Healthy Living Books Books

Rating: - This book is essential reading for all first time mothers (AND FATHERS!)
Molly was born 4 weeks ago. In the hospital the midwives had me propped up in bed demand breast feeding. I went 47 hours without sleep. I seriously began to think I was going to drop her. She fed CONTINUOUSLY! I was a wreck and she was irritable and cranky. I decided to start feeding her every three hours as Gina recommends whether or not she demanded it and gave her a soother after feeds to satisfy her "suckiness". The transformtion was amazing. She became calm and content within 48 hours. My mother isn't alive to help me out with advice and help and my mother in law has a typical mother in law relationship with me so this book had all the brilliant up to date information that got me through that terrifying journey home with my little pink bundle and got me over every hurdle since.

Gina has been there for me with this book 24/7. And yes the routines seem strict, but the way I looked at it was... I'm going to have to get all this stuff done every day anyway, might as well have a bit of structure and routine to our day and that allows us to plan. If I want to go somewhere with Molly I do it during her 3.30 nap and she snoozes happily in the car seat while I get on with whatever. If friends want to call I tell them that she's asleep after 7p.m. and I dont have a feed till 10.30p.m. why not call around after dinner for coffee and desert (they must bring dessert though!)My husband & I have qualiy time with her and with each other.
The proof of the pudding is in the fact that Molly hardly ever cries. She doesn't need to! She has parents that can pre-empt her every need and are calm, well-rested and confident. THANK YOU GINA!!

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Rating: - Can't praise it enough
Lots of people read the book and say 'its too rigid, i wont have a life', well thats certainly true of having a baby. But far from this, we found it was the opposite, it gave us a life.

I had a 57 hour long labour and terrible birth, and I needed someone to tell me my baby was tired - even though he looked far from it, and that he'd be hungry...we needed someone to tell us what to do, because when we got out of hospital, we weren't in any state to work it out for ourselves.

our baby boy has thrived on it. he's never hungry, overtired or upset, because he's in a routine that suits his age perfectly.

we've been able to go out from very early on, and be confident that our son will sleep soundly and not wake for the babysitter. 8 months on, and plenty of our friends haven't had an evening out!

I agree with the previous reviewer, it is for the mother, but its also for the baby. parents need their own lives, if the parents are happy, the baby will be too.

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Rating: - A blessing in paperback
After weeks of becoming more and more confused as to why our 6 week old baby was crying, desperately trying to work out what she wanted, receiving a copy of The New Contented Little Baby Book was a blessing in paperback. She has slept through from 11pm-7am since. The key for us was that we now knew exactly what she needed at any time of the day and instead of being bewildered or assuming she was hungry, we could meet her needs even before she was aware of them herself so no more crying - hurrah! I buy a copy of Gina's book for every new mum I know and have just bought her book on weaning.

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Rating: - It worked for us!
Don't take it as a bible, but we followed the spirit of it & have a very happy chappy at 10 months old who slept through at 3 months, eats well & is a real pleasure! I would recommend it, but don't get tangled up in it!

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Rating: - Sanity saver!
As a first time clueless mum this book was invaluable to me and my family and Im sure it saved my sanity in the early days. I read it while I was pregnant and it gave me great advice on what to buy, how to prepare and how to start off in the early days. Im not saying that following the routines is easy but as you learn more yourself about your individual baby you have more confidence to adapt the routines to suit your situation and my son is a calm, happy, confident child who sleeps and eats well! And Im a happy confident mum. Im expecting my second baby and have already reread the book again and intend to follow the same routine and refer to it again and again. Would not be without this book by my side! Highly recommended for its common sense, easy to read advice and info.