How do I make a daily schedule for a 3-month-old when returning to work?

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

1. 1
   Looking up vague schedules on Pinterest
2. 2
   Using general goals and guidelines like daytime feeding intervals and wake windows
3. 3
   Building a goal schedule each day on a whiteboard depending on wake times
4. 4
   Rocking the baby in arms or on a lap until they fall asleep before transferring them to the crib
5. 5
   Putting the baby directly into the crib awake with a pacifier or toy to let them fall asleep independently
6. 6
   Adding a consistent routine like a story, song, and bed to help the baby predict sleep time

In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.