Longer sleeps? / Crib help

My little girl is 12 weeks tomorrow & her longest sleep stretch is 5 hours, 2nd is 3 or 3.5.. then either wide awake 6am for an hour or so before drifting off again, or 3rd sleep is 1 or 1.5 hours.. & this is next to be in bed or on me ( we co-sleep, i never intended on it )

I have a next to me crib & moses & no success in either.

Even in the day all naps are contact naps & the second i try to transfer her shes crying again.

Im so jealous seeing posts of others sleeping such long stretches! & being able to sleep in a crib!

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We have the next to me crib on dads side of the bed so she can’t smell milk (if breastfeeding) as soon as we did that she started sleeping long stretches. We also us the love to dream swaddles. After she falls asleep after her last feed her dad holds her for 10 minutes and then puts her down. I’ve found if I try and put her down she will wake up but if dad does she stays asleep.

Once we got into a good routine of bath time and then a book and a last feed of the night she started sleeping through the night from 4 weeks.

Day time naps we are still working on as she will only contact nap during the day.

She may just be a very good sleeper but I hope some of that may be helpful.

I formula feed but thanks for that tip anyway!

I did want to swaddle but mt rooms so hot like 24 degrees im worried she will over heat so that stresses me out!

& she wont settle or sleep on her dad at all, only me!

Even if shes asleep & i put her in bed & go to the toilet, she wakes up & cries until im laying next to her again.

I dont mind the contact naps but itd be nice if she could do some naps in her moses

& nightime even if we have to co sleep id like longer stretches!

Tried everything that google says & feels a little hopeless!

I’m in the same situation regarding the amount my little boy sleeps at night during the day it pretty much has to be a contact nap but at night he will go in his cot we use a swaddle it’s the only way to keep him asleep in his cot… but just hang in there I know it’s hard to see but she is doing amazing give her another month or two and it should get easier… some of my friends babies only sleep 45mins at a time at night so just stay strong

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