Reviews for Child of mine

The average rating for Child of mine based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-12-18 00:00:00 Ruben Syria I really expected to love it. I think the principle of the division of responsibility is excellent and I really do agree with a lot of her ideas, but the book in itself was weird. The book could have been more concise, there was a lot of repetition. I was annoyed to find sleep advice, though I guess I can see how it's related, it's just annoying to hear more of the same when you have a baby who doesn't sleep at all and you weren't looking for help for this particular problem for once. I also remember quite clearly that my baby, at 6 months, at 8 months, at 10 months, never really wanted to eat? And it kind of made me feel like I was dumb for trying. (I am well aware that this is probably unfair to the book - I'm sure if I had read it before starting my baby on solids it would have indeed helped. But you do get kind of panicky when your 10-month-old is still not eating anything and the book doesn't talk about that at all.) I also found the obsession about snacks a bit weird to even imagine when my baby eats about a teaspoon of stuff at meals. Basically, even though it's not written super judgmental-y, it made me feel like I was doing a sucky job as a mother, so to get revenge, I'm giving it two stars in order to make it feel like it's doing a sucky job as a book! TAKE THAT, BOOK!

Review # 2 was written on 2010-10-02 00:00:00 Eric Jackson Here's the best take-away I got from this enlightening book and it had a PROFOUND affect. There is a central theme about the "division of responsibility" at various stages of child development and, basically: "You (as parent) are responsible for the WHAT, WHEN and WHERE of feeding. Your child is responsible for the HOW MUCH and WHETHER of eating." It's that simple...and hard for control-freaks to practice. But I'm SO glad I read her book or I never would have understood the lasting implications of the power struggles that happen with food, parents and children. It should be a must-read for every parent forcing food down their kids throats or negotiating about taking 3 bites of this and 2 bites of that before they can have this or that. (Satter also convinced me that my child won't starve if she chooses not to eat!) One more thing...if my daughter gets her one cookie WITH her lunch, and chooses to eat the cookie first...guess what happens? She goes on to eat her lunch, (after or during her cookie treat) and enjoys her meal! But if I hold out the cookie as some reward for getting through lunch, she rushes through the meal and, after about 6 bites says, "I'm done and ready for my cookie!" So don't sweat the cookies mom...divide the responsibility and conquer! Your child will be healthier for it.