That's why I say that a lot of being a parent is instinctual. Even for a first time parents. If it's working or not working, you just know regardless of what everybody else says because it's your baby.

We moved my daughter into her own room at about 5 months because she outgrew her newborn crib. Then we got in the bad habit of bringing her to bed with us for the night feedings and it was terrible hard to break her of that (we did eventually, thank heavens).

I learned early on that you don't need to sterilize for bottle feeding breastmilk, but we usually did once, right when things came out of the box and then just warm, soapy water from then on.