Sleep training. Why my baby doesn't sleep more than 2 h o 3 straight?????! He is 1 mom and a half!

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During the day I keep a routine active I let him nap but not more than 2 h (my doctor told me don't let him sleep more than 2 h cause you want that he deep sleep happen in the night). He has a few naps during the day. he has a bed routine and I tried he latch for a long time so he is satisfied. The room is dark and everything is perfect only that he doesn't sleep more than 2 or 3 h straight I'm exhausted!!!!!! My friend has a baby of the same age that he does at least 4 h straight during the night! Then he wakes up and eat and go back to sleep for another 4 h straight. But mine only sleeps for 2 or 3 !!!!!!!
Any advice????!!! Sorry I'm first time mom and I'm exhausted!!! 😭

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He’s only 6 weeks old. That’s normal. Hang in there, it gets better.. eventually 🙃

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All babies take different amounts of time to sleep in longer stretches.  What helped mine get longer stretches at that age was eating more at the end of the day. See if they will eat a bit more than their normal amount before bed.  I was breastfeeding and would give her extra expressed milk in a bottle after breast feeding. Sadly though, they will sleep longer when they are ready to.  This will not last forever!

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Lol my son is 3 months and still doing this.

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It’s normal for baby to be waking up after 2-3hrs at this age, some babies sleep longer then others. Sleep training doesn’t work at this age as they wake up when they hungry..

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My baby is almost one year and still doesn’t sleep through the night 🤷‍♀️

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That's all normal for his age.

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It will get better he’s so young still he needs to eat often. I’d say the first 3 months were kinda rough but now my son is 6 months and sleeps 12 hours a night

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Each baby works at their own pace. I know it seems unbearable and the way sleep deprivation makes you feel is no joke, but it will get better! Your body will begin to adjust to less/broken sleep, and your baby will slowly eek out longer and longer sleep times. 
My baby was a preemie and was 5 pounds 4 ounces and was constantly hungry, and because we were, and still are, trying to get his weight up (he’s still currently in the .5% for weight), I would get up to feed him every 2-3 hours. That lasted until he was 10 month old, when he started sleeping longer stretches. He finally started sleeping through the night at 11 months!
Looking back, it doesn’t seem like a long time, but I remember being in your shoes and wondering how I could go another week with terrible sleep. The body is a beautiful thing though, and we are fearfully and wonderfully made. You can do this, mama! 
Things that seemed to help us:
-Nighttime routine
-Dark room
-White noise machine
-And 4 months old we moved him to a crib in his own room (we had him sleeping in a bassinet in our room)
-at 5 month old we started cry it out (JUST for initially putting him to sleep; I’d put him to bed and he’d cry it out until he slept and the first time he woke up I’d immediately go to him...he started naturally sleeping longer and I eventually didn’t have to go to his room when he woke up)
-finding humor in it
I’m the type of person that NEEDS sleep, and a lot of it to function. Motherhood hit me like wrecking ball and that lack of sleep really messed with me. It seems like you’re in a tunnel and the light at the end of it is so far away it’s out of reach, but trust me, mama, you’ve got this. Your body will adjust, and your baby will get the hang of this sleeping thing. 
My husband and I still joke about how sleep deprivation is a legitimate form of torture, haha!

Sleep training. Why my baby doesn't sleep more than 2 h o 3 straight?????! He is 1 mom and a half!

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