Rocking to sleep

Anyone is still rocking to sleep? Im getting exhausted, especially in this weather! If i try to put him down drowsy he just gets up straight away or starts laughing. How can I teach him to fall asleep without being rocked? TIA

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My baby has just started to fall asleep if lie him down and just talk calmly
Before this we were rocking
But we r on holiday so I had to cosleep and he just seems to drift off cos I'm nearby

Me! Xx
When I get fed up I just place him in the carrier and he drifts off.
If we just lie down he will get excited and immediately starts crawling, we co sleep since newborn.
Depends on the temperament, some babies are needy ❤️

I don’t rock but I did patt her bum or feed to sleep, I’ve now started to just put her down awake and if she’s laughing/babbling/rolling around I will just let her do it and only intervene if she’s upset, for a while I was intervening whilst she was shouting and screeching because I thought that was her being upset but I think it’s more of an annoyance that I’m not patting her bum anymore🤣 so only if she cries I’ll intervene but we’re day 3 of it and she’s went to sleep the last few times within 20 mins but I just keep an eye on the monitor

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