When do we stop feeding/rocking baby to sleep?
I've got a 5mo LO and my husband and I have been wondering about when it is biologically possible for a baby to put themselves to sleep without feeding or rocking. Baby is definitely beginning to have much longer wake windows, so I'm just going based off vibes and he falls asleep when he feeds or is rocked....
I like to go out and do things so we have no real nap routine. We are very lucky that we have a baby who sleeps fairly well overnight. (He used to do 11pmish to 7am, but then the 4 month sleep regression happened and he now does 10pmish to 8am with 2 wakes - still pretty banging imo). He naps for maybe a total of 3 or 4 hours in the day in total.
Context: We are fairly happy with his sleep in general - its not a problem for us in this stage. He only sleeps in the crib at night and all daytime naps are in a carseat/carried/babywearing. Side question: Should I also be getting him to do some naps in the crib in the day???
Back to my main question- when is it biologically appropriate for a baby to be put down and get themselves off to snoozetown?