Another difficult Emily Oster book to rate.

I want to emphasize the book is very heavy on the "birth" aspect.  I have a 3 month year old and the majority of the book wasn't useful.  Most of the birth information was pretty straightforward and aligned with what the hospital did and recommended, and lacked the data that I expected.  

There was some interesting data exploration in the center of the book, especially surrounding breastfeeding. But the second half of the book seemed a bit lacking on conclusive data and an defaulting to "do what works for your family."

Still a worthwhile read for expecting parents, but doesn't reach its potential.
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I didn’t learn anything, and I think the desire to find concrete answers might actually be contributing to parent anxiety overall. This book was recommended to me as the parenting book to end all parenting books but I would strongly recommend “Hunt, Gather, Parent” for the scientifically and anthropologically curious 
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Hmm. This was a fast read in the fits and spurts that I read it. Very easy to understand.

But it didn’t hit home for me quite as much as Expecting Better. Perhaps because I read Expecting Better when I pregnant with my first so everything was very relevant? And now I have a 4 & 2 year old and am past a lot of the topics in this book?
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