Is this sleeping normal?

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DD is 4 months old and has recently been sleeping virtually through the night.
She has a feed somewhere between 8-9pm and will fall asleep then we take her up to her crib when we go to bed at about 10/10:30pm.
Transferring her into a sleepbag and changing her nappy will wake her but she will self settle and doze off again.
She will sleep through to between 6-7am (occasionally 5am if she is very hungry).

The last week or so her sleep has been unusual. It has been waking me up as she is throwing her legs up in the air and flailing her arms around so that she thumps the mattress.
She doesnt cry.
Her eyes arent open, so to me, isnt awake.
This can last for a few mins then she falls back to a deep sleep where she doesnt move. But it can then start again 10mins later.

The last 2 nights have been hard. She has had this restless sleep ALL night. But she never seems to wake up, her eyes are always tightly closed.
When she wakes up in the morning she is happy and smiley as though shes had a great sleep (me not so much).
I dont think its sleep regression as she doesnt wake and isnt fussy.
But I dont know if this is normal? Its like shes a light sleeper?

Has anyone experienced anything similar?

Sleeping through at 4 months is pretty unusual. It’s not something I’ve experienced.

If she isn't distressed this is probably nothing to worry about, some babies are very active sleepers and maybe it'll be a phase. Have you heard of the farm yard hour? In early morning is when their digestive system is most active and you can often hear them grunting/farting etc despite being fast asleep.

Would it help you if you played rain noise or similar, may stop you waking at the thumping noise?

Ours was sleeping through by 4 months, not something to worry about at all and parents probably generally keep quiet about their good sleepers around sleep-deprived friends, as I do!

Yes exactly the same with both of mine. I know it’s not recommended but my solution was to move them into their own rooms. They continued to wake up happy in the morning and I stopped being disturbed it.

@Birchtree4 I haven't heard of the farmyard hour to be fair but it makes sense. Downside is the noises are no worse in the morning. Its pretty constant.
We do have a white noise machine playing all night. It's lovely! I've noticed that if I'm trying to sleep while DH has DD downstairs I can't sleep without the noise in the background. Madness isn't it!
But sadly as DD is next to my side of the bed her weird noises are more prominent than the white noise.

@RandomQuest the temptation to move her to her own room is creeping in but as mad as I poss sound, I feel scared to move her! I know I'll have to at some point but the thought if her not being there is strange.
I'm hoping this is a phase and will go quickly!

She had a really good sleep today (literally a miracle!), and she didn't make a single noise 🙄
She was asleep downstairs on the chair (I was there so she wasn't left in an unsafe place).
She doesn't sleep during the day so maybe she didn't sleep as well as it seemed last night.

I moved DS to the end of our bedroom instead of right next to me as I just couldn't sleep for the noises. And then when he would be quiet I would lie awake waiting for them!

We also used white noise which helped to drown out his little snorts and shuffles, but didn't stop me waking up to him crying.