How do you avoid rocking to sleep?

Question

My son is 11 weeks old and I have to rock him to sleep at bedtime and for most naps (never for nighttime wakeups though). He does all his sleeping in the crib. 
If I don't, he'll grunt until he gets worked up to a cry. Am I doing something wrong? Should I let him grunt/cry for a couple minutes? I know it's way too early for sleep training!

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He’s 11 weeks old and still wants to be loved and close to you, soon he’s not even going to want snuggles anymore. Personally if he is independently in his crib I would take the extra time to snuggle him. Babies need to feel loved and protected.

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If he’s not full in screaming, it’s good to let them fuss for a few minutes so they can start to develop self soothing practices. It’s tough on a mama to listen to it, but they won’t learn to self soothe if never given the opportunity to try. I always give my daughter about 5 minutes unless she really starts to cry.

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I bought a bassinet that did it for me. Lol

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Try a sound machine

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With my son, I had the same problem. I would rock him to sleep and hold him all day. We would then rock him to sleep and put him in his crib until he was almost 2. Now he is 3 years old and can fall asleep in bed on his own, but has to have someone lay down next to him. With my daughter (who is 2 months old), she started wanting to sleep in arms around 6 weeks. During the day, every time she would fall asleep in my arms, I would try putting her down and she would wake up after 10 min. I then bought a white noise machine to put on her bassinet. If I put her in the bassinet with the machine when she starts yawning she will fall straight to sleep on her own and sleep in there. It is amazing! I can finally get stuff done around the house, and she sleeps great. During the night we don’t use the machine and she sleeps 7 hours a night.

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I found this article last night, might be useful! Seems like a realistic approach/explanation: https://www.ahaparenting.com/Ages-stages/babies/teaching-your-baby-to-put-himself-to-sleep

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Following, having the exact same issue with my son. He falls back asleep almost immediately at night but during the day he won’t sleep in his bassinet or crib without being held or rocked to sleep.

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Are your breastfeeding? Could you feed him to sleep instead?

How do you avoid rocking to sleep?

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