DS is 15 weeks old and up until a couple of weeks ago we used a dummy (very successfully) to get him to sleep. I say up until a couple of weeks ago because I got so fed up of going back in to him to put it back in everytime it fell out that we stopped using it. This is my first baby and as such I have read a couple of books as to what to expect/what the "right" things to do are. As we are no longer using the dummy I have taken to resting my hand on his chest and gently rocking him from side to side (in his cot) and 9 times out of ten this sends him off to sleep within a couple of minutes. Hubby doesn't do this and the result is DS gets overtired and screams for up to half and hour (something I don't let him do if I'm around at bed time). Hubby thinks that if I rock him to sleep everytime then DS won't learn how to go to sleep and will become reliant on me getting him to sleep. I disagree and am more than prepared to spend a couple of minutes at bed time/nap time rocking him if it means he gets to sleep without screaming. This is becoming a bone of contention so I'd really appreciate your opinions to save any further domestics! Thanks in advance (grin)