The New Contented Little Baby Book: The Secret to Calm and Confident Parenting

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This book saved me and my relationship with my first born. My mother and mother in law loved this book. They cared for their own babies in a very similar way and it made sense to them. Learn the secret to getting your baby to sleep through the night--so you can get the rest you need. You’ve heard horror stories about babies who cry constantly, need to eat every two hours, and never learn to sleep through the night. And now, whenever you think about your soon-to-be-born bundle of joy, you can’t help wondering how you’re going to manage those two a.m. feedings and non-stop crying jags--and how you’re going to live your already-hectic life on little (or no) sleep. Relax! If you follow the practical, real-life advice in The Contented Little Baby Book, your baby should be sleeping through the night at around six to ten weeks. You’ll learn why you shouldn’t follow the conventional “feed on demand” advice. You’ll understand why even older babies can benefit from sleeping and eating schedules. And soon you’ll have what every parent wants--a happy, healthy, contented little baby. Drawing on twelve years of experience researching and studying the natural sleep rhythms and feeding patterns of young babies, one of Britain’s top maternity nurses shows you how to… * Recognize the difference between hunger and tiredness How to "cry it out" once your child is developmentally ready. Definitely read the book instead of just googling how to do it. Interesting to read the psychology of what to do and why.

Kitap önce bebek için ne almanız gerektiğni, bebeğinizi ne sıklıkla beslemeniz gerektiğini, emzirme pozisyonu ya da biberonla beslemeyi tercih ettiyseniz biberonla bebeği besleme pozisyonu gibi bölümler içeriyor. Sonrası da bebeğin uyksunu, yeme düzenini ve alışkanlıklarını anlamaya yönelik bölümler ve sık sorulan sorular içeriyor. İlerleyen bölümlerde ise 12. Aya kadar her ay için saat saat örnek rutin programı var. Son olarak ise bebeklerin karşılaştığı problemlerden bahsediliyor. For those readers who say that the author’s routines and suggestions are “cold,” this isn’t a how-to book on providing your child with what it wants on-demand, and if that seems harsh then it’s just not your style. This is a book that’s meant to explain how routines can ultimately benefit your child and your entire family. I never got the impression that following these routines was somehow unloving, especially since the author explains how overhandling and overstimulating your baby is not in its best interest.Having noted that I was reading the book, my respected friends-with-kids were unanimous in their hatred of the "Queen of routine". I didn't get such a strong reaction myself, but I expect I'm more likely to once the kid arrives - though I will say Ford has an unfortunate tendency towards smugness which is not going to help in winning over her critics. When people ask me how I have had six boys and not be crippled by the sheer exhaustion of it all, I say I’m not tired, because they sleep. For each new baby, I dug out that Gina Ford roadmap and by the fifth kid I pretty much knew it off by heart.

Bu kitap sayesinde ilk aydan beri bebeğimin gece ve gündüz uykuları düzenli, banyo rutinimiz, günlük rutinimiz, beslenme rutinimiz uyum içinde. Gün içerisinde sürekli düzeni değişmeyen bebek ve iyi uyuyan bebek haliyle son derece mutlu, huzurlu ve öğrenmeye açık oluyor. One of the most helpful things to know from this book: "No baby under 4 months should be allowed to stay awake for longer than two hours at a stretch. Care should also be taken not to overstimulate the baby 30 minutes prior to being put to bed." (p 41) After all, this book promises to teach parents tried and tested methods to get their baby to sleep through the night by the time they are 10 weeks old. Great advice about many many things, given in a non-pushy way. Other books push the advice on you, but this one feels more like suggestions being offered by a friend.GF insists on many occassions throughout the book that "her babies" all slept through the night/didn't get colic/blah and therefore her methods are proved correct. Well, how unscientific is that? It doesn't appear to occur to her that she doesn't work with a random selection of parents and children - far from it, since she's helping out people who can afford her and - by definition - you could switch the language around and just say that the conclusion from this book is: get a nanny. Six boys in the space of nine years, with different personalities, needs, bodies, temperaments, all squeezed into one basement room.