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The Complete Sleep Guide For Contented Babies and Toddlers

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Gina believed passionately in not only nurturing the child, for which she had a particular talent, but also ensuring that the mother was well cared for too. The book has some immensely helpful info about breastfeeding, such as, "Babies between one week and six weeks usually need at least 30 minutes to reach the hind milk." (p. 53) And "If you change breasts too soon he will end up getting too much fore milk, which is one of the main causes of babies never seeming satisfied and suffering from colic." (p 56) "If he is fed enough during the day he will be much more likely to got to sleep for longer periods between feeds in the night." (p 57) The book also discusses the popular societal trend for bottle-feeding and formula feeding that "became well established in the fifties and sixties..." And this was quite helpful info, since our baby's grandmothers were keen to formula-feed, while my choice was to exclusively breastfeed.

I was determined to do it right, and I remember feeling so frustrated when Barnaby didn’t quite fit into her daily plan.I knew when to leave them, when to go to them and when to know that today, it wasn’t going to go according to plan.

In 2004 Gina recognised that, despite the wealth of parenting information available, many mothers still felt isolated. In an effort to fill the gap, Gina launched ContentedBaby.com and, in the process, created a wonderful, supportive and dynamic on-line community. Gina Ford is a UK based author who has 20 years of experience working with babies. She worked as a maternity nurse at a time where formal qualifications weren’t offered or expected. Her book is written from personal experience of working with over 300 babies. The New Contended Little Baby Book combines feeding and sleeping routines for parents to follow. For the purpose of this review I will only be concentrating on the information, schedules, and routines she provides regarding sleep. Find out this sleep experts thoughts by way of ths New Contented Little Baby Book book review. The GoodContented Little Baby is now a lifestyle choice for millions of people around the world. But part of this success is down to the fact that Gina still makes a point of talking directly to many mothers every week.

When I put it to her that her books might be an unconscious attempt to provide her mother with the tools that might have prevented her depression (and her father's departure soon after her birth), she replies: "Yes, yes, I think so. If my mother had had my book, I probably wouldn't be the way I am. I would be a solicitor or something, with three kids, and that would be no bad thing because it is quite difficult being the UK's leading childcare expert and being childless. People do love to have a dig at that."I've seen the effect of this first hand, as I parented my eldest daughter more traditionally, and my 3 younger ones according to attachment parenting and non-coercion practices. I am watching my eldest daughter gradually deschooling herself (she was schooled) and gradually battling to overcome the coercion she grew up with and begin to listen to her own needs/desires. Gina Ford has come to the rescue with her answer: the key to a good night's sleep for the whole family lies in teaching parents to understand the changing sleep needs of their growing baby. This book informs and reassures parents, dispelling many common myths and anxieties and offering practical solutions that work. She paints a grim picture of what can happen after the arrival of a baby. "Father comes home from work; he has had a stressful day at the bank or the building society; the kid's screaming its head off; the wife looks a mess; he thinks, 'My God, what happened to that sexy, bubbly woman I married three years ago? Look at this old hag: she's got droopy tits, she's got wrinkles.' She throws the six-month-old at him and all she can go on about is what a rotten day she's had. It can also be a very noisy and somewhat stressful experience if you have a baby who refuses to settle while you are trying to get them to sleep. Cry-it-out might not help if you have an older child or toddler who is also trying to settle down at night.

It’s also important to have a good quality nappy that will keep your baby dry and comfortable. Try Beyond by BabyLove Nappies, which are hypoallergenic, have absorbency up to 12 hours and are made in zero-waste solar-powered factories. The concept of crying down is pretty simple. "Provided a baby has been well fed and is ready to sleep...he should be allowed to settle himself." ( The Complete Sleep Guide, p. 40). What this means is that when baby is ready to sleep (see sleep cues) you do your to 6 months: by 3 months of age, you could be enjoying longer sleeps at night anyway – many babies can manage 6 to 8 hours of unbroken night time sleep at this age, although not all do. But it is still too early to even think of sleep training during these early months.

She also mentions in her book the importance of naps, however her routines do not provide an appropriate amount of sleep for a baby during their morning nap. Ideally, as a sleep consultant I am aiming for over an hour for the morning nap and love it when the babies I work with sleep 1.5 hours or so in their morning nap. Gina Ford however recommends 45-60 minutes at the most. As a general rule, anything less than 60 minutes for a nap is not restorative, which means she is advocating for non-restorative naps. The other thing she doesn’t bear in mind is that both the morning and afternoon naps have special purposes. The morning nap has more REM sleep and REM sleep is important for learning, creative problem solving and emotional and psychological restoration. The afternoon nap is important for physical restoration. If a baby is missing out on enough sleep for their morning nap, then they are being provided less opportunity for mentally restorative sleep and learning consolidation. Gina Ford also suggests that babies will cut out that morning nap (or reduce it to only 30 minutes) way too early. She suggests babies drop their morning nap between 9 and 12 months. The normal age range for dropping naps is 12 to 18 months, with the average being 15 months. If you drop a baby’s nap too early this will lead to overtiredness and sleep issues like night waking and early rising.

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