False starts every bedtime?

Hi everyone. Does anyone else find that their baby is waking anywhere from 15-30mins after being put down for bed? I'm trying to figure out why, but I'm stumped! Baby has a fairly late bedtime at 9pm, so I don't think it's because he goes down too early. He feeds to sleep though, not sure if that has anything to do with it? I always end up having to feed him again despite him just having fed because he wakes hysterical and nothing calms him except for feeding 😭

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My LG is waking up but 1-2 hours after bedtime and then wide awake for 2 hours.

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That's tough! I hope she gets better with time šŸ™šŸ½

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My little one wakes 30 mins after being put down and has for a while now. We bed share so I tend to hold her until she’s done her first wake up and then quickly feed her back to sleep before putting her down for a few hours.

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It can be over tiredness.
But I think it is quite common with feeding to sleep. We had this until we stopped feeding to sleep.

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I thought that might be. How did you move away from feeding to sleep? I'd appreciate any advice if you don't mind sharing!

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We did sleep training. Which I know isn’t for everyone but it was brilliant for us. Worked in one night and she has slept independently since we did it at about 6 months.
It didn’t stop all night wake ups (but I didn’t push this), but dramatically reduced them. They had been every 45 mins.

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