The New Contented Little Baby Book

The Secret to Calm and Confident Parenting

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The comprehensive and practical guide for new (and old!) parents from the bestselling author, childcare expert and former maternity nurse, Gina Ford.

OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD

‘An absolute godsend.’ Kate Winslet, Academy Award-winning actress

‘This book could be your salvation!’ Daily Telegraph

First published in 1999, The Contented Little Baby Book has become one of the UK's bestselling parenting books, establishing Gina Ford as a trusted authority on baby and childcare issues, and helping parents develop feeding and sleeping routines for their babies.

Now, in this completely revised edition, Gina shares updated, practical advice for parents navigating their baby’s first year. Drawing on feedback from her readers and website members, she elaborates on the information in her first book, while clearly setting out her approach to creating simple, consistent routines that work with a baby's natural patterns of feeding and sleep.

This structured approach will help parents build confidence while supporting their baby's development during the first year, preventing the hunger, overtiredness and colic that can lead to excessive crying, and encouraging babies to 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:

Preparing for the birth of your baby
How to establish a daily routine for your baby
Milk feeding in the first year, including breast-feeding and bottle feeding
Understanding your baby's sleep
Introducing solid food in line with government and World Health Authority guidelines
Managing common problems in your baby’s 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.

Gina Ford is the Delia Smith of parenting...while Delia tells you how to make the perfect omelette, Gina Ford in her baby-care manual The Contented Little Baby Book, draws on 30 years' experience to tell you how to nurture the perfectly happy baby.
YOU Magazine

I devoured it (Contented Little Baby Book) in one sitting. It was hilarious. The claim that a baby of five months could be trained to sleep from 7am to 7pm made me laugh out loud. Little did I realise that this was the start of my conversion to the gospel according to St Gina. That Gina Ford would soon acquire an almost divine status in my life....I look back on my BGE (Before Gina Era) and think of how many of my babies has cried and cried as I ever more desperately struggled to get them to sleep....My only regret, of course, is that Gina did not write her book years ago, when my older children were born. I look in the mirror and wonder what a difference that would have made to the bags under my eyes. If motherhood had always been as easy as it seems this time, I might not have had five children - but 10. Maybe Ruth Kelly's secrets is that she has a copy of St Gina.
Martine Oborne, Evening Standard

About Gina Ford

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

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