1 week old starting to stay awake for 2 hours

I’m having the same issue with my 3 week old, he can be awake for 4 hours and no amount of rocking or soothing will settle him to sleep

For a while I was doing contact naps (holding him while he sleeps) as letting my little one stay awake too long causes him to get stressed out. Now he is a little older he sleeps by himself with minimal issues (still wakes up before I put him down sometimes).

My main priority was his rest and feeding, but everyone’s situations are different (multiple children etc).

It can be really hard figuring out what works for your little one, especially while they’re so so young are so accustomed to being in a stable environment (your womb) that any changes in the early parts of their sleep can wake them so easily.

Have you tried swaddling? (Waiting for their limp arms then) putting them down bum first then feet then body to reduce startling? Wearing their bedsheets in your T-shirt or expressing some milk onto it so it smells like you. Just a few things I tried ☺️☺️☺️

So up until yesterday I was able to feed her to sleep during the day and she would let me put her down in the cot but sincr yesterday she seems to end up waking up after her feed and then staying awake for ages and getting really overtired, her face and eyes get really red so I know shes definitely tired but she doesnt cry or fuss. This evening its now taken me an hour to try get her down to sleep.