The Contented Little Baby Book - Gina Ford Reviews

This book promises to give you a happy, contented baby who will be sleeping through the night by 10 weeks but only if you follow the strict regime that Gina Ford insists upon. I don't know about anyone else but when my daughter was only a few days old and was screaming her head off because she was hungry, there was no way I was going to ...  Read the complete review

My baby boy will be one year old next week and my husband and I have been reliving our favourite memories of the last year. I have also been putting lots of things that I no longer need into storage and whilst doing this came upon this book. It is the very well known "Contented Little Baby" book by Gina Ford. This book seems ...  Read the complete review

I was given this book by a friend. She had used it for her little one and thought it would be useful to me. The book is written by Gina Ford who is one of the world's top maternity nurses. It covers a whole array of things concerning your newborn baby from birth until aged one year. The book takes you right back to preparing for your ...  Read the complete review

The first few months with a new baby (particularly your first) should come with a health warning!! The lack of sleep, endless demands and bickering with your partner are likely to put you off ever having another.....and then comes salvation, Gina Ford!! To my mind this woman is a genius, I brought my first baby home from hospital with ...  Read the complete review

The fun of courting,the joy of sex, the waiting of pregnancy, the pain of childbirth......the sheer terror of your first night at home with your first child! Ha ha ha. Grandparents love this. As a father to be I read like a man possesed. You name it, magazines web sites and books........on pregnancy conception and birth. No one thought to tell me ...  Read the complete review

but this book so annoys me! This is cruel if this woman looked after my kids I'd probably report her for the things she has done! She advised a mum to leave her baby to cry for 3 hours until he slept! She treats children as a hindrance, obviously because she has never experienced the joy of motherhood herself. She'd be better off ...  Read the complete review

WHAT THE BACK COVER SAYS.... The prospect of bringing a tiny baby home for the first time is daunting. Horror stories of sleep-starved nights, inconsolable crying and feeding on demand can make any proud parent fearful of what the future may hold. If you can afford it, you hire a maternity nurse to help the baby settle but for most parents ...  Read the complete review

This is one of those books whose reputation goes around like wild fire amongst new parents in need of solutions to age old problem concerned with childcare. Parent and baby magazines review it giving it an excellant write up, and friends discuss it at get togethers; "Have you not read it yet? Oh you should it's REALLY good!" It's ...  Read the complete review

I wish I had bought this book right at the beginning !! Gina Ford is a leading maternity nurse and her key is Routine and if you don't like that word, then don't buy her book !! I Was lucky and Jack slipped into his own routine by 4 months, but there are things that I wished I had done earlier. Gina Ford has written this book ...  Read the complete review