Hi Lisa
-1st goal is to get him down for naps in each EASY cycle,
-2nd goal would be to get him to nap for longer than 1 sleep cycle as often as you can,
-3rd goal is to stretch your LO to 3hrs between feeds.
With the nap/sleeps you may need additional help by posting in these areas, you will get excellent help there. The main thing to do is try and put your baby to bed as soon as you see sleepy cues (if you don't know them yet, don't worry you will get the hang if this soon) the wind down should be about 15mins Undecided where you would establish the 4 S's
Set the stage - get environment ready for sleep
Swaddle - this is optional and if you are used to doing it to get your LO to sleep
Sitting - quietly with no stimulation
SShush-pat
My best advise is to download one of the EASY logs and keep filling it in so you can keep track of your progress. Being on EASY help me understand my DS crying cues more easily and like you say have less 'messy' days. I still tend to stay in 1 day out of 3 so I let DS sleep in his cot and get back on track.
Feel free to post your current routine and we can help you more
HTH's
Lauren