How can I help my newborn sleep longer?

My baby is 6 weeks old and during nighttime, she is waking literally every 2 hrs. She’s being fed about 4oz every feeding. What can I do to help her sleep longer? I’ll be working from home in another week so I really need to keep her content.

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She might be cluster feeding right now and wants food that often! My baby at 6 weeks was doing the same exact thing. Almost every 30minuts-hour. He’s 7 weeks now and he will sleep from midnight until 5:30am and then it’s every 2 hours from there.

I tried to keep him up longer during the day and keep his day naps shorter if possible. And at night before bedtime, always a bath and into comfy clothing. And a good big feed to keep him sleeping for at least one good stretch! And now he’s pretty consistent on going to bed at midnight!
Any kind of routine that works for you though should work! I try not to put him to bed until I’m going to bed though cause then I’m missing sleep hours that’s why he goes to bed later!

My baby is 6 weeks too and only does one long stretch, the first one. Around 4 hours very occasionally 5 hours. He goes to bed at 9pm after bath and a good feeding.
After that window he wakes in 3 hours, sometimes every 2 hours. Really want him to have a longer second stretch

I try keeping her during the day but when she whines, I go ahead and let her sleep 😭😭 hopefully it will get easier!

I’m hoping this changes soon, my baby only does one long stretch also. How much does he eat every feeding?

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