How do I get him to self-settle?

[julesr]

LOL BooBoo my DS loooooves Knick Knack Paddy Whack! I find that singing Silent Night will get him off to sleep if I don't have access to my magic CD. I am soooo sick of that carol...I even googled it to make sure I had all the words to all the verses so I wouldn't just have to sing the same verse over and over.

Magic, I actually have Tizzie's book but I must say I haven't really read it - just haven't got around to it. Tizzie has gotten a really bad wrap elsewhere on BB (I've read some old threads) and I therefore haven't rushed to read it but that's a bit of a weak excuse, I should make up my own mind.

We do have a routine going - we've had our rituals from day 1 and he always knows what's going on. As soon as I put him in his sleeping bag he will sook and kick his legs to try and stop us zipping it up because knows it's bedtime. I am happy to keep helping him to sleep for as long as it takes. I'm just really worried that the daycare centre won't be able to put in the effort of getting him off to sleep because they have other babies to deal with and I'm quite worried that DS either won't sleep at all or they will give up and let him cry himself off to sleep. Hence my wanting to try and speed up his ability to self-settle, if possible.