4am wake ups suddenly

Does anyone have any advice as to why this could happen? Usually my baby has 2 naps both about 1.5 hours long and wake window 3.5 hours inbetween, maybe a bit longer before bed depending on how he seems to be. Where am I going wrong ?

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Maybe the drop in temperature! Xxx

Maybe, what is your baby wearing to bed at the moment ? Xx

Will he have a feed and go back to sleep? Could just be going through a growth spurt and is hungry. Or might be cold as the temperature has changed recently.

Hoping someone gives some ideas... we're in the same boat... it's exhausting isn't it!!
My friends little one was the same but put her baby in a 2.5 tog sleepsuit which helped. Unfortunately hasn't helped us though.

He’s wearing a vest , sleepsuit and a sleeping bag xxx

So he’ll have a feed and go back to sleep but it’s just started happening, before he used to sleep through.
He’s wearing a long sleeved vest and 2.5 tog bag and room is 19 degrees.
Black out blinds etc too.
Do you think he needs to wear a sleepsuit too?

I mean he’s learnt to crawl and wave this week so might be that?

I mean you can try it and see if it makes a difference! And yeah maybe just learning new things xx

Thanks I’ll try tonight, usually heating comes on at 5:30am maybe I move that a tiny bit forward too.
Just so tired I can’t get back to sleep after 4am xx

Awww I really feel for you absolutely nothing worse xxx

If their feeding back to sleep then might just be a bit more hungry. Sleep isn't linear so if they sleep through the night, doesn't mean they always will unfortunately but hopefully it won't last long for you xx

This has been happening for us for a while since he's started learning new skills like crawling etc. Probably just a sleep regression (and for us combined with teething!) It doesn't sound like you're doing anything wrong! He'll just need a little bit of help for a while 😊

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