Gracie - we tend to resort to the 'magic boobies' if DD won't settle. Depends on how tired I am as to how quickly they come out! Occasionally they don't work though and that is always very disappointing!! I hold her legs down to stop her kicking and sing Baa Baa Black Sheep quietly to her, that often works.

We do bath about an hour after she wakes up from her last afternoon nap. Then it is massage and pj's on, then quiet time in the lounge room where we read books or sings quiet songs. The moment the tired signs happen, it's into her room for a last feed and then bed. The routine was a bit loose before so we're trying really hard at the moment to make it work better. We don't have a firm time for the bath because we never know when she is going to wake up from the last afternoon sleep - sometimes it is 4:30, sometimes it's 6:15!!

For daytime, we see 2 tired signs (occasionally I go with my gut though and just put her down and that works too), wrap her up, cuddle, toy, say 'Goodnight Katie, time for sleeps', close curtains and leave. Often don't have to go back in, if I do it's usually just because the toy has rolled too far for her to get.

Arte - glad you made it, hope the unpacking and everything else goes well.

I'm getting the best of both worlds today, went back to bed for a nap this morning while DH looked after K and she only slept for 45 minutes. Now he's at cricket and she's having her big nap of the day now so I get lots of mummy quiet time.

Hope everyone has a good day.