THE NEW CONTENTED LITTLE  BABY BOOK

The secret to calm and confident parenting

by GINA FORD

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New softcover book, 256 pages, minor bumping to front cover at corners. This is the revised 2006 edition of Gina Ford's bestselling book, The Contented Little Baby Book, which is also available at The Bookshelf of Oz - click here for more information about the 1999 edition.

Thousands of mothers have put Gina Ford's kind but firm routines into practice and put some calm back into their lives.

The prospect of bringing a tiny baby home for the first time is daunting. Stories of sleep-starved nights, inconsolable crying, feeding on demand can makeany proud new parent fearful of what the future may hold. Take heart because The New Contented Little Baby Book is here to help you.

Fully updated and and expanded to include helpful input from members of Gina's website, her clients, readers, and mothers who simply love her routines, The New Contented Little Baby Book gives you reassuring and practical advice to new parents that works from one of the UK's most respected and most talked about maternity nurses. Her secret is simple and the results are amazing - a strategy developed through years of research and experience. When put into practice and the routines are established, your contented baby will

• sleep through the night from an early age
• feed regularly and well from either breast or bottle
• less likely to suffer from colic

And what's more, you'll be calm and contented too!

The Contented Little Baby Book, based on Gina Ford’s personal experience of caring for over 300 babies, was first published in 1999. It quickly established Gina as an influential new authority on baby and childcare issues and has remained one of the bestselling parenting books in the UK.

This completely revised edition of The New Contented Little Baby Book contains the most up-to-date advice available to parents. Using the feedback from numerous readers and website members, Gina has been able to develop and elaborate on the information in her first book, while clearly setting out her philosophy on simple feeding and sleeping routines.

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. Babies who are settled into Gina’s gentle routines are happy and contented because their needs for food and sleep are appropriately met and they should sleep for their longest spell at night from an early age.

With detailed, prescriptive information on everything parents need to know, this book includes chapters on:
- Preparation for the birth
- How the routines evolved and the benefits of following a routine
- Milk feeding in the first year
- Understanding your baby’s sleep
- Establishing a routine
- Introducing solid food in line with government and World Health Authority guidelines
- Common problems in the first year

Whether you are expecting your first child, or are experiencing difficulties with an older baby, this comprehensive guide contains all the expert guidance you need to help your baby feed and sleep well.

About the author

Gina Ford was born and grew up in the Scottish Borders. After studying Hotels and Catering in Edinburgh, she had an opportunity to become a maternity nurse and discovered her flair with babies. Over the course of her career, she has worked with hundreds of families with babies and small children. For twelve years she was one of the most sought-after maternity nurses in the world, and specialised in caring for newborn babies and toddlers with serious sleeping and feeding problems. Gina worked for all kinds of people, from leading lawyers and high-flying bankers to newspaper editors, pop stars and other media personalities.

The techniques, methods and common-sense approach that she developed over the years were so successful and in such demand, that Gina decided to offer her theories, not just to those who were in a position to hire her, but to all families who felt that her methods and routines might help them. In 1999 she published  The Contented Little Baby Book. It was a runaway success, largely due to enthusiastic, word-of-mouth recommendation. Since publication, it has consistently been the best-selling parenting book in the UK, having sold over 500,000 copies to date. Gina has continued to assist parents, adding another 7 books to the Contented Baby & Toddler range

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The New Contented Little Baby Book by Gina Ford