Well second night (sunday night) was another failure but tonight was a success!!! YAY!! I totally stuffed up cooking times for tea so we bathed the kids first and while DD ate dinner I fed DS and he was in bed at 7 and what do you know he went straight to sleep without a fight, crying or cuddles and is still sound asleep . I wasn't happy with how the night ran but with fine tuning and giving us all time to get used to our new routine I think this might actually work. Keep everything crossed for me.
Thank you for all your help/suggestions ladies. It's so appreciated.