Now that I've read it I think I may well burn it, lest it fall into the hands of a mother who would be quite fine with her new baby without being told _every second of every day_ what she should be making her child (and herself) do. I do feel that a lot of the things in the book are common sense and providing you are not a total idiot, will happen naturally regardless. I also found that I spent more time stressing over what came next than enjoying time with my baby and I felt that she wasn't particularly supportive of breast feeding. 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.

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. 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. Using routines that match a growing baby’s innate natural rhythms, Gina believes parents can prevent the hunger, overtiredness and colic that cause excessive crying.on this list assumes that your baby will be easy and naturally fall into a schedule of naps that works for them and everyone else. 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.

That last point has made a HUGE difference for me since knowing how much the baby has eaten takes the guess work out of middle of the night wakings (i. I know so many mothers who feel trying to follow these routines caused them so much stress that it interfered with bonding with their baby. We seldom had to use this and it is hard to do, but Gina gives clear guidelines on how to manage it while ensuring your child feels secure and loved. According to Wikipedia, Gina is British, around 62 years of age and has been a maternity nurse to over 300 babies during her working life. Please don't misunderstand me, she never frowns on it directly and there are entire sections dedicated to it, but since this style of parenting accounts for every detail, not knowing how much a baby has eaten doesn't quite fit with that model.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.

Great for twins, because if you don't keep a timetable they will not nap at the same times, and then your household is chaos. He really was the quintessential ‘good baby’ I don’t think it would have mattered if he was demand or routine. 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.By waking your child pre-emptively and encouraging them to feed and be awake, you will find that they are more settled overall and sleep much better in the long run. it was a great relief to flick through at 3am when you were trying to remind yourself what you had to do next. That way we could keep our entire day on track and not have it adjusted according to how his night went. Bu kitap sayesinde ilk aydan beri bebeğimin gece ve gündüz uykuları düzenli, banyo rutinimiz, günlük rutinimiz, beslenme rutinimiz uyum içinde.