My son is 15 months. We co slept for the first 8 months of his life, and I used to hold him for all his naps (he was fed to sleep).
He now sleeps in a cot in his own room. I’ve never wanted to do sleep training so to get him to sleep we put him in awake and will sing to him and (occasionally) rub his back to get him to sleep - usually takes about 30mins. He wakes up at around 3am and comes into our bed where he sleeps until 6.45.
He will only nap being wheeled in the pram. We can usually park it up once he’s sleep but he’ll sometimes wake up and need to be pushed around to drop off again.
Essentially we’re fine with all this but I’m wondering if we should be actively trying to change some of it - like trying to leave the room before he’s asleep, encouraging him to stay in his cot all night, making him nap in his cot in the day? Are we storing up trouble for later? And if we want to change things is there a gentle way?