Gina Ford v Tina Hogg???

[FraggleRock77]

Which did you go with if any at all? I have friends who've done a mixture of both. Just trying to read up before the big day! X

I've been given a Gina Ford book and I know two mum's who swear by it. I'm open to most thing and usually over research everything! But a few chapters into Gina's book and I felt really unimpressed by the whole thing. I put it down and have no intention of going back to it.

Funnily enough (coming from someone who over researches everything....) I haven't read any other books and I don't feel the urge to. I can't explain why. I just think I'm going to hold, hug and feed my baby at first as it's too early for a routine and see how we get on. As he gets a bit bigger, we'll likely need a routine but I expect he'll guide me on what fit him.

(Watch me eat my word and be rabidly reading all the books I can get, two weeks after birth )

I liked What Mothers Do by Naomi Stadlen. It doesn't tell you how to look after the baby but it does help you to understand how you are helping your baby through all the things you are naturally doing. I read some other gentle parenting-type books but I found some of them difficult. Breastfeeding didn't work out for us and some of those authors can't seem to imagine that someone might want to follow lots of other elements of gentle parenting but not be breastfeeding.

I did baby whisperer and it was great. I didn't start it until lo was about 10 weeks and I was exclusively breastfeeding and didn't find it an issue. The main message of her book is making sure your baby gets sufficient sleep and activity for their specific age. My lo naturally seemed to fall into the feeding pattern but I did do 'too up' feeds as and when I wanted as ultimately I was feeding on demand.

I found that my lo really took to it and it was nice to have established nap times because then i knew when some rest periods were coming.

I didn't follow to the letter, just took the main routine and adapted it. Didn't do her no cry method either as I found the best way to stop lo crying was to feed him lol!

I 'Gina forded ' both my children . They are completely different . Girl/ boy .. prem/ not prem .. NT/ sn ( so it turned out .. not reflux/ reflux !!..... I did exactly the same with both of them and they both slept 12 hours at 12 weeks .. literally exactly the same !!...... I think they key to all this is naps in the cot , everything from 7 pm - 7 am is in the cot / bedroom and teaching them from day one to self soothe/settle from day one... I've helped loads of friends with babies do it too and they all sleep at 12 weeks for 12 hours ... good luck !

Neither if you breastfeed - I did find 'what to expect if you are breastfeeding and what if you cant' useful to a point. I also vaguely remember getting something out of the no cry sleep solution at about a year old.

I like Gina fords weaning book but taken with confidence to not follow it rigidly. I found a lot of annabel karma ls recipes sweet.

I actually had this do book about pregnancy to 5 years old from the 80s that was incredibly useful. It had pictures of rashes etc in it. It wasnt a follow this regime book but like a fact book.

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Your baby won't have read the book so won't know what they are supposed to be doing - you'd be better off spending your time reading something exciting or catching up on box sets etc before baby arrives.

I never read any books, just went with the flow.

I'd never trust a book on parenting newborns written by someone who didn't have their own kids though.

Samhumble start your own thread - people will reply to the OP and I think they'll be way beyond Gina Ford or Tracey Hogg now.

I'm just curious as to exactly how many of these gurus have actually had their own newborn babies to care for? 🤔

I'd love to know if OP used any with success!

Neither. Go with the flow. Babies dont need much.