For a long time, my son would only fall asleep with me laying down with him and rubbing his forehead, right above the eyes. Now if he has a supersoft blanket ( and he has several) between him and the sheets, he falls alseep on his own and sleeps through the night.

When my daughter was younger she wanted to fall asleep with my arm over her, and I discovered when I bought her a bead filled snake toy, I could drape that over her and she liked the feel of the weight. I am just wondering if you can find anyway to slowly introduce a substitute for the rocking. Keep trying.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT TRY LAYING HIM IN HIS BED TURN ON HIS TV TOO OLD BLACK N WHITE MOVIE TURN DOWN LOW BUT LOW ENOUGH TO HEAR HE SHOULD GET BORED AND FALL ASLEEP HOPEFULLY THIS STEP OUT THE ROOM WORKED WITH MINE GOOD LUCK

I recently heard that there is a connection between fluoride consumption and reduces melatonin levels. I don't know enough to elaborate, but you may with go Google it or check out some Youtube videos.

How about a white noise machine? When my daughter was younger we had major problems getting her to sleep. One night I just couldn't hold her anymore and I put her in her bed and started vaccumming and she felt right to sleep. We recorded it over and over on one of those little hand held recorders and would play it every night. We found that she would fall asleep right away to the sound of the vaccum, lawn mower and a chain saw. Very very weird but it worked.