Em if there's one piece of advice I can give it's please, don't read that book. Your DS hasn't and he won't subscribe to the routines. If he doesn't and you're taking notes of his sleep and it doesn't match what the book says it'll make you feel worse. I read a few gentle parenting books on sleep and if they had routines in there or suggestions about how much she should be sleeping it made me so much worse. Please stop taking notes and try not to get into the thinking of he *needs* three 2 hour naps during the day or whatever it is. Every kid sleeps differently.

It really is the one thing I've learnt since having DS. I have no idea how long he sleeps or when, I don't take note. I do know he only wanted to sleep on me this morning so I sat on the couch with him and read a book. If it had been DD I'dhave spent the entire time trying to get her in the basinette - today's way was much more restful and relaxing! He did go in the basinette a bit later, but I don't know how long he slept for, I just got on with things til he woke, then had him in the ergo while I finished making a cake. I am feeling so much better this time just by not paying attention to the sleep.

I don't remember how many posts I wrote asking for help with DD, but I wanted a solution. If someone could say "It's reflux" then I could fix her. But the advice offered by everyone is what works for their kids, not mine. She didn't have reflux or need a chiro, she was just normal! There was no fix but to ride it out. It honestly didn't take long.