Re: getting baby to sleep
At that age I think we'd go for walks and keep the evenings interesting until final feed/change time about 9 or 10pm. After that it was lights out until 3am for many months. Then a few hours sleep until 5am.. then 7am and then the 2 hourly feeds would return until bottles increased and solids started at 6 months. We were lucky in that after "servicing" baby went back to sleep on the whole.
If the problem is crying etc. after waking I guess its a different issue. Make sure night is NOT interesting. No reason to be awake after being fed/changed. Make sure that you give her/him time to settle, and don't rush into soothe/cuddle and encourage the idea of waking.
Dummies help... until they fall out!
Check the obvious - no bright lights outside or noises from nextdoor that are waking them..... (I once found a working alarm clock found its way into the nursery toy box... it did its job at 4am or something for several days!).
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