how to teach a young baby to self settle

 MEEE TOOO. She won't go to sleep. I'm i the same boat as Mum2ET. Waking up after 1 sleep cycle and just won't go back to sleep. I can't even get her to sleep in the moby or the pram. NOTHING. SHe will however sleep if she is fed to sleep in bed next to me. But with a toddler its just not possible.
She is perfect at night so i'll try not to complain to much. She'll take a bit to get down at 6.30 has quite a cry about it. THen we do feed at 10 and she goes straight down after that and same with a night feed (normally between 2.30 and 5.30).

I adopted the 4 hour routine - sleep, change, feed, play, sleep etc with no.2 cos we had and still have trouble with no.1 tho heaps better now than ever.

We used a hammock for the first 6 wks or so with no.2 for most sleeps until the routine was settled, he slept just as well in the bassinet but the hammock was more portable so he could hang in the lounge room or the bedroom. We had quiet time with no.1 when settling no.2 but I didn't particularly stop him from making noise cos I figured he's gonna make noise even if I tell him not to so no.2's just gonna have to get used to it. He's a brilliant sleeper now, settled within 5 mins everytime...he seems to associate lying down with sleeping cos he even fell asleep on his change mat in the lounge room floor the other morning while I was putting his dirty nappy and clothes away!!

Also, my backup midwife first time round (not my actual midwife who was crap) gave me the best piece of advice (for me anyway) re feeding if you breastfeed...feed for 20 mins, that's 20 mins of feeding, not 20 mins on the clock, on one side, then switch over and let them take what they want. If they nod off on the first side, keep waking them until they've had their 20 mins...worked great for no. 2 and only really had to do that for the first 6 ws or so until he got the hang of feeding and got what he needed in max 10 mins....anyway, if they feed better and get a full feed they sleep better, both of mine slept 10-12 hrs at night from 10 wks old and I am convinced it's because I followed this.