I agree, the question was how to get them into a routine, but just pointing out that sometimes flexibility needs to be shown to meet the babies (and parents) needs too - no point waking up a baby that needs its sleep either. Aiden's not even 3 months yet so if he's been up from 12-4am, re-waking him at 7am may rob him of precious sleep that a newborn/young baby needs.

Look every kid is different, hence every Mum is going to give different advice, none of us are right or wrong, we are just going by our own experiences as we can only comment on what has worked for our babies, and like I said above it may work for Sophie and Aiden. My DS is 6 months and there is no way he could stay awake from 7am till midday for a nap, he'd be the devils child by then LOL. Its important to remember that a 2-3 month old needs approx 15 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period, a 4yo only needs about 11 hours. Your routine sounds fantastic for your kids littlelara and its obviously working a treat, I was just adding a further suggestion for Sophie to consider, not dissing yours in anyway

HollyC mentioned the SA CYH website, and I agree, it is an awesome site - take a look at this link Sophie, hopefully its helpful to you Parenting and Child Health - Health Topics - Sleep - birth to 3 months

Good Luck, hope Aiden gets more in sync with what you are after soon

Naomi