Stopping bouncing on the yoga ball for sleep

[Starvey]

I'm looking for advice/suggestions on how to help my little one falling asleep without being bounced on a yoga ball please.
He's 6.5 months old and I'm starting to struggle with the bouncing due to back pain. He sleeps relatively well in general albeit on me during the day but some nights he can go 6/7 hours in one go (these aren't the most common though). At bedtime he'll sometimes fall asleep on the bottle and it's extremely rare I have to bounce him back to sleep during the night, but all daytime naps require bouncing. I did manage to get him to sleep in the cot during the day for at least 1 nap a day but it required a bounce and then rocking the cot until he fell asleep, however he's had a cold recently so he's back to sleeping on me to help with his congestion/get enough sleep as he can't do more than 1 sleep cycle when he's in the cot.
I don't like the thought of leaving him to cry it out and he doesn't become drowsy but awake, it seems he's either wide awake or asleep, with no in-between. Is there anything else I can do to get him away from needing motion to fall asleep? Or does it genuinely just stop one day? Because right now I can't see the light at the end of that tunnel.

Hi OP, as you probably know this is very normal at this age to need motion to fall asleep. We didn't have a yoga ball after DC1 but we found it effective for them. DC2 and DC3 at that age were often rocked to sleep in our arms or the rocking chair, or slept in the pram or car. My youngest is 11 months and still often needs motion to fall asleep. If your back is aching then I'd look to switch to something else like walks in the pram or rocking in your arms if that's easier on you. But don't be worrying about the longer term, your baby is still so tiny and it's normal to need that support to get to sleep. Your baby sleeps much better overnight than my older one so I'd focus on how great that is and accept that he still needs support with his naps. Much better that way around after all!

It will get better I promise.
my 14yo was rocked and pushed to sleep in the daytime for around 6-7 months. Possibly longer.

and at night fell asleep on me for the first year. Sometimes dad towards the end of that period.

but as a teenager we don’t need to do any of that now!!!!

it was definitely over by 2yo. Waning by 1yo.

tbh I miss those daytime after lunch walks with the buggy and then the hour or 2 of silence!!!!

perhaps graduate from the yoga ball to the buggy so you can get some steps in as part of the daytime nap routine?

I also tried a sling……. Via my LOCAL sling library. Graduated from front to back carry by 7mo. My kids loved it. And would sleep. Helped me be strong!!!! (They were heavy!)

Thanks for the advice, I do tell myself on the food overnight sleep days that it's much better that way round.
Think I need to try the pram again, he spent the first 4 months crying/screaming every time he went in it so I've firmly avoided it for naps but he's a lot better now so might be worth trying again!