I have found that in the first week she was always tired, so she went straight down as soon as she was swaddled. Week 2 she started staying awake for short times after her feed (which CLB encourages to help distinguish between night and day as well as development) so we started a 'wind down' routine. By week 3 she took longer to go down for each sleep during the day, but she was also giving off tired cues around the time she was due to go down (making fists, yawns etc). Ford states in CLB that she has tried many routines over her career and the CLB ones time in with babies natural sleep cycles, so you may find they match up quite well with other babies who manage to establish good routines (roughly CLB says wake/feed/play 7am, nap 9am, wake/feed/play 10am, long lunch nap 11.30am, wake/feed/nap 2pm, nap 4pm, wake/feed/bath/feed 5pm, sleep 7pm, wake/feed 10.30pm, sleep 11ish pm, sleepy feed sometime between 2am and 5am depending then sleep till 7am).

I guess it depends on what you're after, one of the biggest benefits is that this routine ensures babies get most of their nutritional needs during the day, meaning night feeds can be happily dropped. For me this is crucial as I need to closly monitor my energy levels as well as the fact I'll be going back to work after 14 weeks. My husband will be taking over then. Also, one of my other sisters has a 3yo and 6month old and has done demand feeding, not being able to establish any routine, not being able to drop night feeds, try to start day care and get to work. Just watching her has been exhausting enough - I could never live it! She's a wonderful dedicated mum and does everything for the boys, but not enough for herself!