Hard to put to sleep

Hi mummies. Since newborn i've been cradling and patting him to sleep because that was the only way we could make him sleep. He doesn't want to be put down and be patted. It goes on until he was about 5 months old. He started to get heavier and my arms couldn't take it anymore - the cradling, swaying. So my husband told me to put him in the yao lan (baby hammock) to keep me sane (i cried badly when it was super difficult to put him to sleep). Now he's 7MO and when its time to sleep, he doesn't want to be cradled anymore, he will fuss and push himself as hard as he can away from me and wants to sit upright on my arms. But he's already very sleepy. He will only sleep in the yao lan.. i may have let him be to dependent on the hammock.. any mummies faced this before? How do i avoid him being too dependent on the hammock, how do i train him to fall asleep on his own.. ?

Vô danh

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Our 19 weeks old (4 months +), used to not be able to sleep at bedtime until we carried and rocked her or put her in the stroller and pushed back and forth. This goes on from 7pm - midnight everyday. Then we saw an ad for the Little Ones sleep program, purchased and started her on it since 13 weeks old (3 months). They use techniques like sleep associations and dark room, scheduled naps, etc. Now she can self soothe and sleeps well though occasionally still need to carry and rock but definitely not as bad. It took us around 5-6 weeks to get her used to it. This works for us, but not sure if it will work for others.

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