I honestly must have had the easiest baby with DD & now she is pretty much a dream child at 6yrs old!
She slept through the night 9hrs minimum each night from a week of age, I think I could count on my hands the amount of times I have ever been woken by her in the middle of the night!
we could take her to the fanciest of restaurants without even being concerned about what she might get up too. From a baby she had a flexible routine, but I'd have to say on the stricter side of flexible, she was a great sleeper & prior to starting Prep last year would have naps during the day.... She found the first few weeks of school exhausting, but I have to get her up @ 6am on work days & in her uniformn, lunches made & brekky etc all done before I leave at 7:15am for work, I take her across the driveway to my Parents unit & they take her to school.

I think living with my parents for the first 2 years really helped as it meant we were all instilling the routines! She now goes to bed by 7:30pm on school nights & maybe will stay up til 9pm (if she hasn't fallen asleep or asked to go to bed earlier) on w/ends!

But I do think she was a very good baby & very easy to keep in a routine, I agree with Lucy that Maddy also neede the routine & thrived on it!!

but if we were out etc & routine not being followed she would still be OK!?

If it works for you, then great if not that's OK too!