Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780091912697
Edition: New edition
ISBN: 0091912695
Label: Vermilion
Manufacturer: Vermilion
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: April 06, 2006
Publisher: Vermilion
Studio: Vermilion

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Editorial Review:

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




Rating: - Nothing but praise
My wife and I had our first beautiful baby 5 months ago. By week 5 we were basically doing a "cry on demand" routine for raising our child. Feeding him when he needed to be fed and putting him to bed when we thought he needed to go to bed. At week 5 my wife had to start expressing milk and was in a tremendous amount of pain in the breast area. That together with our baby waking up through the night was making child raising a testing experience if I can use that term. I essentially at that moment ... Read More

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Rating: - This book is definitely worth reading for every new mum!
I am a mother to a seven year old daughter, who loves to sleep and is well adjusted and happy. I read the original Contented Little Baby book when I had her. Yes, it seems strict, but I really liked it because it worked for me. I am no Earth Mother, my daughter was born by emergancy caesarean and I bottle fed - but at no time did this book make me feel guilty or 'not a good mother' it gives a rounded view and covers all areas not just 'perfect scenarios'. My daughter slept through the night at ... Read More

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Rating: - Saved my sanity
I can't recommend this book enough. I suffered with my first son everything that she suggested can happen with baby-led feeding. He was a sleepy baby, following a traumatic birth for both of us, and therefore was only waking for a feed once every 6 hours approx, at the time when I should have been building my milk supply up. Exactly as she says, he perked up at 10 days old and was wanting feeding in the evenings. It was so bad, I was feeding 10 min on, 10 min off for hours. It was so exhausting. Obviously ... Read More

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Rating: - Not for every baby - and much too regimented!
As someone who likes to know what to expect and predictability (sometimes to a fault), I read this book in preparation for our first child, and was quickly disillusioned - the book's schedule is too regimented for a new born even though the author recommends using the schedule with a day old baby. Our son was born a hearty 8 lbs 11 oz, was a vigorous eater (breastfed), and a pretty sound sleeper. He never made it through a three-hourly schedule, and wanted to be fed every 2 hrs to 2 hr 30 minutes. I tried ... Read More

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Rating: - Approach with caution
I read this book when my son was born, but maybe I was lucky that I had a contented baby who found his own routine. She does make sense with some things however if you read it carefully you will notice that there is no time for any actual playing, bonding or enjoying your child which I find awful. Fair enough - I cant argue with the people it helped but maybe fit some time in for bonding aswell.

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