""Los Angeles Times" was disappointed that "I Wanna Have Your Babies" was not included on "Pocketful of Sunshine" and wrote that "as awkward as the song is, it fleshes out Bedingfield's vision better than Jerkins' Mary J. Blige "Angel" or Rotem's Fergalicious "Piece of Your Heart".The album ending up receiving 2.5 stars out of 4.