Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #71455 in Books
• Published on: 2002-08-22
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

The Telegraph
Gina Ford's no-nonsense methods of weaning are turning modern thinking on its head. Candida Crew is a contented mother.

Synopsis
Fussy eating, food fighting, food hurling - what has happened to my contented little baby? When weaning your child there are so many questions and most start with - why should I? In "The Contented Little Baby Book of Weaning", top maternity nurse, Gina Ford lends you over 20 years of experience answering all those questions, and more. From the initial, When do I start to establishing routines, making sure you provide enough nutrients for your growing baby and even spotting food intolerances, everything about weaning and feeding is covered in this one book. Packed with helpful advice, tips and easy to use charts, and with personal stories from the many mothers Gina has worked with over the years, this book provides just the type of support you'll need as you work out you own individual weaning for you and your baby.

From the Publisher
Gina Ford, bestselling author of The Contented Little Baby Book and From Contented Baby to Confident Child, offers practical, down-to-earth advice on weaning, a major area of parental nervousness.

Customer Reviews

Excellent Guide for All the Family
This book has been an absolute revelation. Easy step by step guides as to introduce various foods and fantastic recipes that can be adapted for the whole family.Also a very handy A - Z index of foods, and great case studies for any hiccups that can happen. My Little boy (however not so little thanks to this book)eats everything put in front of him and enjoys a fantastic, healthy, varied diet... in fact a lot better diet than his parents. For a family who are worried about weaning would certainly recommend this as their guide. But as with all of Gina's books, should be used as a GUIDE. That way you cant go wrong.

Not the book for us!
I bought this book on recommendation by a friend, as I wanted a weaning plan for a 6 month old, and traditionally other weaning books focus on 4 month or 4-6 month weaning.
I suppose I should have expected any book by Gina Ford would be rigid and inflexible, and this is certainly what I got. There was no advice whatsoever about what to do should your baby display a will of their own and refuse to follow the routine, as we discovered with our 6 month old. No advice on how to actually get them to eat! I found myself floundering around and panicking that she had not achieved the 2.5 ice cubes per meal on day 3 etc etc as prescribed by Gina. So i remembered that I'm bringing up a baby, not a robot, ditched the book, plonked some toast, bananas and lumps of cheese in front of madam, and we've never looked back.
The only reason I've given it 2 stars instead of 1 is that some of the recipes may come in handy!

Weaning made easy
Just what you need before you embark on weaning. A sensible and easy to read book which spells it out for you in a no nonsense manner. It has lists of what foods you can introduce when, daily meal schedules for 6mth olds to 12+mths, great recipes for baby and family, practical freezing advice and questions and answers section which has proved very useful. I only wish I had her on hand as she knows what she is talking about!