Our Babies, Ourselves

I really enjoyed this book. I have a weak spot for anthropology and evolutionary “sciences” though. In any case I found it absolutely fascinating to read about different infant care practices across cultures and in history. That includes the punchline of how different (unnatural?) some of the typical modern Western parental behaviours are, like sleeping separately, feeding on schedule or allowing babies to cry.

The discussion probably lacked the wider societal perspective on how this affects some of the decisions made by parents (especially working mothers), but an interesting perspective nonetheless.