3am babies

Occasionally Henry will wake up around 3am. Why does he do this? The only reason I am up now (at 4:25am) is because he woke up over an hour ago. Sometimes I am able to grab Monsieur Henry from his crib, bring him into our room, and nurse him back to sleep. This is preferred as there is a minimal amount of sleep disruption for all. But on other days, such as today, not only did he want to nurse a bit, he then started rolling around in the bed, climbing on his dad, and being a general, non-sleeping baby nuisance. This earned Henry a ticket to the living room via mom express. A couple games of baby ball (where the ball can go in any direction at any given moment regardless of baby's intent), two enthralling stories (one in which this guy likes animals and names nearly all of them "Bob," and the other in which a mom agrees to love her kid even when she does bad things - apropos given the situation, eh?), several bites of hot dog, and one exciting diaper change later, Henry is back in his crib and on his way to sleepdom. I honestly can't recall the last time I had a full eight hours of sleep without interruption.