Crib Report Edition #?

It's been awhile since I've posted on how our nights are doing and we have people asking for updates. We have started putting Samara to bed a bit earlier. We used to start her bedtime routine at 8pm...which consists of a bath, lotion massage, pj's, story with Daddy, nursing session and then a top up with a bottle. This meant she usually wasn't getting to bed until almost 9pm and we were really struggling to keep her up and boy, was she cranky! So now we just watch her tired cues and start anytime between 7-8pm.

Last night she was in bed by around 8pm. She put herself to sleep and then...we didn't hear her...for a long time. I woke up at 1230. Nothing. 130...nothing. 230...nothing but by this time I'm thinking she must be about ready to get up because for the past week or so this is her midnight snack time! 330...still nothing. 430, I've had enough, I'm positive there is something wrong so I go in and check on her. She's perfectly fine and oh so precious. I go back to bed but can't fall back asleep because I just know she's going to want to eat soon. And Shawn will be getting up in 30 minutes so the shower will probably wake her up. 5 comes and still nothing. The shower in fact does not wake her up. So now I have to pump because I'm so uncomfortable from going 9 hours without nursing. I don't know how much to pump because I know she'll be hungry soon. I do a couple of ounces on each side just to make it bearable and check on her again and go back to bed. Shawn also checks on her and by this time, I'm sure she's thinking, eff off already, I'm trying to sleep!! Anyways, she eventually wakes up at 6 to nurse and then goes straight back to sleep. It is now 830 and she still isn't up. That's an incredible night!! Now please don't be the person that tells me that by this age she SHOULD be sleeping through the night. I don't need to hear it! I've already had people tell me this and it is not helpful AT ALL!

We have made MAJOR progress in the past 4.5 months. Just to remind people...we used to try everything to get her to sleep. We would have to rock her while she screamed for almost an hour and then she'd only be good for an hour or less on her own. It usually resulted with her sleeping on me on the couch in the living room. We progressed from that to taking turns sleeping with her in our bed. And now she's such a big girl sleeping in her own room. I have to admit, when she woke up this morning to eat and Shawn was already gone to work, I was VERY tempted to just bring her to bed with me to cuddle.