3-4am wake/unsettled window

does anyone elses baby just struggle to get back to sleep if they wake during this time?

it takes up to 1.5hrs sometimes cos every time i put him down he cries, stands up and gets upset.

somedays he’ll wake at 4:30ish and think its time to wake for the day.

i have capped his naps to 1hr total
i have tried various bedtimes

is there something im not seeing?

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Its when their sleep pressure is at their lowest for the night. They learn (apparently) to get past that as they get a bit older bit it's the hardest part to cement into place.

My baby does the same.. I think they are not getting tired enough during the day. We were in my home country for 2 weeks. She was playing all day outside and by the time it was bedtime she would fall asleep in 1 second and then maybe just waking up once for her dummy and was waking up 8o clock. Ever since we came back to the uk she started waking up at 3am and stays awake for about 2 hours… and bedtime has become a nightmare..

Same!!!! And now it's 5.30am and I'm up for work. I'm exhausted. Does it end???

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