Self soothing

My daughter is just under 5 months and mostly fed or rocked to sleep. Needs resettled during a sleep cycle each nap. Do I need to teach her to self sooth to improve this or did this happen naturally for people?
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Self soothing is a myth, babies don’t have the brain parts to regulate their own emotions. It begins to develop around 4/5yo however most adults haven’t fully developed the ability. My daughter is 21 months and feeds to sleep and breastfeeds to settle any time she needs it and will continue to do so until she tells me she doesn’t need to anymore

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