Hello, our 4 month old is a very hyped-up happy little boy! Problem is, he''s fought sleep from the start, always too busy looking around at everything and fighting off his heavy eyelids with tears till the very bitter end! As a result, we took to wrapping him tightly, rocking him, singing and using the dummy - all at once! It works like a dream, within about ten minutes he's asleep - but now we've created two problems for ourselves that I need advice on please!

1. Since he falls asleep in my arms, he often wakes up lately after 10-15 mins, when he realises he's in his cot and not in my arms and he then starts crying.... and so the whole situation starts over again! I've tried putting him down when he's nearly asleep to avoid this happening, but his eyes spring open every time!!

2. The wrap and dummy are becoming a bit of a problem as the weather is just too hot for a wrap and when his dummy falls out he'll inevitably wake up at some point in the night to realise this and cry for the dummy and then be fully awake!

I've tried unwrapping him and his hands are too busy so he doesn't sleep - and they also knock the dummy out so as soon as the wrap goes the dummy will have to go too, I guess.

I don't want to just leave him cry and I'd love some advice on how to teach him to fall asleep by himself with no rocking/wrapping/dummy!

Thanks