I didn't always rock my DD to sleep, but she usually fell asleep on me as a baby and we often co-slept. As you said for your DD, she just transitioned in her own time to not falling asleep just when being held or cuddled.
Have you tried putting your DS in bed with you? When DD didn't settle, that always worked for us. And mostly from the age of about three she wasn't in our bed, except for some morning snuggles (which we love!). (Before that she didn't spend every night with us anyway, just periods during the night if she woke up).
I did rock my DS to sleep until he stopped sleeping in our room. When I moved him into his own room he was around 12 mnths and we had just moved into a bigger two bedroom house. I developed a new bed time pattern of dinner bath story and sleep. To be honest it was really easy and I wish we had done it sooner. I felt he was ready and that was that he just did it. At first i would sit there and pat him not making eye contact but it was only about 3 days before he didnt mind me just saying goodnight and just going to sleep.
So my overall feeling was he was just ready.
Ours transitioned to cuddles and sitting next to her in her own bed. It was a natural transition.. rocking to sleep stopped working so we moved on to something else. We didn't deliberately teach anything regarding sleep.
Thanks a lot for your replies, you have given me some great tips
We have had him in bed with us a few times. Mostly I have fed him to sleep lying down and still transferred him to his cot. I do love having him in bed with me, but DF isn't too comfortable with it. He is scared we will squash him.
I'll try some of your suggestions for his day sleeps first and see how we go
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