My 2 month old will stay up late

My daughter is 2 months old but a month age adjusted cause she was born 6 weeks early these past few weeks she will stay up for 3/4 hours straight at night ! It’s driving me crazy idk what to do , I change her , feed ! She just wants to be with me and sleep on me or by me she doesn’t do well by herself anymore , dark room , sounds machine I feel like I’m doing something wrong she takes good naps durnung the day she eat really well ( I’m breastfeeding and supplementing ) . The closer is gets to bed time she will not go to bed ! I can’t keep staying up this late with her I want her in a routine any suggestions please 😔
Is it a sleep regression , growth spurt ?

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Have you tried keeping her awake more during the day? We just had to do that. My daughter was staying up til 3. It was rough. I was tired and I wasn't her favorite person. She quickly started going to sleep earlier. But she was half sleeping as I was moving her around and calling her name all day.

I try to keep her up but she goes take somewhat long naps so maybe I should make them shorter

I would try that. I basically deprived us both from sleep. If she tried to sleep I would start playing with her. When I couldn't keep her from sleeping or she was getting really cranky I would let her get a nap in. Made sure to get shit done quickly and I would wake her up. I didn't wait for her. I had the mind set, I make the rules. I'm gonna sleep at night. Best of luck.

This was my problem too. It is day and night confusion.
What worked for me are the ff:
1. Keep her awake more during the day. After your feeding around 7/8, try to keep her awake for atleast an hour- you can do this by changing her clothes, tummy time on your chest or walking around the house. Babies have 1-1.5 hrs of wake window before they get tired. I got this from takingcarababies, she has an instagram acct.
2. Bedtime routine- bath/sponge bath after feeding, then cuddles until she gets more relaxed, then swaddle + pacifier + white noise in the bassinet. I leave a dim light on that is visible to my baby cause likes to stare at the light until she falls asleep.

She is sleeping more at night now and awake more during the day. The changes did not happen overnight, you just have to be consistent and eventually the baby will get used to the routine.

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