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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
For an astonishing number of mothers she has proved a saviour --Daily Telegraph
For me she was an absolute Godsend
--Kate Winslet
For an astonishing number of mothers she has proved a saviour --Daily Telegraph
For me she was an absolute Godsend
--Kate Winslet
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A beautifully illustrated guide to your baby's first year from Britain's bestselling childcare expert
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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful illustrated guide,
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This review is from: The Contented Baby's First Year: The secret to a calm and contented baby: A Month-by-month Guide to Your Baby's Development (Hardcover)
I was under the initial impression that "The Contented Baby's First Year" was actually an elaborated version of "The Contented Little Baby Book", however was quickly proven wrong. It is in fact, a beautiful book, easily understood and with superb photographs illustrating main points, techniques and levels of a baby's development over its first year, which greatly enhance the adjoining text.
The useful information is presented in an easy-to-read manner with simple bullet points relating to the chapter and coloured text boxes highlighting helpful tips, which are great for quick reference purposes, although there is a complete index at the end. Many questions and common problems are tackled and answered in an explicit, clear and concise manner providing not only a realistic solution but also an explanation as to why these problems occur in the first place so as to avoid them in the future. Though it could be read alone, I feel that "The Contented Baby's First Year" would be much better appreciated as an accompaniment to "The (New) Contented Little Baby Book". It offers wonderful and easy suggestions and advice, which genuinely help the development of a child and positively enhance the experience of raising one. Not a single aspect of a baby's first year - for both mother and baby - has been overlooked. This is a book to keep and treasure. Highly recommended.
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Nice book but made me feel inadequate...,
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This review is from: The Contented Baby's First Year: The secret to a calm and contented baby: A Month-by-month Guide to Your Baby's Development (Hardcover)
I bought this just a few weeks before my first baby was born at the end of last year, I found the first couple of chapters on general baby care and newborn very useful but then as the months went by, Gina seems to imply your baby 'should' be doing this and that and I sometimes felt that my baby didnt measure up to her exacting standards and her patronising tones made me feel inadequate as a first time mother. Her strict routines are well known and of course they are in here, not as detailed as in some of the other books but detailed enough for those of us who seem to muddle through and have babies not so suited to routines.
I thought the photos were nice and some of the babycare information was good however this could all be got elsewhere in more detail, i.e. Miriam Stoppard, 'What to expect' books etc. If you are a fan of Gina and would like to get your baby into a routine as early as possible this book is for you. However be warned it may make you feel a little inadequate as the months go on!!
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Must Have for all parents...,
By Charlotte Fowles "cmc" (Oxfordshire) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Contented Baby's First Year: The secret to a calm and contented baby: A Month-by-month Guide to Your Baby's Development (Hardcover)
Is how this book has been described, and I have to agree. It is beautifully written and illustrated, and packed full of information useful to not only first time parents, but to second and third timers too! I already have one pre-schooler and found myself wondering just how useful this book would be with my second due in 6 months time....surely I knew it all right? Wrong! I found myself saying things like "ooohh, so THAT's what that was" and "ah-ha - that's what I need to do when this happens!" Even my husband (yep, he read it too!) "exclaimed aloud" a few times....!
But seriously, this book is for everyone. It does sit side by side quite sweetly with the Contented Little Baby book series', but if you're not a fan of these, or any other routines, then you can take heart and buy this book with confidence, as it really isn't wholly focused on routines at all. Plus, it would make a delightful gift to any parent - mum or dad! In summary, whether you're a first time parent or a tenth timer, this book will be a welcome addition to your parenting bookshelf, and by the time the twelve months are over, a well thumbed one at that! Just one more thing, I couldn't possibly review this book without mentioning the babies that are featured in it. They're simply too cute and squishy to forget, and the photography, lighting and illustration is simply, well, stunning!
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