im really into books at the moment, its great to read them, even if you get one piece of information or advice and you think 'hmmm i like the sound of that, i'll try it'.... with a lot of the books i read, i decide what will work and what won't, and make my own 'routines' and strategies etc... at the moment have got 'the no cry sleep solution' and 'save our sleep' which both are VERY different but i am finding both useful.

i think with changing any babies 'bad habits' ie not sleeping in their own bed etc, it is going to take some crying and protesting as you teach them the new way, i don't necessarily think this is always a bad thing, you just have to keep the bigger picture in mind... we went through DAYS of crying and horrendous screaming when teaching hollie, but now she is just a much happier baby and seems to sometimes even look forward to getting out of mummy's arms and into her cot. she is quite the independent little sleeper now.

that said, i have been hopeless with deciding whether to get rid of her dummy or not, ahhaha.