Reflection on Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Patenting, from Birth to Preschool by Emily Oster

               In this book, author Emily Oster, an economist, analyzes studies on the major dilemmas of parenting and synthesizes the results into reasonable, well-researched advice. Even as someone who is not a parent or planning to be a parent any time soon, Oster’s book was interesting and engaging, as the issues she talks about may primarily affect parents, but also affect all of society. I learned a few interesting things, like that almost all infants lose weight after birth (and that those that are breastfed lose even more), that most couples resume intercourse about 8 weeks post-partum (though frequency does not often rebound fully), that breastfeeding women can safely drink basically as much alcohol as they want, and that children who are exposed to peanuts at a young age are much less likely to develop an allergy later on. It was a good book and I would recommend to others.