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What the cool parents are reading today:

1. Turns out that new dads are just as likely to experience postpartum depression as moms. Unlike new moms though, it’s not the postpartum hormones messing everything up, it’s that “fathers are more susceptible to mental health problems as they take on a more active role in parenting,” according to one of the authors of a recent study.

2. Did you struggle/are you struggling to lose baby weight? Here’s a helpful guide of what not to do from the Hairpin’s wonderful Nicole Cliffe.

3. A new theory as to what causes autism: chemical cocktails. “It is likely not one bodily insult that’s driving up [autism] cases, but a number of contaminants and exposures acting in concert,” according to environmental writer Brita Belli.  Read more...

What we’re reading today:

1. A different type of needle: acupuncture for babies is becoming more and more popular.

2. A North Carolina hospital opens the first clinic for moms suffering from postpartum depression.

3. We know a lot of you awesome Bunchland families cycle together, but how old were the kids when you started? Some parents are wrapping their kids’ heads in tuques and scarves and taking them on a bike when they’re only a few months old.

4. “If music be the food of love, play on.” Okay, so you might not want to get your children into Shakespearean literary criticism at age three, but how about starting music lessons in preschool?

5. If you happen to be taking an end-of-summer trip via plane, check out these 50 fab ways to keep kids amused in the air.  Read more...