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What we’re reading today:

1. This mom wouldn’t have discovered the rare and sometimes fatal disease her 4-year-old had as quickly as she did, if all her Facebook friends hadn’t weighed in.

2. Does your baby have bad taste? “Unlike adults, babies aren’t good at being pretentious. At least not on purpose.”

3. The new trend of staging a baby cake-smashing photo.

4. A new, non-invasive test will be able to detect Down Syndrome as early as nine weeks into a pregnancy. Here’s what Washington Post blogger, and mother to a 20-month-old boy with Down Syndrome has to say about it.

5. And another Harry Potter cover song. This time, Lord V, Lucius Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange get their Kanye “Monster” on.

Photo by cincity via Flickr

What we’re reading on the blogs today:

More on the Tiger Mothers! Yesterday we featured some rebuttals to the initial Wall Street Journal article, but today we bring you Jezebel‘s Evolutions of moms. We agree, Jezebel, the Mater Alaskus must be a rogue mutation of the Soccer Mom’s cousin, the Hockey Mom.

If you’re near Amherst, Massachusetts, or will be any time before March 20 this year, consider a visit to the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art to check out his “A Feast for the Eyes” exhibit. (Carle wrote the Very Hungry Caterpillar.) Via GeekDad

Do you remember that video of the daddy-daughter duet? Salon wonders if it’s wrong to take your kids viral.

Want to avoid the flu this winter? Avoiding these 10 things on the Huffington Post may help. Spoiler: Worrying, smoking, kissing and boozing.  Read more...

We’re so impressed with this girl singing her heart out:

Really, how great is Alexa? Have you seen anyone so determined to nail all those lyrics?

Check out the original here. Do you share your favourite bands with your kids?

Via Amanda via New York Magazine