Yeah Ryn, I'm a big believer in routines. And you're right...what it boils down to is just a change in his routine.

I guess I've just been hoping that he would magically do it on his own - he managed to learn to settle himself back off to sleep instead of waking up every 40 minutes, and he can sometimes go back to sleep after waking up in the middle of the night. I hoped if we hung in there long enough he might take the next step by himself as well, but imminent daycare is now forcing the issue.

Now I just have to motivate myself to do this. Trouble is that it is so EASY to just bounce him or feed him off to sleep, only takes a few minutes and it's such a relief after the terrible times we had with getting him off to sleep when he was tiny, with his eczema and him being so badly affected by my diet that he couldn't settle (NO caffeine, NO chocolate, NO sugar etc). I really questioned whether routines would work but when I threw the routine out the window for a few days it got even worse. I'm so glad I persevered.

Time to find the mental fortitude to persevere again...

Thank you all for your input!