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The New Contented Little Baby Book: The Secret to Calm and Confident Parenting

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Author: Gina Ford
Publisher: Vermilion
Category: Book

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

597 reviews
Sales Rank: 66

Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.8

ISBN: 0091912695
EAN: 9780091912697
ASIN: 0091912695

Publication Date: April 6, 2006
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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.co.uk 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: Read 592 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

A Lifesaver!!!! May 15, 2008
I bought this book whilst six months pregnant with my second child, and the moment it arrived I read it cover to cover.....WOW!!! If only someone had handed me this book with my first child I could have avoided so many tears (hers and mine)and had ample amounts of sleep. My son is now six months old and has been on Gina's routine since he was three weeks old - He was down to just one night feed by six weeks and was sleeping through the night from three and a half months. My husband and I have plenty of couple time in the evenings and eight hours sleep every night thanks to Ginas routine as our son is in bed, clean, fed, happy and sleepy at 7pm!! I am so thrilled with our sucess following Ginas rountine that I've been purchasing this book for any of our relatives and friends that are now expecting!! Buy it and more importantly FOLLOW IT!!!

5 out of 5 stars

This book is essential reading for all first time mothers (AND FATHERS!) May 7, 2008
Molly was born 4 weeks ago. In the hospital the midwives had me propped up in bed demand breast feeding. I went 47 hours without sleep. I seriously began to think I was going to drop her. She fed CONTINUOUSLY! I was a wreck and she was irritable and cranky. I decided to start feeding her every three hours as Gina recommends whether or not she demanded it and gave her a soother after feeds to satisfy her "suckiness". The transformtion was amazing. She became calm and content within 48 hours. My mother isn't alive to help me out with advice and help and my mother in law has a typical mother in law relationship with me so this book had all the brilliant up to date information that got me through that terrifying journey home with my little pink bundle and got me over every hurdle since.

Gina has been there for me with this book 24/7. And yes the routines seem strict, but the way I looked at it was... I'm going to have to get all this stuff done every day anyway, might as well have a bit of structure and routine to our day and that allows us to plan. If I want to go somewhere with Molly I do it during her 3.30 nap and she snoozes happily in the car seat while I get on with whatever. If friends want to call I tell them that she's asleep after 7p.m. and I dont have a feed till 10.30p.m. why not call around after dinner for coffee and desert (they must bring dessert though!)My husband & I have qualiy time with her and with each other.
The proof of the pudding is in the fact that Molly hardly ever cries. She doesn't need to! She has parents that can pre-empt her every need and are calm, well-rested and confident. THANK YOU GINA!!

5 out of 5 stars

Can't praise it enough May 1, 2008
Lots of people read the book and say 'its too rigid, i wont have a life', well thats certainly true of having a baby. But far from this, we found it was the opposite, it gave us a life.

I had a 57 hour long labour and terrible birth, and I needed someone to tell me my baby was tired - even though he looked far from it, and that he'd be hungry...we needed someone to tell us what to do, because when we got out of hospital, we weren't in any state to work it out for ourselves.

our baby boy has thrived on it. he's never hungry, overtired or upset, because he's in a routine that suits his age perfectly.

we've been able to go out from very early on, and be confident that our son will sleep soundly and not wake for the babysitter. 8 months on, and plenty of our friends haven't had an evening out!

I agree with the previous reviewer, it is for the mother, but its also for the baby. parents need their own lives, if the parents are happy, the baby will be too.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent March 22, 2008
I can not praise the theories of this book enough. My baby is 15 weeks old and since 11 weeks sleeps 2230 - 0730. You can adapt bits but generally it is great. He is a contented little baby. Seriously try it.

5 out of 5 stars

A blessing in paperback March 21, 2008
After weeks of becoming more and more confused as to why our 6 week old baby was crying, desperately trying to work out what she wanted, receiving a copy of The New Contented Little Baby Book was a blessing in paperback. She has slept through from 11pm-7am since. The key for us was that we now knew exactly what she needed at any time of the day and instead of being bewildered or assuming she was hungry, we could meet her needs even before she was aware of them herself so no more crying - hurrah! I buy a copy of Gina's book for every new mum I know and have just bought her book on weaning.