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Sleep Regression around 3-4 months

I keep hearing these borderline horror stories about this age regarding babies sleep and want to know what exactly to expect. I feel like it can’t get much worse/harder for me at this point. My daughter just hit the 3 month mark and still wakes up every 1.5-2 hours streaming mad. Every time she drinks only 2 ounces (if she even finishes it) and is asleep again really fast. I keep her up right and try to burp her for at least 15 minutes each time, and it feels like as soon as I’m able to put her back in her crib she’s waking up again. She also recently just started to fight sleeping on her back and will spend all night turning on her side and gets upset if you try to gently push her back to her back. It sucks and is terrifying because I’ve found her totally on her stomach when I have finally let my guard down enough to close my eyes. She’s had her head turned to the side at least in those instances but she isn’t at the point when she consistently flips from belly to back in tummy time (which she also hates.) I moved her out of her bassinet because of her fish flopping and have essentially been sleeping on the floor next to her crib to keep an eye on her, and I even bought an owlet dream sock to give me a shred of peace of mind. Of course she would sleep for infinite hours if she’s in somebody’s arms or on somebody’s chest. I’m doing probably 90% of this on my own essentially because my partner sleeps like a log and has a ‘let her cry it out’ approach to things.

I apologize for the ramblings but I’m feeling defeated, and I am hoping that it won’t somehow get worse than it already is. I would appreciate any and all advice. I feel like it would even help to just hear someone else say they’ve been through the same thing.