Talk:Gina Ford

Expanding praise and criticism
There is a note from 2010 suggesting that this section should be expanded. Perhaps there should be a list of her methods which draw criticism, each with a (referenced) summary of the criticisms leveled. An example to work from is on the Claire Verity page.

Some examples could be:


 * Advises against demand feeding newborn babies (which is recommended by the WHO and NHS)


 * Advises that babies sleep in their own room from birth (against WHO/NHS recommendations - shown to increase risk of SIDS)


 * Advises supplementing milk feeds with water or juice at 6 weeks (against WHO and NHS recommendations for exclusive breast or formula feeding til 6 months – or 4 at the earliest)


 * Claims that demand feeding is likely to result in loss of milk supply (contradicts the 2 billion mothers worldwide who demand feed their babies - find a proper reference for this?)

Would anybody like to add to and reference this list?

Wogone (talk) 23:11, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Legal action
Ford is a controversial figure amongst parents in Great Britain where some people dislike her methods whilst others support them. This has lead to Ms Ford taking legal action against some websites, in particular mumsnet.com

The above from the article says she has taken action against some websites in particular mumsnet.com, what other websites has she taken actin against because the only one that has come up in the news that i am aware of is mumsnet.com. I may edit this sentance latter is there are no othe examples.
 * Currently she's only seeking action against mumsnet.com - but it might be worth noting that other parenting websites (eg. badmothersclub.com) have restricted or barred discussion of GF and her book. North5 15:05, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Praise and Criticism
The references included in the article within this section refer to Jo Frost (supernanny) rather than Gina Ford. I have deleted them and will replace them with better references.Wikifuzzygum 09:11, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

OK, the references came back. It is not that I am deleting referenced sources, I am deleting referenced sources that talk about a totally different person. It's not enough to just revert changes, you need to check why the changes were made in the first place - which I explained here.Wikifuzzygum 09:11, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

The academic paper used to demonstrate that Mary D. Salter Ainsworth and Silvia M. Bell concluded "the opposite" (ie. that Gina Ford's methods do indeed harm children) is written in 1977, prior to any Gina Ford publications. It is a rebuttal of criticism of earlier academic work and does not draw any conclusions itself. I think this should be removed unless somebody actually has the right link? Tripper (talk) 15:00, 28 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Edit done. Tripper (talk) 13:54, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Kate Winslet(t)
Apart from the fact that Kate Winslet is spelled with one 'T' there seems to be no reference to show Ms Winslet is a supporter of Ms Ford - evidence please! --Yyem 12:00, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

This page here: http://www.contentedbaby.com/AnnouncementTwoNewBooks.html states that Ms Winslet is an advocate --Adamantoises 23:16, 25 August 2010 (GMT)