I know I've entered into discussions before about picking up the baby and rocking the baby to sleep etc. I started out on the side of not wanting to be wrapped around the baby's little finger, and was slowly convinced that the baby doesn't know any different but to cry, and it doesn't hurt to comfort etc etc.

But the old me is still niggling at me. Tallon has been very unsettled during his day sleeps.. kinda cries in his sleep, which results in him not being rested, and come late afternoon is a mess and will only sleep on me. I'm worried that this could be habit forming? He sleeps so well at night tho, straight to sleep after feeds, and in his own cot, no problems at all.

Can someone please tell me that comforting him like this in the late afternoon isn't going to ruin any good sleeping habits he already has? [-o< I'm also feeding him to sleep too, at pretty much every sleep. Is this a bad thing? or is it something that will change as he grows? Should I persevere with trying to put him down without that last topup?

The reason I ask is I'm starting to get comments, mostly from my mum, where she picks him up to settle him and of course he's instantly quiet, and she tells him he's spoilt This is exactly the view I've been trying to get myself away from, yet it's starting to come back to haunt me! heh.

Can someone RE-convince me that comforting my baby isn't a bad thing?