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What the cool parents are reading today:

1. Momedy, or comedy for moms, is hard to define. But STFU Parents knows it when she sees it.

2. All parents of young kids should ask themselves, “Is my child more shy or anxious than other kids their age?” and “Is my kid more worried than other kids?”

3. First-time parents spend a whole lotta dollars on that first baby. “First-time parents believe that the more they buy, the easier it will be,” says one pediatrician-author.

4. Apparently it’s trendy to reveal the sex of your unborn baby via cake. It’s now big in Britain. Kind of a cute idea, but, you know, gender norms and colours.

5. Want to know what you can do with Lego and stop-motion animation? This homage to the Game of Thrones opening, for one.

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Rose Bianchini is pregnant with twins

In the whirlwind of getting used to the idea of having twins (still not used to it), I had totally forgotten about the whole baby shower ritual. Thanks goodness we have friends willing to help us take on this afternoon shin-dig. It’s not only a chance to get the stuff we need to survive the first year of babyland, it’s also a chance to show our friends and family who we plan to be as parents. Our shower is not women only, we’re encouraging recycled/used toys and clothes, cloth and wooden toys are preferred, nothing loud and blinking that uses batteries. And, oh yeah, we’re asking people to think beyond boy toys. No need for them to be uber-gendered right out of the womb, or ever really.  Read more...

What we’re reading today:

1. Year-round schooling anyone?

2. Nothing we haven’t heard before: a 3-year-old boy loves his big sisters’ dresses and Barbies. How do his parents deal with his unconventional gender behaviour?

3. Your kids into doodling and copying their favourite comics? They could grow up to write their generation’s Scott Pilgrim.

4. Really, who hasn’t just thought up baby names, just for kicks?

5. Today in “Kids react to stuff,” kids explain Lady Gaga:

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