I upgraded my iPad (first gen) to iOS 5.1 and now it will randomly turn off.  How can I fix this?

Thread title pretty much says it all.
Shortly after upgrading to iOS 5.1, my 1st gen iPad started randomly turning off when I wasn't using it.
-This has been occuring for over a month now.
-It has not yet turned off while I'm actually using it, only after I've left it along for awhile
-If I leave it plugged in, it doesn't turn off
-I have trouble turning it back on after this occurs.  (I have to press/hold the button several times before it will finally turn on)
-I've noticed that a lot of the time when I turn it back on, it will initially (for a second or two) show a battery % that is lower than what it actually is (ex. it will show 72% when I turn it on but then jump up to 90% after a second or two)
Seems to me like it's something related to iOS 5.1 that my iPad doesn't like, likely a batter issue.  Although having trouble turning it back on would lead me to believe it might be something more.  It is an iPad 1 so maybe it's just getting up there in mileage.
Any suggestions on what to do?  I neglected to take any backups.  Unless someone gives me other input, I'm planning on taking a backup of my current iPad and then restoring to factory settings just to see if that will solve this issue.  Although that's going to be a pain in the butt to get all my apps and everything back.  If I restore to factory settings, is there any way I can "upgrade" the to iOS 5.0 (or anything below the latest)?

No, you haven't lost anything.  Simply sign into your iTunes account on the computer.
As for the device not syncing, what specially happens when you try to sync?

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