Newborn sleep

Anyone else having trouble with getting their 5 week old to sleep? Shes up for 3-4hrs at a time once or twice a day. Through this period she’s almost going off multiple times but wakes herself up, I assume as she’s overtired. I try to get her down when I see tiredness cues but it’s not working. When she does fall asleep, I can’t put her down as she wakes up and we start the crying, constantly feeding, drifting off cycle again. She doesn’t go to sleep in the pram and the car is 50/50, I’ve also tried a baby wrap but again no luck. Even feeding isn’t a guarantee that she will drift off if she’s been up for a long time. My husband is back in the office next week so I will have my 3yr & baby on my own twice a week. I don’t know how to cope with them both when I’m tied to the sofa feeding or keeping my baby asleep. Any help or guidance would be really appreciated. Thank you

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Yes , my baby is almost 7 weeks and what helped with us although I don’t have a toodler is sticking to a routine of waking up for 1 hr maybe 1 1/2 then really trying to put him to sleep after (using a baby carrier ) in hopes to get at least 2-3 hours . Then once awake feed (feeding is apart of being awake) diaper change some tummy time and then putting back to sleep. We have gone through longer stretches of awake time and it did not end well for us when we tried to go to bed that night. I was noticing he was trying to just be very aware and up to see what is going on but he was to tired that he was just cranky at that point.

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White noise? U can also get things that attach to moses basket tht vibrate and rock it. May be worth a look. Hope these ideas help xx

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