Baby-led Parenting

Learn how to use your baby's natural instincts and abilities to give him the very best start in life. This practical and sensitive guide shows you how following your baby's lead will help you develop a strong and loving relationship from birth.
Find out how to: Understand your baby's true needs Recognise what your baby is trying to tell you Manage sleep feeding and crying gently and without stress
Support your baby's natural desire to learn
Baby-led Parenting will help you and your baby make the most of the critical period from birth to crawling creating the perfect foundation for a calm and happy childhood.

Gill Rapley worked as a health visitor for 20 years and has also been a midwife and breastfeeding counsellor. She initiated the current trend for baby-led weaning after conducting a study as part of her MSc. She lectures widely to health visitors and midwives and has recently launched a DVD showing parents how to introduce solids using baby-led weaning.