Parenthood the Swedish Way: a science-based guide to pregnancy, birth, and infancy

Expectant parents will be relieved to hear: Put away the vacuum—dust does not lead to allergy. Breastfeeding protects against allergies? Never has done, never will do. Stop boiling bottles and pacifiers—sterilizing is unnecessary in most industrial countries. Think you shouldn’t drink alcohol when breastfeeding? Plain moralism.

Paediatrician Cecilia Chrapkowska runs the country's most popul...