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I'd say there was consistent routine at around 3 months. Before that, he would have a routine for a little while, and then it would change, and then change again. Actually, it constantly changes even through toddlerhood! But his sleep patterns started to feel a little more routine at around 3 months I'd say. He's 2 years old.

We didn't sleep train. LO started sleeping 12 hour nights at 2 1/2 months. That's when we stopped swaddling and she was able to suck her thumb. But every baby is different. My cousin's son is 1 1/2 and literally doesn't sleep. She's up from 11-5 most nights with him.

Good luck!

@Sammyfab: DD was the same with naps. She never had any sleepy cues so I just went by the clock. She could also nap really poorly during the day but still sleep 12 hours at night so I never saw a correlation but I have heard other moms say that there is one for their LOs. That is great that your night feeds are so quick! Ours used to take 1-1.5 hours each!

We didn't sleep train LO but she started developing her sleep pattern at around 3-4 weeks. I was nursin on demand and around that time, she would start showing bedtime cues around 830p every night and that's when we started a bedtime routine of bath/pjs/swaddle/nursing and I put her down when she fell asleep. She woke up twice to nurse (~1a and ~4a) and went right back to sleep most nights. Around 6 weeks she stretched out her sleep and only woke once around 3-4a to nurse. Then at 2 months exactly she treated us to her first night of sleeping through the night, waking up for the day around 630a. It's been fairly consistent night sleep of 8p-630a since then except during a few growth spurts where she got up around 430a to nurse. That happened around 3.5 months for about ten days and now at 4 months she is back to sleeping through the night.

I was completely ok with nursing her to sleep at nights but knew I should wean her when she got older. However around 10 days ago I started a dose of antibiotics that required me to pump/dump. That first night was hard for both of us. I was so sad I couldn't nurse and comfort her to sleep plus she was so angry she couldn't nurse! I did the usual bedtime routine and held her close while I fed her a bottle. Then I sang a lullaby to her while I swaddled and put her down in her crib. She cried and it took her a bit to fall asleep even with me rubbing her to calm her down. After a few nights she adjusted and now she goes down without a fight. Last night was my last pump/dump night so I can nurse her again starting with bedtime tonight. Since she got used to falling asleep without me, I'll probably stick with swaddle and lullaby after nursing to keep the new routine. I hope she doesn't get too thrown off with having the boob again after ten days without it at all.