Sonya - talk to your MHCN again, i talked to mine and she arranged for a baby sleep specialist to contact me and someone will come and observe how i am with Caleb to see if i need to tweak anything, she also said at the Royal Womans Hosp there is a day stay of some sort that helps mothers out, cant remember the details but i gather its so you the mother can get some rest.

Just reading your post and it seems to me that Nixon is overtired and thats why he is taking so long to settle, it should only take 20 mins in total to settle, anything longer and he is overtired, he should only be having a maximum of 30 mins playtime after a feed otherwise he will get overstimulated, if you look for his tired signs there will be a 10 minute window where you will be able to settle him down to sleep easily, if you miss it then he will be overtired and you will have problems... im learning so much these days its incredible, had the PERFECT day today. now that i can "read" Caleb i know when to feed him and put him to sleep. IF you have a consistant wake up time every day he will learn to wake up at that time and go from there. Caleb feeds every 3 hours (you do this till they are 4 months old for bottle feeding)starting at 8am, has a playtime with mummy or daddy for around 30 mins (maybe a little more or less depending on when his tired signs come) then 15 minute wind down time in his darkened bedroom where we just have cuddles in the quiet to settle him down and take away the stimulation of the rest of the house, then once he is drowsy i pop him into bed (with his eyes still open) say goodnight and he sleeps for 1.5 to 2 hours. this happened today every single time, it was wonderful. He is literally putting himself to sleep. Sonya if you are interested i can send you my routine if you want to try and follow it, after doing it for a week he should only wake up once in the night for a feed.

Wow that was a long post but honestly ladies, i cant believe the difference in my little man, now that he is sleeping properly and eating regularly he is so happy and smiley, he is so content that i am really able to enjoy every little bit of him, its so enjoyable to be his mummy when im having days like this.