In May 2007, this dispute was resolved with Mumsnet paying some of Ford's legal costs, but Mumsnet remaining open. I found it was best to be at home for her midday sleep, but loved knowing that I would have 2 ½ hours every lunchtime to get on with chores or catch up on sleep. It was a runaway success, largely due to enthusiastic personal recommendation, its matter-of-fact style and practical approach appealing to fathers and mothers alike. Gina’s first appointment was to help a mother whose baby had sleeping problems and Gina’s years of hands-on experience led her to solve this particular family’s problems within a few weeks.

This completely revised edition of The New Contented Little Baby Book contains the most up-to-date advice available to parents. Gina Ford's Contented Little Baby Book became a runaway bestseller when it was first published in 1999. Beloved by celebrities such as Kate Winslet, The New Contented Little Baby Book sets out the philosophy of child rearing that Gina Ford devised during her career as a maternity nurse.She worked in many parts of the world with hundreds of different families, from leading lawyers and high-flying bankers to newspaper editors and other media personalities. She would live with families for anything from two weeks to six months, and was on duty 24 hours a day, six days a week. Gina Ford has helped thousands of families resolve challenges over the years and her bestselling New Contented Little Baby Book has sold over 1 million copies around the world. By creating routines that match a growing baby's innate natural rhythms, Gina prevents the hunger, overtiredness and colic that can lead to excessive crying. It quickly established Gina as an influential new authority on baby and childcare issues and has remained one of the bestselling parenting books in the UK for almost 20 years.

Using routines that match a growing baby’s innate natural rhythms, Gina believes parents can prevent the hunger, overtiredness and colic that cause excessive crying. But part of this success is down to the fact that Gina still makes a point of talking directly to many mothers every week.In this life-saving new book, she offers exhausted parents clear, step-by-step solutions to resolving a whole range of sleep issues.