"Night awakenings" refers to the times when someone wakes up during the night from their sleep or when they are not supposed to be awake. Full definition
A Swiss study that tracked kids from birth reports that over 30 % of kids between 2 and 7 experienced at least once disruptive night awakening each week. (parentingscience.com)
So you can't make the brain go any faster than they're going with organizing that informations, so that's why you'll see milestones related to sleep issues as far as increase night awakening as well as... And we can maybe talk a little bit about this further in but with toddlers, that developmental milestone around 18 months, they actually figure out how to wile themselves not to take a nap. (pregnancymagazine.com)
can affect your baby's sleep patterns, potentially causing more night awakenings for a short time. (secretsofbabybehavior.com)