Hi Ladies,

Each to their own, of course. I was speaking from my own experience, my sister's and my close friends, probably about 12 babies in total either on CLB or Tizzie Hall. I wouldn't of course suggest anyone else should feel pressured into any parenting style.

Can I stress a point that I made many months ago, my sister and I have epilepsy which is triggered by dehydration and sleep deprivation, two almost unavoidable guarantees of demand feeding. My sister had her son 6 weeks before I had my daughter, and she almost immediately had to stop feeding as she immediately had seizures for the first time in years. Her biggest regret was not reading CLB before birth. Four weeks later after several seizures purely from sleep devrivation and the stress of an unhappy baby she was given CLB. Baby and mother were happy and heatlhy from two days later. I read the book just in time and feel blessed that I was able to enjoy feeding for many months up until I had to go back to work, the other reason a contented baby was important.

I'll presume the previous posts were well meaning and not take offence, with that presumtion I'm sure the posters are glad to know that my baby, and nephew etc are all happy, healthy and scarily boarderline perfect babies. My little 8 month old chubs just started crawling today, claps, laughs, cuddles and kisses all day long, even with four teeth poking through. I can confidently say all her needs are met.

I don't believe Gina Ford or Tizzie Hall place any pressure on readers. On the contrary, I felt pressured by nurses to demand feed, although they were always wrapped to see my daughter fed and slept in the initial 3 hourly intervals Ford suggests.

My best friend delivered 3 weeks early a month ago, and like all other early babies and twins, the hospital put her son on a strict 3 hourly feeding schedule to ensure all feeding and sleeping needs were met, with as much contact as possible with mum for emotional needs, although to mum's difficulty, baby couldn't be in the room with her. There is no need to criticise the 3 hourly start, as it is a much proven and utilised method for special needs babies.

I make no criticism of other methods an no apology for following CLB with success. Success in my mind is defined by having a contented little baby. My own personal needs are like most mothers, met as a last priority.

If demand works for you, that's great. If you're looking for other ideas, reading a varity of other ideas wont hurt, and if you're interested in a proven method I would recommend CLB or Hall. If you're not interested, no worries.