The Secret to Calm and Confident Parenting

The New Contented Little Baby Book

Fully updated edition of the bestselling guide for new parents

Gina Ford's Contented Little Baby Book became a runaway bestseller when it was first published in 1999. She continues to be the number one bestselling author of childcare books in the UK. 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. She runs a hugely popular website: www.contentedbaby.com

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 for almost 20 years. 
 
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.

A parent's trouble-shooting guide to the first three years

Your Baby and Toddler Problems Solved

All your childcare problems are solved here.

Bringing together decades of successful work with families, Gina Ford Solves All Your Baby and Toddler Problems provides answers to hundreds of baby and toddler care challenges. 
 
Organised chronologically for easy reference and with detailed case studies and examples, Gina Ford, one of the UK’s bestselling childcare authors, shares her practical and realistic solutions to help you and your baby or toddler have a contented household now and for years to come. 
 
It is Gina’s belief that sleeping and feeding are intrinsically linked and that all too often babies and toddlers are subjected to unnecessary sleep training methods. Whether your baby or toddler is a fussy feeder or waking up several times a night, her holistic and gentle approach will ensure that your child’s feeding and sleeping needs are fully met, and that you resolve the root cause of the problem for good.

Help your child to make a calm and confident start

The Contented Baby Goes to School

Britain's bestselling childcare author offers advice on preparing your child for school and nursery

For an astonishing number of mothers, she has proved a saviour

Gina Ford is the Delia Smith of parenting ... while Delia tells you how to make the perfect omelette, Gina tells you how to nurture the perfectly happy baby

Gina Ford is Britain's bestselling childcare author whose first publication The Contented Little Baby has sold over a million copies and keeps going! With over thirty years hands-on experience as a maternity nurse, 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 calmly through the night. She runs a hugely popular website: www.contentedbaby.com and has published over twenty parenting books.

Your child's first days at school and nursery are exciting times, but they can be very daunting - for both your child and yourself. 
 
In this book, Gina Ford helps you calm any fears with practical advice on preparing your child to be confident and capable of taking these important new steps. 
 
Find out how to: 
- Lessen separation anxiety and regressive behaviour 
- Help your child develop social skills and make friends 
- Prepare your child for the new routines and environments 
- Equip your child with the behavioural and mental skills they will need for the best start 
 
With practical exercises for developing skills, plus detailed advice on overcoming any difficulties you might face, this book will ensure that both you and your child are fully prepared for this new stage in your lives.

Good Mother, Bad Mother

A compelling, highly personal examination of contemporary motherhood from Britain's number one childcare expert

Gina Ford is a saint ... Good Mother, Bad Mother is funny, surprising and poignant

sometime humorous, sometimes poignant, this is a thought-provoking publication

a reassuring read... This book will help any uncertain mum to detach herself from today's many pressures to be the perfect mother

Pressurised by the media, scrutinised by their peers, frowned upon even by those closest to them, mothers today face relentless criticism and pressure. Breast or bottle? Work or stay at home? Routine or feeding-on-demand? The choices are infinite and at the heart of each question is the more controversial and divisive debate of what makes a good mother. Good Mother, Bad Mother is an illuminating, moving and thought-provoking study of this enigmatic question. Never before has the subject of motherhood been tackled with such unflinching honesty. 
 
Drawing on her experience of thousands of mothers, bestselling parenting author Gina Ford has turned her attention to the women charged with bringing up the next generation. She addresses the challenges of contemporary motherhood and fervently argues that these awe-inspiring women seldom receive the support, respect and admiration they deserve. And for the first time, in a candid, personal account, Gina interweaves stories from her own childhood, revealing how her relationship with her own mother has shaped the choices she has made. 
 
Any woman who has ever doubted her capabilities as a mother will find comfort and reassurance in the insights of the woman whose books have been justly described a 'godsend'.

The Contented Pregnancy

The complete guide to pregnancy and birth from no.1 parenting author Gina Ford

Gina Ford is the Delia Smith of parenting

Gina Ford is Britain's bestselling childcare author. Her first publication, The Contented Little Baby Book, has sold over a million copies and keeps going! Her advice and methods have been a godsend to tired, stressed parents throughout the world. She runs a hugely popular website: www.contentedbaby.com, and has published over twenty parenting books. 
 
Dr Charlotte Chaliha is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at The Royal London and St Bartholomew’s Hospitals in London. She also provides private maternity and gynaecology services through the NHS and privately.

Discovering that you are about to become a mum is one of life's most joyful moments. This indispensable guide from Gina Ford and consultant obstetrician Dr Charlotte Chaliha provides mums-to-be with the practical, reassuring and down-to-earth advice they need for a calm and contented pregnancy. Includes: 
 
- a month by month guide to the growth of your baby and your changing body 
- up-to-date guidance on nutrition, exercise and health 
- advice on preparing your home and lifestyle for a new arrival 
- how to prepare yourself for labour and birth 
- what to expect in the first few weeks with your baby 
 
The Contented Pregnancy is the essential guide to enjoying a relaxed pregnancy and giving your baby the very best start in life.

The ultimate guide to contented family mealtimes

Feeding Made Easy

Britain's bestselling childcare author solves parents' feeding dilemmas in this beautifully illustrated guide to giving children a healthy and tasty diet, with over 80 delicious recipes

For an astonishing number of mothers she has proved a saviour

Gina Ford's bestselling The Contented Little Baby Book established Gina as one of the UK's most influential voices in baby and childcare issues and her groundbreaking routines have been the salvation of hundreds of thousands of parents around the world. 
 
In Feeding Made Easy Gina tackles one of the most problematic areas of parenting: how to give children a healthy, nutritious and tasty diet without mealtimes becoming a battleground. Her one-stop feeding guide is a parent's lifesaver offering delicious, easy-to-prepare recipes for the whole family as well as rotating menu planners and shopping lists that enable time-strapped mums and dads to shop for and plan a month's menus in advance. 
 
Gina covers food for every occasion from quick and easy light meals such as sticky chicken thighs and homemade lamb burgers to mouth-watering twists on family favourites and healthy takes on fast food and after-school snacks, such as pizza, and carrot and honey muffins. She also offers invaluable advice on how to promote healthy eating, such as getting children involved in the choosing and preparation of food; how to tempt fussy eaters to expand their diet; and what to do when eating out or abroad.

Gina Ford

Your 7 day plan for a good night’s sleep – for baby and you!

Gina Ford has helped thousands of families resolve challenges over the years and her bestselling New Contented Little Baby Book has sold over 1 million copies around the world. 
 
In this life-saving new book, she offers exhausted parents clear, step-by-step solutions to resolving a whole range of sleep issues. Whether it's feeding to sleep, rocking to sleep, night-waking, co-sleeping, dummy attachment - whatever the problem - Gina knows how to fix it. You’ll find out how to set gentle day and night routines that will resolve the specific issue and in just one week you'll be on your way to calm and peaceful nights!

Gina Ford

Books by Gina Ford

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