List Price: £9.99 Price: £6.44 You save: £3.55 (35%)
Media: Paperback Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Editorial Review:
If you are still struggling to get your newborn to sleep through the night, still getting up throughout the night to feed the little one, or perhaps you are feeling as if no end is in sight, you need to read Gina Ford's The Contented Little Baby Book. It may be the only thing you need to bring peace back into your frazzled existence with your tiny baby, or babies.
After all, this book promises to teach parents tried and tested methods to get their baby to sleep through the night by the time they are 10 weeks old.
For parents who are craving their first night of unbroken sleep, Ford's book may be the answer.
Ford's methods conjure up the image of a strict and loving old nanny from yesteryear. Her techniques go against the grain of many currently popular parenting philosophies. For example, Ford, an experienced maternity nurse, is against demand feeding, believes in the necessity of waking a sleeping baby in order to establish a daily routine. Her philosophy may not be the norm today, but Ford is confident of her methods based on years of experience handling hundreds of babies.
Providing an hour-by-hour, week-by-week guide on how to get a new baby into a routine, the book includes feeding and sleeping schedules based on a baby's age. The Contented Little Baby Book provides so much information that it may be necessary to keep this paperback book handy for reference should you employ Ford's techniques.
Experienced parents may not benefit from Ford's methods, but first-time parents may learn a lot from her ideas, and for the discerning reader of parenting books, this one is a must have. For the reader who would like to weigh other parenting methods before adopting Ford's techniques, the following books may be of interest: The Baby Book, by William Sears, M.D. and Martha Sears, R.N.; What to Expect in the first year, by Eisenberg, Murkoff and Hathaway; and Your Baby and Child, by Penelope Leach. --Abbe Jacobson
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Sensible easy to follow guidelines (not rules!) for a contented baby! I think when some people read the book they mistakenly perceive the book as a set of rules that must be followed to the letter. It isn't. It's a simple and clear set of guidelines that helps your baby to find a natural and balanced rhythm. We followed the book carefully with our little one and it wasn't a case of rigid timelines in the slightest. We have a very happy, healthy, contented baby who from the age of 6ms year was sleeping (happily) from 7pm to 7am. She knows her meal times (yes the Gina Ford... more info
Avoid this book. We bought this book on the advice of my sister, we were new parents and needed a little help with regards to feeding and sleeping etc. We could not belive our eyes when we read it however, this book is nothing more than set of strict authoritarian rules on how to live your entire life.
I mean it even gives you advice on how to use your own washing machine for goodness sake, when to get out of bed, when to eat, what is this woman on? A massive power trip as far as i can see! Our midwife took one... more info
My lifesaver at a very stressful time!!!!! This book was an absolute lifesaver to me. As a new mum, was very worried that I would do the wrong thing for my baby. This book gave me the confidence to make decisions that would benefit him. 1 year on I have a very happy contented little boy who is thriving in every way!!!!!! Thank you Gina Ford!!!!!
please take this book lightly Having bought this book a few weeks before i was due my first baby I read from cover to cover and was relieved to have some sort of guide as what you do when you bring your baby home. However when the day arrived I realised that this book was not the answer. I found this book rigid and very unrealistic. I struggled with the routine for two weeks stressing when my newborn wouldnt stay awake for two hours at a time or wanted feeding before the three hour mark or wouldnt sleep for two hours at lunchtime until... more info
