Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
By Emily Oster, 2019
This book is the follow-up to Expecting Better and takes the same evidence-based approach to informing young parents so they can make better decisions in the first years of their child’s life. It covers everything from breastfeeding to swaddling to choosing a daycare to vaccinations. Unfortunately, for many of these topics there simply isn't a lot of research to inform our decisions. It was however interesting to learn that many of the claimed benefits of breastfeeding on development can actually be explained by differences in the education and socio-economic status of the mothers.