11 week old refusing bedtime

Hi not sure if anyone can help me but my 11week old baby will not go down for bedtime easily it takes me almost 2 hours to get her to stay asleep in her bed. She gives me all the queues she is tired and I stick to the same routine every night. She will fall into a deep sleep in my arms and I’ll transfer her into her bed however within minutes she is awake and then takes forever to go back to sleep I’m struggling to find how I can make this easier. She has white noise on, dark room ready for bedtime and room temp is good. Anyone have any suggestions I’m eternally grateful x

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No advice but the same here!

My LG can sometimes be abit of a pickle to go down at night.
I found I give her a bottle about 10/10.30, pop her straight down after she's been winded etc and then I pop her white noise machine on.
I offer her the dummy and I put my hand on her chest and pat slowly making the shh noise for a few minutes.. It usually does the trick with her❤️

Not sure if it will help with your Little one but I'm gonna follow the post as no doubt mine might go through this also ❤️

I have a routine that I bath baby every night bottle before or after depending when he fed last and then put him in his cot and with lullaby’s and he’s out within 10 mins , stays asleep for 4 hours before needing another bottle xx

My daughter will have her last feed typically between 9/10 then we put her in her next to me she has a rocker on it with lullaby’s with projector on the ceiling she will chat to that for 5/10 mins if she’s not already asleep and be asleep now going between 5-7 hours she’s 10 weeks on Thursday

It’s the nuby jitter bug we attach it to the frame, the projector was a present I’m not sure where that’s from x

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