However boring it may be for your particular lifestyle I cannot advocate how important it is for children from when they are born to how old mine are now, 9,6 and 3, to have a routine. All of ours followed a style similar to Gina Ford's but we were lucky enough to have our own Marternity Guru in the form of Linda Elderkin and she was available on tap at the end of a phone rather than looking up in a book. So if we had a problem she could give you individual advice on a particular problem with 100% success. We have come out sane and well rested and our kids well behaved and utterly lovable. All breastfed and then bottlefed when necessary.