I totally feel for you. I had my first "rocked to sleep" baby last April and let me tell you, I learned really quickly that I couldnt spend an hour up there soothing him to sleep.

It seemed the parents weren't really on board with sleep training (they totally baby him at home). So I took it into my own hand to sleep train him.

It took a while, with many steps, but now he goes to sleep very quickly when I place him in his playpen. It's all about routine so he expects it.

I just placed him in his playpen and sat there beside, sometimes rubbing his back. After about a week he finally fell asleep on his own. I would place him lying down if he got up and started to cry. Then getting out of the room was hard. I would gradually go further and further away from him until eventually he was so good at falling asleep on his own that I would just leave him.

To this day the mom still doesnt know how he sleeps so goo here. They STILL rock him to sleep and he still wakes throughout the night to get to soothe him. He's almost 2 yrs old....YIKES!!!