You might notice that if your baby doesn’t nap as well as normal that they wake shortly after going to bed that night, and can have quite a disturbed night.

Are they overtired? Overtiredness can sometimes be the reason behind a ‘false start’.It is also worth reassessing the length and timing of naps to get the balance of day and night sleep right. Sometimes pushing bedtime out by just 15 minutes or so can be enough to solve this. If they have had naps that are too long or too late in the day then it can reduce their ‘sleep pressure,’ (the drive to sleep that builds up over the course of the day). Is bedtime too early? Sometimes babies and young children can seem tired, but that doesn’t always mean they are ready to call it a night just yet.There are a few possible reasons for a ‘false start’ at bedtime: Some children only experience them once in while whereas others seem to follow this pattern of waking night after night. It can be really frustrating when you’ve seen your little one fall asleep at bedtime, only to then wake up again soon after, seemingly refreshed and awake. But why do they happen and how can you deal with them? We tend to refer to wake ups that happen between around 20-60 minutes after bedtime as ‘false starts’. Is your baby waking up again just 30 minutes or an hour after bedtime? If this is happening to you then you might be experiencing what we call ‘false starts’.

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