Reviews for Helping Your Child Grow and Develop

The average rating for Helping Your Child Grow and Develop based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-02-14 00:00:00 Merry Steffan I expected to enjoy this book more than I did. I was hoping for more contemporary culture and politics, what I found was a lengthy discussion of breastfeeding throughout the ages and cross world cultures, and then another lenghty discussion of cow's milk vs. human milk. These are certainly compelling topics, and the chapter about the composition of cow's milk spells out once and for all why formula will never be able to duplicate human milk which will forever be the superior source of nutrition for human babies. However, these are topics that are covered elsewhere and the current culture and politics of breastfeeding aren't even discussed until the last third of the book. The writing style is also a bit dry and hysterical, so while I agree with all of the author's points, it's not necessarily the best book to give someone who isn't already convinced of the virtues of breastfeeding. The section on politics covers the various WHO cods that the formula companies have chosen to ignore, and talks a lot about the Nestle boycott. There is also a brief discussion of the tricks and tactics the formula companies have used to undermine breastfeeding all over the world. Because this is what I was actually interested in, I was disappointed that so little space in the book was devoted to this topic. There was also a short chapter on working mothers and breastfeeding. Again, a very important and interesting topic, but the chapter was too short to accomplish much, and it was sort of tacked on at the end in no coherent fashion. Overall, not an unenjoyable read, just a bit of a disappointment. The appendix does contain a list of Nestle products for those wanting to participate in the ban. Many, many breastfeeding resources are listed as well.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-08-01 00:00:00 Dee See This book is such an eye opening history into the practice of breastfeeding. It includes history of not only western culture, but worldwide culture on breastfeeding. It also goes into detail about infant formula companies, specifically Nestle and their immoral, unethical practices of marketing artificial breast milk (formula) to not only western countries, but more shocking, to third world countries, contributing to the deaths of thousands of babies every year. This book convinced me to never again give a dime of my money to the Nestle corporation, and to never again use infant formula. This is an excellent read as well as history lesson. The pictures included make it one of the most exceptional books I've ever read.