HealthMotherdom is the latest book to lay bare the shaky science pressuring parents to perfectly steer their children's development from birth. It's a welcome reality check, finds Penny Sarchet 5 March 2025 How mothers handle their babys every moveisnow subject toexpert adviceSvetikd/Getty ImagesMotherdomAlex Bollen (Verso (UK, out now; US, pending))Relax, but be on constant alert. Enjoy your baby, but take them very seriously. Follow your instincts, but do exactly what the scientists and health professionals say. Amid such a deluge of expert advice, is it any wonder that the experience of modern parenting motherhood, in particular can often feel exhausting and impossible?Thankfully, a handful of well-researched books are questioning this stress-generating situation and, in the case of Motherdom: Breaking free from bad science