Yeah, well I've found that if I try to pat/rock/walk Jesse its harder to get him to sleep.
If I lay him in the cot & go back & forth with the dummy at the end when I pick him up he will settle, but he needs that time in the cot first to let him know its time for bed iykwim. Otherwise he thinks its playtime & won't settle no matter how dark & quiet it is.
& if I'm in the room & he can see me it's harder too.
That's exactly like my little man, I really enjoyed rocking him and holding him till he went to sleep, but, now he flat out refuses. He squirms and twists until I put him in his hammock. Sometimes he will fall asleep as soon as I put him down or sometimes he will lay there and "talk" for a couple of minutes or grizzle untill I put his dummy back, but he always puts himself to sleep now. He has done this since about 10 weeks when I got the hammock. It's a godsend!! I do miss cuddling him to sleep though, so now at his early morning wakeup i feed him then have him snuggle and sleep in bed with me.

Macca, you are doing a wonderful job, and letting baby have a little grizzle is not controlled crying. Remember babies do get a little restless around 4 months as they usually have a little growth spurt.