Active infant waking self up

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My 12m old has never been a solid sleeper but the older she's got, the more active she's got and she just ends up waking herself up whenever she fidgets. It's like she doesn't drop into a deep enough sleep to either not move so much or to be able to to move without waking.

As an example and what's triggered me to write this... I'm currently sat with her as she's napping. She was just fidgeting a lot during a nap (she seems to have this thing about rubbing her bare feet on something), then she suddenly say upright, saw and grabbed the bobble I'd taken out of my hair which was next to me, and because I was right here and lay her straight back down, she's immediately gone back into a light sleep. But if I hadn't have been ready to help her back to sleep (which is why I'm next to her), that would have been it and she'd be awake.

She often seems tired and I believe it's because she's not getting into deeper sleep when she should be. This happens irrespective of how long she's been awake. There is sleepwalking on her father's side of the family and her father usually finds himself in the corner of the room every night, or diving out of bed. It makes me wonder if she's inherited something.

Any thoughts would be great as I have no time to myself.

How dark is the room? Do you use black out curtains? I find that if the room is too bright it's really difficult to get them back to sleep.

Also, if possible remove all distractions. Could she be cold or maybe too warm?

We have both blackout curtains and blinds, the room is as dark as physically possible.

I don't think it's a case of being too hot/cold, the room has been near enough the same temperature throughout the winter/spring and it doesn't matter if she's in her day clothes or her sleeping bag/romper thing, she's still the same.

I should add that the tiniest little thing will disturb her particularly when she falls asleep at night, i.e. the tiny light on the monitor camera (that's over a metre away from her, even if she's not facing it) or if I breathe too deeply (yes really, even when there's white noise playing). I've never known someone to be so sensitive to, frankly, everything, when they sleep.