So I am not even TTC but I am obsessed with all things babies I have read intently a lot of posts about sleep training and while there's no way to know what our baby or situation will be like, I am definitely keeping the Ferber techniques in my back pocket in case our LO needs them.

Having said that, it seems like the consensus is that you should sleep train at about 4 months. Well, what if your baby is a horrible sleeper before then?! I know newborns need to eat every 2-3 hours, but you can't possibly get up that often for 4 months! I've done a little research and it seems like everyone really likes The Baby Whisperer for baby routines. Check out this blog post for a pretty detailed example: http://noobmommy.com/2008/12/easy-routine-from-baby-whisperer.html#.TrxOblZSlz0

Anyway, what have you all done or what are you planning on doing? Just letting the baby lead their schedule for the first few months, or are you going to use a specific approach?