It's a funny thing when you have a baby, you get inundated with conflicting advice (don't use a dummy, do use a dummy, find a routine and stick to it, go with the flow, use blackout blinds, never use blackout blinds, never let them sleep on their front, they sleep better on their fronts...) and hand me down parenting books (Gina Ford's raisng contented babies, The Baby Whisperer. Your Baby Week by Week..)