I'm interested in all these opinions - I'm fascinated by all of the posters who say they did exactly the same thing with their second as with their first... Really? Cos I have done a dozen different things already with my first, and he's only 6 months old! I'm pretty sure I will not repeat some things, do some of the same things again, and a whole bunch of different things with my second (God willing there IS a second.)

Does that mean that you think you got it 'right' first time? But not all of the first bubs were 'good' sleepers. And if the outcomes were different (thus justifying the conclusion that it is the child and not the technique) why NOT try different things with the second?