Here’s the tough part. You can’t always respond to your baby when she cries. Ford’s method recommends that you leave her to cry for an hour each day, something which isn’t for all parents. How does it work? She directly relates the fact that she is an insomniac - a handy trait for a maternity nurse - to having slept in her mother's bed: she never learned to get a proper night's sleep on her own. You don't have to be Sigmund Freud to make the connection between this experience and her vocation - despite no formal training as a nurse or a nanny - as the childrearing guru who wants to disentangle us from our children to help them sleep regularly and to establish clear "boundaries". My daughter has had proper pants on since 8am this morning with a pair of plastic pants over the top to protect the furniture and carpets. Use the star chart for every success and offer a reward at the end of the day for five stars – an ice cream for pudding, for example Contented Little Baby is now a lifestyle choice for millions of people around the world. But part of this success is down to the fact that Gina still makes a point of talking directly to many mothers every week.

Pull ups can work if.....no body uses pull on nappies and its treated like pants with no never mind wee in your pull up attitude when your busy and they are changed every time, if parents want to use them its fine. Personally recommend putting pant under them or using traditional training pants but is parental choice.But when a couple of friends claimed that they’d had excellent results with the Gina Ford book ‘Potty Training in One Week’, I thought I’d give it a go. I had a week off work and so it seemed like a perfect opportunity. It’s probably worth saying that I really wasn’t a fan of Gina Ford’s baby advice, but her toddler advice seems a little more palatable.

We had always used a different brand of nappy for bedtime and thankfully she didn't demand an un-holey night-time nappy to use for daytime wees.Much of Ford's advice goes against NHS guidelines. For example, Ford believes in a structured daytime feeding pattern while the NHS advises that it's fine to feed your baby whenever they are hungry. Ford also says that babies should be put down to sleep in a separate room ASAP while both the NHS and The Lullaby Trust recommends your baby sleeps in the same room as you for the first six months due to the risk of SIDS. Others will tell you to do low-demand with your DD but you have to reduce the demands (expectations) on yourselves too. By following nine different routines that match your baby’s natural rhythms, this method claims to avoid the issues that bring on endless tears such as hunger and tiredness. Gina Ford is a name that often splits many parent's opinions. For many, the parenting guru’s method are considered controversial, but it promises to ultimately provide what most new parents dream of – a baby who sleeps through the night. Fans of the method say it can help your baby sleep for a full 12 hours from just a few weeks old, but you’ll need a fair bit of willpower and self-discipline. So, is it right for you? What is the Gina Ford method?