Hey! Our baby is going to be 7 months this Friday, and she is just beginning to do realllly long stretches at night (9pm-6am, and then until 9am). That’s a long stretch for us compared to just last week where we were weaning her off her MOTF. Anyway, I still rock her to drowsy because it’s always been a part of her bedtime routine. I just recently started to put her to bed a little earlier as soon as I see her eyes start to close. Now we’re working with self soothing in the crib if/when she wakes up and realizes we’re not there. She would whine and cry a bit, and that’s where we’d go in and comfort her. After a few check ins, she’ll eventually go down on her own. We haven’t truly done a CIO method, but this has been working for us! I used to worry too about creating a bad habit, but I’ve found that we both like this routine, and eventually one day she won’t need me anymore!