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Your baby is very young and this all sounds very normal. Most babies massively prefer contact. It sounds like it's worth checking out the lullaby trust safe 7 for cosleeping. Even if you don't think you will decide to cosleep as the waking every hour sounds like you may accidentally cosleep and that can be unsafe. To be honest my 5.5 month old baby still prefers contact napping and will always sleep better - i do a combination and also baby carry a lot so i can get things done. The wakes the second half of the night will likely naturally get longer for my baby at that time she was often cluster feeding during growth spurts, just wanted extra comfort or she had gas (this was nearly always the cause if she seemed distressed and didnt want to be put down). As her digestive system developed this stopped.
You’re doing nothing wrong. This is normal baby sleep. Most babies only feel safe to sleep if being held. Baby sleep is developmental and changes drastically week to week. There were nights where i was up nursing every 45 minutes. Focusing on how you can get more rest is supportive. Can your partner take baby in the morning so you can sleep in a bit? Baby carriers or slings are helpful for handsfree contact naps. Get in the habit of resting when baby rests, even if that means sitting and holding them. Look up the safe sleep 7 in case bedsharing allows you to all get more sleep 🫶🏽
Mine is doing the same, perfectly normal!
Totally normal at only 8 weeks <3
It sounds exactly like my son when he was 2 months old. It will get a little better and then the month regression hits. By 6 months naps should get better before they get worse around 8-10 months. My son is 14 months old and he naps once during the day. He sleeps a good 5-6 hour stretch at night from 8-1 or 2, wakes up to nurse, then goes back to sleep for 2 hours, wakes again to nurse and then sleeps until 730.