Customer Reviews
inflexible approach - did not work for us - By: SmallThings, 25 Aug 2008 
I found the book not useful at all. Gina Ford's approach is totally inflexible & rigid.
And what do you do if the baby refuses the solids as my baby did? This book does not offer any advise & help with a baby refusing solids
£6.49 wasted :-(
Weaning - Gina Ford - By: Vanessa Hurley, 18 Aug 2008 
This book is excellent & gives clear guidance to Mums on what to do when weaning your baby. As a first time Mum, this book answered loads of my questions from what consistency purées should be to what quantities you should try with your baby. I used the very precise timetable & meal planners as a guide & adapted it to meet the needs of my baby.
Excellent Guide for All the Family - By: Elizabeth O'donnell, 17 Jun 2008 This book has been an absolute revelation. Easy step by step guides as to introduce various foods & fantastic recipes that can be adapted for the whole family.Also a very handy A - Z index of foods, & great case studies for any hiccups that can happen. My Little boy (however not so little thanks to this book)eats everything putin front of him & 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! - By: Dr. Sophie R. Axford, 16 Jun 2008 
I bought this book on recommendation by a friend, as I wanted a weaning plan for a 6 month old, & 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 & inflexible, & this is certainly what I got. There was no advice whatsoever about what to do should your baby display a will of their own & 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 & 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 & lumps of cheesein front of madam, & we've never looked back.
The only reason I've given it 2 stars instead of 1 is that some of the recipes may comein handy!
Weaning made easy - By: M. Suri, 25 Mar 2008 Just what you need before you embark on weaning. A sensible & easy to read book which spells it out for youin 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 & family, practical freezing advice & questions & answers section which has proved very useful. I only wish I had her on hand as she knows what she is talking about!
