Needy Baby, Greedy Baby

Needy Baby, Greedy Baby is a book written by  Leonard's mother, Dr. Beverly Hofstadter. It is mentioned in The Recombination Hypothesis.

History

The book was written in 2012 by Leonard's Mum. It was mentioned in the 100th episode while  Raj, Howardand Sheldon are playing The Settlers of Catan. Howard asks why he is going out with  Penny again and Sheldon suggest a hypothesis from Beverly Hofstader's book "Needy Baby, Greedy Baby" of  Leonard being "attracted to a good-natured  simpleton like Penny is because she is the opposite of his first romantic attachment,  his mother." Leonard is perplexed and asks where he got that notion from. Sheldon tells him where and Leonard tells him it's not true. Sheldon tells him that if it's Non-Fiction, it's true.

Trivia


 * Raj suggests Sandra Bullock plays Beverly in the movie of the Book.
 * Other books in her series is The Disappointing Child