Talking in the middle of the night
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My daughter does this too. If she's just happily chatting, I leave her be, no matter how long that is (but usually it's no longer than 10 minutes before she falls asleep again). I only intervene if she's crying/making upset sounds.
@Beth what’s the longest your LO has been babbling before going back to sleep
@Brooke I've left him for about 10/15 minutes before, anything past then I'm not hopeful he'll go back off on his own and I usually shush him and put my hand on his chest and he starts rubbing his eyes straight away and falls asleep quickly but we sleep trained (controversial) using the ferber method it didn't take long at all from us starting, he was rocked to sleep his entire life up until 5 months, and by the next night, he was self soothing and being able to be put down drowsy but awake
@Beth same.
My LO was doing this! He is a similar age to your baby. I asked my paediatrician about it, just because I was interested. He said that they're either transitioning between sleep cycles or practicing new skills when this kind of thing happens. It's absolutely fine to let them be whilst they're figuring it out, as long as they haven't woken for a reason (hungry, needing a nappy change or generally just crying and getting frustrated needing comfort). This is just them learning to self soothe which will hopefully lead to good sleeping habits!! If they are getting upset or distressed, then he said to keep the interaction minimal and try not to pick them up to soothe, but instead crib side soothe with shushing and a hand on their chest so they can eventually soothe themselves back off if you can ❤️ I hope this helps! It did for my LO when he started doing this