Second baby- night time sleep struggle

Hi everyone,

So I’m having some trouble with night time sleeping and looking for some advice. Firstly, I know she’s only two weeks old and is learning however if there any ideas to help the process I would love to hear them.

My daughter is two weeks old and she struggles to sleep at night. The first stretch of sleep when I put her down for the night takes forever, up to an hour or more. Then every time she wakes up after that it’s a hassle to get her back to sleep and settled.

She sleeps in her bassinet right next to my bed and it seems like no matter what she is always restless. She hates being swaddled but sleeps so much better like it when she does accept it. She is constantly moving around or grunting and I can’t get her to settled unless I hold her... which means I’m holding her for hours at a time.

I’m not used to having a clingy baby, my first born was and still is very independent and this is very new to me. It’s lovely to have her so calm the second I hold her...but I’m exhausted.