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I read somewhere that a babies sleep cycle is 30-45minutes... After this time they will move into a light sleep/open their eyes/stir and then fall back asleep into the next sleep cycle. We monitor watch at night after E goes down and I think its pretty accurate.

Not only is this normal, this is AWESOME!!

I say that because my baby wakes up after her first sleep cycle has run it's course - 30 minutes -and cannot go back to sleep. This has led to the curse of the 30 minute crap-naps which is the bane of my existence!! It sounds like S has cracked it!!

Can I also say that it's amazing that you have her going to sleep by herself so early on! We started this with E only a couple of weeks ago. S is going to be an awesome sleeper!!!!

I think this is great! She's transitioning between sleep cycles and is learning to self soothe!!!! YAY! My DD recently went through something similar. She would wake up every 30 minutes and cry, but would go back to sleep. She did this 3-5 times every night (between 8pm-10pm). But she always managed to soothe herself back to sleep. After about a week or 2, she would do this maybe once or twice. And now, she doesn't wake up at all.

@Cherrybee: She's almost 15 mths now but she's been doing this in waves from around 9 months due to sleep regressions. I would put her down in her crib and 20 mins later she'd wake up and cry/ scream. Sometimes she would sit up, look for her lovey and lay back down. Other times she'd just be crying while lying down. Her cried were loud! It sounded more like sobbing. Amd they lasted for maybe 5-10 minutes off and on She'd go through this phase for a week or 2 and then stop for a few months. Then a sleep regression would hit and she'd go back to doing this for another week or 2 and stop. Right now we're at a good place (she doesn't wake up once!). But we're approaching 15 months soon so we'll see how she handles that sleep regression!