Do you work outside the home? At home? I work part time (3 days a week) outside of the home.

Do you encourage a daily rhythm for your baby or toddler? How / what? We have always gone with what Asha wants but gone about our daily buisness too. Asha has 2 older siblings (Emma 9 and Jack 7) and they had to be taken to school and picked up at certain times and with no family close by I had to do it all. So from the day she came home we did everything as normal so if she was tired she slept where ever she was (car seat, pram, cot). She is now very much a "go with the flow" child.

Do you have any specific routines - ie mealtime/ bath time/ bedtime rituals that are special to your family? Helpful to encourage transitions. Night times are hectic in our house with 3 kids to organise and things to prepare for the next day. I try to do much of the preparation once everyone is in bed ... too hard otherwise. Asha has a fairly strict routine and to be truthful they all do. Asha has dinner at 5.30, then her bath, then put her pyjama's on (we decided early on that Asha would only wear all in ones when she was sleeping, never during the day so that she would know it was almost bed time when we put it on). After that we play some more then we have bottle time while the other two are showering and getting ready for bed. Then when she is getting tired we have cuddle time and Asha falls asleep in our arms. We are about to work on self settling but I am worried this will mess it all up!

Cheers