I second all the Pinky McKay recommendations (have been using Toddler Tactics since DS turned one and it is also brilliant), and I really loved the Heart to Heart Parenting by Robin Grille. I also used Baby Love by Robin Barker, which was really helpful. I found she offered a few different versions of how to do things instead of just one way. I work in a bookshop and run the parenting section and these books are our best sellers. A while back I asked for some recommendations of the girls on BB, and these seemed to be the ones everyone loved.
On 'Save our Sleep', we sell a lot of it at work - you have to stock it even if you don't agree with it, and no-one has ever brought it back and asked for a refund. Some of the girls at mums group also use it. I found it to rigid, but one thing I did find it helped with was giving me an indication of the length of time (roughly) that a baby will stay awake for between sleeps. DS was always pretty spot on. I never brought the book, I was just flick thru it occasionally in the shop whenever he needed his sleep times adjusted.
I can't comment on most the books mentioned as I have not read them but I did read the contented child one before DS & found it to be so silly that I just chose to leave it....but I am totally opposite to everyone else & loved "Save our Sleep" at one point in "saved" me!!
Like all advise, we take what we need, and want etc, process it & go with our own instincts. I didn't follow any routine but in regards to solids & having a comforter & awake times etc it helped me....depending on what you like & don't like you will prob find bits & pieces in most books you have.
I have heard great things about "raising boys" I went to get it at the library had a flick through got to about page three where it stated "boys under the age of 3 should not be sent to Child Care"& I thought well failed there & put it back on the shelf LOL.
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