers generously sized and ‘itty bitty’ baby blankets as well as matching burpies featuring fun, modern prints on one side and super soft microfleece on the other. Read the rest »

Love your diaper bag, but non-plussed by the plain, uncomfortable changing pad that came with it? Parentrepreneur Karin Telegadis, a former entertainment executive who left the career track for the mommy track, leveraged her business background and started Ah Goo Baby® to bring to life products that evolved from her experiences as a parent. Taking the cue from the luxury diaper bag trend, she set off to create a luxury changing pad and The Plush Pad® was born.

Perfect for diaper changing on the go, The Plush Pad®, a luxury portable changing pad for infants, is incredibly soft, stylish and incorporates a patented memory foam pad designed to pamper your infant’s pressure points - almost like a yoga mat for baby. Read the rest »