How to get baby to put himself to sleep??

Question

My baby boy is 2.5 months and sleeps really well during the day and through the night (1-2 wake ups)
I currently rock him to sleep and Im worried he will end up relying on that to sleep. How do I go about getting him to sleep without the rocking? 
The issue we are having as of lately is we put him down for bedtime sleep around 8-9 and he keeps waking so we rock and then put him back down for up to an hour before he is completely asleep and I dont want to keep doing that.
I have tried putting him down drowsy but he will make noise for a bit and then start whimpering and sometimes even cry

Answer

Putting down awake doesn’t work for my lo he just cries and fusses and I feel like he’s too little to leave him that way longer than a minute or so.
We swaddle the. rock for a minute and I sing him a song, then I pat his chest and shush a little and he gets sleepy pretty quickly. Once I put him down drowsy, i always walk away and gove him a change to settle. Most of the time he fusses so I go back and pat his chest or press firmly on his chest and shush him for a minute or less. Then I step away again. If he doesn’t settle I come back and do the same but also offer a paci.
I only ever pick him back up again if he’s really upset and doesn’t settle from the patting and shushing. It usually works within 1-3 visits.
Sometimes at night if they’ve not napped well, they’re so overtired it takes 30 min - 1 hour to settle. That’s been happening to us 1-2 times a week and on those nights I do have to pick him up again once or twice.
I have a toddler and I’m trying to keep it minimal and I feel like I may be doing too much too. But hey if you’re not holding your baby for naps or wearing them for naps you’re doing really well momma! Try the patting thing once you’ve already rocked.

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We put her down awake. I usually rub her head or pat her chest. Lately I’ve started to do less and she is started to go to sleep without the help

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I am in the same boat… my little girl at 3 weeks sleeps in the day and won’t be put down at night unless held.

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My baby loves our bed, so i feed her and then place her on our bed awake and she looks around for a bit and then drifts asleeps and then after a little while, i transfer her to her crib.

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My baby will fall asleep by himself if I lay him on his side

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We put our wee boy down awake he has a wee teddy that plays white noise x

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My LO is generally good at putting herself to sleep, especially with a pacifier, but it took some time to get her there. From the very beginning, we would put her down drowsy but awake (or our best guess of whatever that means 😆), and we would do our best to soothe her to sleep without picking her back up. I would would do things like swaddle, place a hand on her chest and gently rock/jiggle her, shoosh her, and avoid eye contact (eye contact is stimulating to babies). Sometimes it would take several attempts, but over time, she needed less and less help like that.
Hope this helps!

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We put him down awake and let him talk to himself. Eventually he falls asleep

How to get baby to put himself to sleep??

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