What can we do to help induce a good sleeping routine for my baby?

DON’T make the bassinet or cot an overly stimulating environment with loads of mobiles, toys, activities, etc. Yes, there should be a few things of interest to look at when they wake, but not heaps of stimulating toys. It should be a serene, restful environment. You want to teach baby that the cot is for going to sleep in. DON’T let a young baby sleep for longer than 3½–4 hours each day sleep, otherwise they are bound to get their daytime and night-time confused, e.g. having a six-hour sleep during the day, and two-hour sleeps at night.  DON’T resort to offering middle-of-the-night feeds once your baby has already slept through the night. It is way too easy for parents to have an infant successfully sleeping through the night, just to up-turn everything by offering a ‘wee-hour comfort-feed’ through teething, illness or similar — and very quickly they’ve re-created a baby hooked again on the middle-of-the-night snack. DON’T routinely let your wee baby fall asleep in a place that is not specifically intentioned for sleeping (e.g. in a bouncinette), as it is sending them mixed signals. It’s going to happen accidentally, and that’s fine . . . you leave your baby in the bouncer while you have a shower and come out to find your little poppet is fast asleep. That’s OK. But wake baby a little before you put them down to sleep properly in their bed. Your baby will probably cry a bit, but that’s OK too, they’ll soon nod off again, fingers crossed.