Hi everybody! We had a good night last night. Ben went to bed easily after I read him a book and then Jared followed suit - without the book We only got up for the one feed and then all woke up after 7am, so that was great, especially as Sunday night/Monday mornings are my toughest day with DH starting work late Sun night and finishing late this morning.

Shan, with my first son (Ben, you'll hear a lot about him in here!), I didn't ever try to get him into a routine and he sorted himself out. Apart from a bit of upheaval recently with the arrival of Jared, a holiday and moving to a new room and bed, he's generally a relaxed and very happy little man. I'm always getting comments about how placid and happy he is I think it has a lot to do with my relaxed attitude when he was a wee bubba, but he's also got a laid-back personality. I think that if you do what you feel is best for you and bub everything will fall into place. I disregarded all the parenting books about routines and settling and just followed Ben's lead. Feeding him when he was hungry and cuddling him to sleep until he was a much older baby. We never let him cry unattended, and we're doing the same for Jared. As I said, it works for us, but everybody is different

Okay, I'm off to play Thomas the train engine Jared is sleeping happily in the Hug A Bub, I'd forgotten how much I loved this thing!!!

Hope you all have good days with your little ones