My goal was to get Natalie sleeping through the night before I go back to work, which is in two weeks. She is 6 weeks old now. I thought that to get her sleeping through the night by 8 weeks of age would be realistic but also kind of wishful thinking in a way. But guess what? She’s sleeping pretty darn good already! She takes naps during the day with ease, and at night she is sleeping longer and longer stretches. She had been going five hours between feedings for several nights in a row, and then on Friday she woke up after only 3 1/2 hours. Knowing she could go longer, I did what I had done with Luke when he was around that age. I calmed her down and put her back in the crib instead of feeding her. Lo and behold, she fell right asleep and didn’t wake up for another three hours! I was thrilled, overjoyed, giddy with glee. I know you are too, but just wait. It gets even better. The next night we fed her at 9 pm at the family Christmas party, drove home, then put her to bed promptly. The girl didn’t wake up until 5 am! Last night we fed her at 9:30 and she slept until 5:30 this morning. That’s eight hours between feedings and in my book that’s called sleeping through the night. I can totally handle 5 am. In fact, I love 5 am. Five a.m is my friend. It’s quiet, peaceful, dark. I know 2 a.m. is just the same, but it’s really not the same. It’s different. It’s eerie and tired and miserable. Two a.m. can shove it for all I care.