I didn't read it and TBH, after leaving the hospital with a strict routine recommended to me because of BF problems (attach every 3 hours, then express, then feed EBM which often took up to 2.5 hours leaving me with 30 mins before the next BF attempt) AND with instructions from the physio to ice my pelvis every 3 hours, do exercises twice at day etc. etc. I could NOT have handled any more clock-watching.

But I am finding the different perspectives very interesting.

I guess what I liked about NOT having a strict routine (after we got over the first couple of weeks and could feed on demand) is that it tuned me into DD's needs. I found it quite easy to predict when she needed and would sleep based on her physical signs. By contrast, I found that some friends who were following a routine would not pay attention to their baby's signs and try to put a baby to bed who just wasn't tired and then get frustrated when they didn't sleep. Then they got panicky if the baby didn't sleep when they were "supposed" to as that meant the routine for the rest of the day was out of whack.

So I guess I'm interested in how the sleep thing works and I'm interested in hearing from people who found that it did work.

As others have said, it does sound very appealing in theory but I'm not sure it would have worked for me.