Please don't misunderstand me, she never frowns on it directly and there are entire sections dedicated to it, but since this style of parenting accounts for every detail, not knowing how much a baby has eaten doesn't quite fit with that model. Even at the time, I found certain suggestions such as ironing your baby's sheets (which will only be pissed/shat/puked on within 24 hours) absurd. While I was in hospital midwives advised giving water in a bottle to baby so he would not become dehydrated and it was the midwives that gave him his first bottle of formula because he wouldn’t breastfeed.

This book is the reason I have three children you all sleep pretty well and certainly better than most children I know. I know so many mothers who feel trying to follow these routines caused them so much stress that it interfered with bonding with their baby.

Beloved by celebrities such as Kate Winslet, The New Contented Little Baby Book sets out the philosophy of child rearing that Gina Ford devised during her career as a maternity nurse. For new parents and parents-to-be who like having a step-by-step schedule as a guideline for baby routines, this book would be perfect for you. Her advice and methods have been a godsend to tired, stressed parents throughout the world and have helped a generation of children go to bed on time and sleep soundly through the night. Now Poppy is ever so slightly premature and I actually started this blog post before she was born and am continuing it now. The claim that a baby of five months could be trained to sleep from 7am to 7pm made me laugh out loud.

This approach has definitely worked as today the Health Visitor weighed her and she had gained an extra 100 grams thanks to this strict regime. By creating routines that match a growing baby's innate natural rhythms, Gina prevents the hunger, overtiredness and colic that can lead to excessive crying. Sleep-starved nights, inconsolable crying, feeding on demand – stories that make the prospect of bringing a tiny baby home for the first time daunting for any proud new parent. Gün içerisinde sürekli düzeni değişmeyen bebek ve iyi uyuyan bebek haliyle son derece mutlu, huzurlu ve öğrenmeye açık oluyor. That way we could keep our entire day on track and not have it adjusted according to how his night went.I ignored the haters and tried to go by this book anyway because my husband wanted to, but they were right. There are more up-to-date and sensitive ways to bring up a child, please choose wisely and stay away from Gina Ford!

Mention this book to a parent or family member and you can almost guarantee they will have an opinion, whether they have read it or not. We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from. A friend of mine read it and declared she was either going to burn it or give it to me if I was curious. I have a 4 month old baby boy, and I am constantly receiving compliments about how happy, contented and well behaved he is.Contrary to Gina’s wishes, Kitty was often lulled to sleep by the sound of the Eastenders’ theme tune! GF insists on many occassions throughout the book that "her babies" all slept through the night/didn't get colic/blah and therefore her methods are proved correct. When put into practice, ‘Gina babies’: sleep through the night from an early age; feed regularly and well from either breast or bottle; and are less likely to suffer from colic. However, having absolutely no experience with babies or children, I decided to reserve judgement on this book until after a few months of real life with a baby.