Ooohh Sarah, the satin ribbon. I still have mine from when I was a baby, that was sewn round a cot blanket!

Olivia now sleeps like a log for 12 hours at night, so doesn't really need any night time comforts. But if I need to try & help her to get to sleep (on a plane, or if she is sleeping elsewhere than home) then she sits on my lap and we cuddle & I sing a special song her her. Believe it or not it is the theme tune from the Koala Brothers. Some times it feels like I have sung it about 100 times, but it works like a charm! I do notice that she kind of "bounces" in my lap and I am sure this is because when she was a little baby I carried her round in a baby carrier to get her to sleep, or bounced her hammock to help lull her off!

Charlie is a very cuddly baby and self settles very well. As long as he has a full tummy and has had a long chatty cuddle with me or Andrew he drifts off to sleep by himself without a sound. In the night when he wakes, I feed him and that takes about 15 mins and he goes back to sleep straight away, in his hammock.

If he ever is unsettled, I simply cuddle him: he burrows right in and calms pretty much straight away.

Both my babies always have "PeaceBaby" on their little CD machines to lull them off to sleep too.

We have had both our babies in the same room with us from birth, and I think that they like the fact that they can hear and smell us. The hammock next to the bed means that it is easy for night feeds, and it means I sleep better because I can always see and hear them. Good for my peace of mind!