This might be age because my 17 month old is having sleeping issues all of a sudden
Mine too. A month after weaning from the bottle, he wakes up usually at 3am and is up for almost two hours. Just lays next to me and plays with my hair/ ear (still using paci). Drives me nuts. This has been going on for 6 weeks. Last week was better though because I cut his 3 hour naps down to 2 hours. Doing that he slept through the night 5/7 nights last week.
Mine is going through a leap and teething and now is having sleep issues but we just weaned off day pacifiers not for nap night or car. My plan for those will be gradually and possibly via taste with diluted ACV. Maybe give back the paci just at night until the leap is over
I am not sure if it's the pacifier that is the problem. My daughter started doing this the last week, I believe it may just be growing honestly. I give her something to drink and go back to bed