DS was exactly the same ever since he was born and up until he was about 5 months, id give him a feed and he'd fall asleep on the boob or bottle, as soon as i put him down into his cradle he'd wake up and start whingeing... to tell you the truth, i dont think there is a right or wrong way to start sleep patterns... DS would only sleep for 30-45min at a time at one stage... i used to stay up until midnight because i knew he'd wake up a couple of times from his bedtime onwards, and then i'd get a 3 hour sleep before he'd wake up around 3am... and then again at 6 and so on DS even fell asleep on my chest most nights when he was a newborn because there was no other way either of us would get any sleep... but slowly but surely we worked out a routine for him, (no effort involved on my behalf, exept the hours of lost sleep from midnight feeds) he now has his dummy & blanky, sleeps 10-12 hours a night and another 2-4 during the day, and a bottle before bed, sometimes he still wakes up in the middle of the night demanding a bottle but thats ok

people kept telling me to get him into a routine before he was 6 months because apparently it ruins their sleeping patterns for the entire childhood... my theory.. just wing it... it all works out in the end.. and the time will fly by and you won't even remember all those sleepless nights.

i remember the first time DS slept all night, i mean the whole 10 hours! it was awesome! then he woke up three times the next night...
i hope this little ramble helped.

cheers