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What we’re reading today:

1. Travelling with kids: the great benadryl debate.

2. Aw yeah more controversial substances! Can kids try wine? Does exposing your kids to alcohol at an early age make them less likely to abuse it later?

3. Does Snooki’s pregnancy kind of make you want to tune in to the next Jersey Shore season? Someone who’s only famous for boozing, tanning and dancing in some seriously short outfits should have a pretty interesting pregnancy… Ahh Snooki what books are you reading? Will you be getting a doula? Does the nursery look like a nightclub?

4. How much sugar are kids really getting and where are they getting it from?

5. Now how about an episode of My Drunk Kitchen?

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What we’re reading today:

1. How to take a baby on a plane OR what one mom learned from the internet about how she’d be regarded should she ever dare to bring her baby on a plane.

2. Understanding tantrums: They’re either angry or sad and you want it make it end as soon as possible. Don’t do anything when they’re angry (throwing stuff) and scoop them up in a hug when they’re sad (throwing themselves on the floor).

3. Those pesky babies taking up space in restaurants even though they’re not eating anything! One UK restaurant has started charging parents a head tax for the baby.

4. Mommy drinks because you cry and other drunk mom jokes. (Some Washington DC parents got together “to talk about the consequences of modern parents’ embrace of wine-accompanied playdates”)  Read more...

What we’re reading today:

1. Have you ever been concerned about in-flight entertainment and it’s appropriateness? We have, but only because the inescapable movie playing was the Russell Brand Arthur.

2. You should use Twilight to teach your kids about sex and love and babies and relationships and all that. Wait. Sorry, that’s not right. Be careful what your kids are learning from Bella, Edward, Jacob and co. Like, if a vampire baby is trying to bite its way out of your uterus, threatening to kill you in the process, maybe sit down with Planned Parenthood?

3. Ulgh T-shirt makers! What is wrong with you?? More slogan controversy, this time on onesies, with Gymboree having a gendered onesies that say either, “Pretty like Mommy” or “Smart like Daddy.” We get it, it doesn’t seem like a big deal compared to the anti-math shirts, but can we not raise baby girls to think of themselves as princesses, cupcakes and sweet objects of consumption while baby boys are thought of as smart, capable and adventurous?  Read more...

What we’re reading today:

1. A “game-changing” new study suggests that the conditions of a mother’s uterus contribute to a baby’s chances of being born with autism.

2. Note: If you’re flying Malaysia Airlines, your baby is not allowed in first class.

3. A successful career and a happy homelife: can dads have it all?

4. The origin of hipster clothes for kids?

5. So everybody saw some fireworks at some point this weekend? No? OK here you go:

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