Our DD has started waking earlier and earlier and I don't know what to do to help. She wakes in her cot between 4-4.30 and is chirpy for about 30mins then realises she's exhausted and can't go back to sleep. I've tried leaving her, rocking her (this used to work but doesn't anymore), feeding, putting in bed with us etc and I'm at a loss now of what to do
She has 2 naps and sleeps well in the day for around 3hrs (because she's exhausted!). We try to make sure the first nap isn't before 8.30 and normally end up waking her from both - in the morning so we can head out and do something and in the afternoon so she doesn't end up sleeping past 4pm. She falls asleep on her own (with me in the room), although the last few nights she's gotten really unhappy at bedtime and I've ended up hugging her to sleep. If we're lucky she'll sleep from 7.30 to 4.15 but a lot of the time will wake once in the night for a bottle
I've been down a Google rabbit hole that says it could be because she's sleeping too much / too little in the day and I don't know what to try next - capping naps when she's been awake since 4.15 just means we have a really tired baby all day! Any suggestions welcome please :)