Is this a growth spurt?

My baby has been sleeping very well in his crib for months. All of a sudden he's been waking in the middle of the night, eating, going back to sleep, then waking up earlier in the morning. I've tried keeping him up and extra 30 minutes to an hour at night and he seems to be waking earlier instead of later. He's ferberizd, so his ability to fall back asleep definitely isn't the problem. 
This has been going on for about a week. Is it a growth spurt (hopefully) or am I doing something wrong?