Rocking to sleep help

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My almost 13 week old baby has to be rocked to sleep either in our arms or Moses basket, I know this is common but I really would like to wean this out as my back is in agony, she will also be to big for her Moses soon so it will be worse. I have tried getting her drowsey and putting her down but this never works. Sometimes it takes around 5 attempts to put her down and it’s soul destroying as this can go on for AGES.

Does anyone who has has this issue have any advice for me on how I can stop this. She is currently breastfed with a couple of bottles through the day but I am currently trying to wean out the BF with hope that by August she will be on formula. She doesn’t have a dummy either as she point blank refuses it.

I’m in a similar position but am working on breaking a feed/rock to sleep association.
You’ll have to take it slowly because they’re so young and what you’re essentially talking about is sleep training which can be a bit much for them developmentally at that age.
I had some great advice from a lady on here about reducing the rocking until it was just a hold, for example, rocking again if they cry. It’s on the thread with the title of ‘boob comforter’ in the sleep section if you want to look!

I’m also trying to replace the rocking with other sleep cues like lights and lullabies. The slumber buddy seems to be working well but I am only on day 2!

Hi
What I found useful in transitioning away from rocking was to just change one thing at a time and for a little bit, like the previous poster mentioned
So I’d rock him to almost asleep and then stop rocking just before and see if he could settle for that last bit- if not, rock again and stop again, and if not successful abandon attempt for that nap and try again
Every time you accomplish a step toward independence ask yourself what is the next little step (ie if he can fall asleep while standing but not rocking can you try sitting down in bed with him earlier in the process and seeing if he settles from there?)

However I will say that what really made the difference was when he started getting better at occupying himself for a few minutes ie playing with his sleep sack with his hand etc - I don’t know if he would have taken well with this approach until he got to that stage.