Trouble sleeping - anyone else

I’m 42 with a 2 year old (almost 3) and I think postpartum depletion and turning 40 fast tracked me into perimenopause. This year I started noticing the 3 am wake up and the inability to fall back asleep was happening frequently. Started on progesterone and it has made a huge difference.

My kids are 5 and 8. I am going through the same 2-3am wake up every night. Some nights I can fall right back asleep after I get up and pee. Some nights I can’t and had to read to fall asleep. The problem is when the book is exciting, I lose track of time and don’t realize until it’s almost 5am. Then there’s the irritability and anger. The cycle of overstimulation and wanting to shut everything out. The overall body pains. Someone at work said it’s perimenopause. Oh now I am can’t even focused on my book. Yeah so if you are awake at 2-4am, message me, I likely will be awake too! God bless your soul for having your babies when you are 42!

I am 45, my kids are 6 and 3. My 3 year old started to sleep a bit better but I am still waking up a lot and if it's around 5:30 I really struggle to go back to sleep even though I really need more sleep

It's horrible as I notice my mind is just wandering from one thing to another, and none of it has any real importance!