Just quickly, I have to agree with you Bon on what you said about rocking them to sleep. I found that one of the easiest methods of getting him to sleep when he was a newborn was to rock him in our arms nearly every night to soft music. However once he hit about 5 months he just wouldnt fall asleep in our arms anymore so we had to try different methods of settling him into his bed.

And just on the routine note... I remember feeling quite lost as well, feeling like I should have some sort of routine for Aidyn, cause otherwise he would turn out to be impossible in the future. But he surprised us by managing to get into his own routine by 8 weeks - sleeping through the night and all!

Aidyn used to scratch his face up HEAPS as well... I ended up making him wear little scratch mitts to bed at night. I think you can get thin cotton ones so they are not too hot for this summer weather.