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I agree with those that suggest Healthy Sleep Habits, Healthy Child. I call it my "bible". If you are confident that there is nothing wrong (ie. that the baby is just having trouble falling back to sleep, or wanting attention etc), then I would suggest leaving her to fall back to sleep on her own. I think that going to her every time she fusses will just reinforce the behaviour, and she will continue to do it. Of course, it's always tricky because you wonder, "what if something is wrong?" Trust your instinct. And good luck. My 4 month old has recently been doing some night waking as well, for no particular reason that I can ascertain, but if it happens earlier on in the night, I can pretty confidently tell that she's not hungry, and since she's not crying (just fussing or coo-ing) I leave her to fall back to sleep, which she has done (although it can take awhile).
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