The New Contented Little Baby Book
Baby expert Gina Ford comes to the rescue with her newly revised hour-by-hour, week-by-week guide... She draws on more than twenty years of experience researching and studying the natural sleep rhythms and feeding patterns of babies to ease the sresses and worries of new parents. In this new edition, you'll find everything you need to know to get your newborn to sleep through the night. In addition, Ford shares her experties on feeding schedules, colic, crying, teething, illness, pacifiers, separation anxiety, and setting up the perfect nursery.
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- An absolutely wonderful read. I read three widely recommended books, which diametrically opposed each other on almost everything. So I decided to ignore most of the advice, and rely on friends, family, medical experts, and my own intuition. Anything the books mostly agreed on, I did tend to follow.
The three books I read:
* The Contented Little Baby - https://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Contented-Little-Baby-Book-eboo...
* The Fourth Trimester - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fourth-Trimester-Understanding-Prot...
* The Baby Whisperer - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Baby-Whisperer-Connect-Comm...
The most helpful thing I read: "Nobody has been the parent of your child before. What worked for one baby may not work for yours. And remember that every parent develops nostalgia."
Also, an elderly lady in my church who had been a teacher said by the age of 8, you can't tell who was breastfed or bottlefed, who had 'baby led weaning', who used natural toys, etc. But you could tell the ones that received a lot of love from their parents.
- In Europe (I think) there are two popular "systems" for small babies. One is Gina Ford:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Contented-Little-Baby-Book/dp/00...
And the other is the EASY (Eat, Active time, Sleep, You time) "system" I think explained in this book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Secrets-The-Baby-Whisperer-Communica...
All of these are just guides but we did find the schedules helpful. Telling you how when and how much your baby should be sleeping per day, eating at each feed etc. Of course none of it goes perfectly but it is good to have something to aim for!
Once our baby was big enough to eat solid foods my wife loved this book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Annabel-Karmels-Complete-Toddler-Pla...
