Pull Up A Chair

Everyday epiphanies and the occasional parenting mishap

For the Tired Parent Natasha Freeman For the Tired Parent Natasha Freeman

The Contented Little Baby (and Her Discontented Mother)

When I had my oldest daughter in London, Gina Ford’s Contented Little Baby Book was the rulebook everyone was talking about. No eye contact after 10pm. Wake the baby at 7. Wait ten minutes before picking her up. I lasted about a minute on the first one, and then my daughter smiled at me, and I immediately failed the book (and was quite okay with that).

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