At 7 weeks I was still rocking Natalie to sleep. At around three months I started patting her in the cot and we still do this for most of her sleeps. She did get very upset in the early days if we tried to let her settle herself, and it felt to me like we were going backwards.
My DH also thought Natalie should learn to self-settle early on, but I explained that I preferred to rock or pat her - and in our case it is mostly me who settles her so I figured it was my choice, LOL.
Now she is nearly 6 months old, I have decided to give her the opportunity to self-settle each sleep. If she cries, I pat her to sleep. If she's not crying, I leave her to self-settle. She has gone to sleep several times by herself now.
I'd say if you are happy nursing him to sleep, just go with it (I'd only change if it became a problem for you.)
When I post about settling/sleeping, I'm always reminded that their sleeping patterns change all the time anyway. Just go with what works at the time and deal with tomorrow tomorrow, if you're comfortable with that.
My DD went through a phase where she needed to be rocked/held to sleep as well. She would send herself off to sleep in her rocker without a problem but as soon as I put her in her cot - she was as awake as they come! Like your DS, she was fine at night time. I started to watch her closely to pick up on sleep ques. I'd put her down as soon as I noticed them. And then I realised that there were certain times of the day she always seemed to want a nap - 2pm for example. So I would put her down at that time regardless of whether or not I saw a tired sign. If she stayed asleep BONUS and if she didn't - I'd try again later. By getting her into her bed at the early stages of being tired she was able to settle as opposed to me leaving her to get overtired and being a great big grouchy poo. Having said all that - there are some sleep times where she just needs me to hold her until she falls asleep (like tonight). It can be a phase they are going through - DD certaintly outgrew hers.
HTH and remember - it is only a problem if YOU perceive it a problem! If you're happy to hold or rock him to sleep - go for it!
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