6 Week Old Screaming Only at Bedtime Put Down

Desperately seeking advice for how to help our newborn during the dreaded “witching hour.” Or at least we think that’s the problem.

Our 6 week old is a very easy baby during the day, but as soon as we try to lay him in his crib for bedtime, he SCREAMS. It takes us about 1.5 hours to let him cry/whine, comfort, feed again, until he finally crashes and then has a longer stretch of sleep.

We do a bedtime routine - bath, full feed, story, then swaddle, song, and white nose in a dark room.

We’ve tried a 9PM bedtime and a 7:30PM bedtime and both end up with a screaming baby. We’ve made sure the nap before bedtime is a contact nap so he has a solid sleep.

Does anyone have any suggestions if they’ve ever been in a similar situation? Would love any advice anyone has. Thank you!