Sleep problems

I need a bit of advice because I feel as if I’m going crazy! My little boy slept from 7pm-4am, and had one night feed then woke up at 6-7am, since I’ve had to take away his swaddle which was early last week, he now wakes up 4-5 times in the night😩

I’ve tried absolutely everything to get him to sleep for a longer stretch in the night but nothing seems to be working!

He doesn’t nap when my daughter naps in the day no matter how hard I’ve tried and I’m feeling miserable as I’m so tired and never catch up on the sleep I miss out on!

I have a two year old that constantly gets the tired and overstimulated version of me and I feel so sorry for her! My partner works nights so can’t help me in the night, or most of the day🥴

He currently is in a sleeping bag, and a next to me crib, he has white noise on to sleep and a red light, he will take a dummy to get him to sleep but doesn’t sleep with it in nor does it re settle him if he wakes up in the night.

He drinks the bare minimum of his bottles, he’s on 5oz and normally only drinks about 2-3oz, he has only drank a full bottle a few times!

Please someone help, I need a bit of sleep! My daughter slept through the night from 2 1/2 months and this is just so new to me as I never had these struggles with her.

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