Don't wanna jinx it......

but I think we may have a baby that sleeps through the night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She has not done it a full week at a time, but has had definite spurts where she has slept almost 12 hours! Last night she slept from 7 PM until 6:50 AM with no wake up calls. Praise the Lord in Heaven above. It only took over six months. When other parents would tell us their babies slept through the night early on, I would cringe with envy. Why wouldn't our little one follow suit? Well then I would have to tell myself that our little Emmy bean was smaller than the other babies. Her stomach won't hold as much food, so she has to wake up more often for food. I would give myself the list of rationalizations to make myself feel better. I think the crying out method really did help ...because once we felt as if she were older and could handle going without the food we tried it. It was hard at first...so hard. Hearing your baby cry..being awake for an hour of screaming when it would only take 15 minutes to go feed her and make her stop. But we pushed through. And so far it seems to have helped. Now granted she was off schedule this weekend with family guests in town...but since then she seems to have gotten back on track. I just pray it continues....our little girl needs her sleep. And so do her mommy and daddy.