I'm a pretty strict routine girl. Have done the same things with each baby. I don't know if it has worked because of the routine or that they are just good sleepers. When they were little babies till about 6mths or so they always fell asleep on the breast at about 7pm. They were both pretty rotten at first with daytime sleeps but have always slept well at night. veAs they got older and started having solids we have always eaten dinner, had thier bath, had thier milk (toddler) or breast feed then had quiet playtime incl. books for half an hour then bed. The time for dinner may vary but they are usually in bed 1hr after dinner. Both my kids have had dummies, the 3yr old gave hers up at two which caused a couple of screaming matches at bedtime, but they have both always just been put in thier beds (we read a book to our 3yr old), thier music turned on, lights turned off and the door closed. Every now and then they may cry a little but we have always just done the controlled crying thing if this has happened. Only once or twice we have gotten them up to sit with us. From about 8mths until they were weaned off the breast at 14mths they both would wake twice a night for a feed. Although this was a pain, it was easier to do than try to get them back to sleep without it. I also am a nazi with nighttime feeds tho. No eye contact, no talking, low lights, no noise, get in, change bum before, feed and put them straight back to bed with thier music. They both have strict times for sleeping in the daytime, my oldest was having two sleeps a day till she was two and she still has her afternoon sleep now. My youngest was harder to get to have a long afternoon sleep but i persisted with her for 7mths till she would have a decent sleep. She unfortunately dropped her morning sleep about 4mths ago, but they both still have a good two hours in the arvo, which means nanna nap time for me!!yay. In saying all this tho all bubs are different and i think i've just been lucky. gl