The New Contented Little Baby Book - Gina Ford

A friend told me about this book and I bought it along with another Gina Ford title from Amazon when I was pregnant. My MIL who ran a nursery always says that babies thrive on routine so I thought this was the answer to everything! It's split into 9 sections: Preparing for the birth, why follow a routine, milk feeding in first year, understanding baby's sleep, establishing the routine, routines for the first year, introducing solid food, common problems in the first year (i.e sleeping and feeding mostly). I religiously read the preparing for the birth and why follow a routine and was 100% convinced I was going to do that to the letter. It just shows ...  Read the complete review

On the surface, this looks like the ideal book for someone like me. As a teacher, I'm used to strict routines, and even outside of work I like to do things in a certain way. The structure of this book appealed to me in the months leading up to my baby's birth. And it makes it seem so simple! If you do certain things at certain times, your baby will be happy and content, and you will be a happy mummy! The only problem is ... my wonderful newborn son, though obviously intelligent beyond belief, is unable to read the book for himself so that HE knows what to do as well! The routines are VERY regimented. Times need to be stuck to religiously if they ...  Read the complete review

I read this book when I was pregnant with my first, and terrified of becoming a mother! This book will appeal to those whom like to be in control and need some sort of structure in the day. The author of this book has looked after hundreds of babies in her career as a maternity midwife. From what I have read, she wrote the routines in this book based on studying babies and following their natural sleep cycle. The first few chapters are dedicated to explaining the routines, bottle and breast feeding, things you will need for your baby, and an invaluable section on silent reflux, something my eldest daughter suffered from, though I only became aware ...  Read the complete review

The New Contented Little Baby Book was recommended to me when I was just three months pregnant. Being very innocent and believing that I would have the perfect baby anyway I decided to give the book a read to help me along. Gina Ford - author, claims that by following her very strict routines for feeding, sleeping and everything else in between you could have a baby that "feeds well and regularly from breast or bottle, is less likely to suffer colic and sleeps through the night from an early age." - With claims like that which soon to be parents would not give it a read? Two weeks later and the eagerly awaited book arrives on my doorstep and I get ...  Read the complete review

I generally didn't have a clue about babies, which became more apparent when I gave birth to one! I knew the basics, how to feed and change etc. but as to how to get things into some sort of order so that life could continue in a semi-normal fashion, was beyond me. My life before my baby was strictly run, although I didn't realise it at the time. Suddenly everything had changed and there was no organisation or order and I seemed to be running around in circles. After finding a few precious minutes to browse the internet I purchased Gina Ford's Contented Little Baby Book which I had heard mentioned by various celebrity mums, aswell as some of ...  Read the complete review