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Parenting expert Gina Ford has criticised the NHS for giving 'vague' advice about babies as she develops an app to give struggling parents 'on-the-spot' help.

The childcare guru says the guidance being given to parents is a 'political problem' and has become too baby-led in recent years.

Ms Ford, 70, known for her divisive parenting style, said: 'The more vague the advice is, the less responsibility the NHS has to take for helping parents.

'The advice given to mothers in recent years has become very vague. In the past, health visitors would have given you detailed advice... They tell you to rock your baby to sleep... They don't tell you that you could face hell in seven months' time when your baby can't get to sleep without being rocked or given a dummy,' she told the Telegraph.

Ms Ford, who advocates a rigid timed method of sleeping and feeding, became a household name after millions of copies of her books – including The Contented Little Baby Book - were sold in the 1990s and 2000s.