Channel 4 are currently running a 4 part series where parents of newborns undergo an experiment, testing the various ‘parenting styles’ - from strict routine based approaches to constant body contact ‘attachment parenting’ stlyes.

The first episode this Tuesday left me reeling. A so called ‘baby guru’ who charges £1000 (yes that is a thousand) per day, subjected new parents and one day old babies to her formula for training babies to sleep through the night. This included no cuddling in between strictly timed feeds, no eye contact during feeds, leaving the baby in a pram in the garden for 3 hour stretches during the day between each feed and parking the baby in its cot for 12 hours between 7pm and 7am and not opening the door, regardless of how much the baby is crying. ...read more »