From Crying Baby to Contented Baby [Paperback]

Gina Ford is the Delia Smith of parenting ... while Delia tells you how to make the perfect omelette, Gina tells 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

Expert advice from Britain's bestselling childcare author on why babies cry, what's normal and how to comfort your baby

All parents relish that very first cry from their newborn baby. Yet as the crying continues it can become deeply stressful. And no sooner have you worked out what your young baby is trying to tell you - often hunger, fatigue or discomfort - than they grow older and the reasons more complex - teething pain, anxiety or simply frustration.

In From Crying Baby to Contented Baby, Britain's bestselling childcare author, Gina Ford, outlines the common triggers for each specific age group, whether it's a five-week-old or a 10-month-old, to help you determine the most likely cause for your baby's distress so that you can respond to their needs and quickly comfort and settle them.

Full of practical tips such as encouraging parents to 'stop, look, listen', and lots of reassuring advice, your baby - and you! - will soon be calm and content once more.

With just a little help from Britain's bestselling childcare author, you will learn how to turn your crying baby into a contented one ...

It can be incredibly stressful coping with a crying baby. It can be even more stressful if you can't work out why your baby is distressed. Here in this handy easy-to-follow book, bestselling author Gina Ford outlines the common causes of crying in babies from newborn and offers practical and effective suggestions for calming and settling your baby. By following Gina's sounds advice it should not be long before your crying baby - and you - are calm and contented!

'For an astonishing number of mothers, she has proved a saviour' Daily Telegraph

Gina Ford is Britain's bestselling childcare author whose first publication The Contented Little Baby has sold over a million copies and keeps going! With over thirty years hands-on experience as a maternity nurse, her advice and methods have been a godsend to tired, stressed parents throughout the world and have helped a generation of children go to bed on time and sleep calmly through the night. She runs a hugely popular website: www.contentedbaby.com and has published over twenty parenting books.