TK - Yep, learnt through experience! All babies sleep in cycles of between 20-60mins. At the end of the first cycle some babies will stir, open their eyes, look around and then just nod back off. A lot of babies won't though, they'll wake and cry etc and will need help to move into the next sleep cycle. If you notice your bub is waking after 30-40mins, big chance is they've just gotten through one sleep cycle and can't transition to the next, deeper cycle of sleep.
I noticed this week that DS would often start calling out (I know that sounds weird but he does! It's not really a cry more of a 'wha' sound and that's it) at the one hour mark. Ideally at this age you'd want a baby to sleep for about 2 hours so I always try and resettle him to get him back to sleep. It is hard work with most babies but eventually they get the idea that they need to sleep longer and as they get better at self settling they will just resettle themselves between sleep cycles and start sleeping longer.
Trish and I are old pros - our 2 year old boys both did this for weeks and weeks when they were little!
Can't wait for my avvy to be updated...feel like I"ve been prg for an eternity!
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