I want to start playing DS a lullaby or some soothing music, perhaps with some lights cast on the wall or something, every time I put him down for a nap, in the hope of giving him some sleep associations that don't involved being rocked to sleep. The aim is after a few weeks of listening to lullaby while being rocked to sleep, we will graduate to sitting still, then holding him in the cot, then just being next to him, and so on.
If anyone's got any suggestions for a good music box that doesn't play lullabies at high speed while flashing scary bright lights at the wall (as the one I looked at in a shope today did), I'd be really grateful!
He's 6 weeks old by the way, and not a problem sleeper at all, just thought we'd start very slowly on this in the hope of having him beginning to settle himself in the not too distant future - don't want to be stuck with rocking him to sleep when he's 6 months, he's already well over 10lb!