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When Isaac was 6 months old the Doctor asked me if he was sleeping through the night.  When I told him ‘no’ he advised me to just let him cry when he woke up in the  night.  The first two nights were horrible and he cried and cried, but after getting up 4-5 times a night for six months, I was ready for sleep and thus willing to give it a fair shot.  The third night he slept all the way through and has not had a significant issue with sleep since.  I think there were a few times he cried in the night after that where we had to let him cry himself back to sleep.  I tell myself that this is not just me selfishly ensuring my sleep, but that it’s also good for the kid to learn to put himself/herself back to sleep on his/her own.  Nicole is not quite six months old, but I’m sitting here at my computer listening to her cry and watching her on my baby monitor–I’m ready for full nights of sleep, sorry Nicole.  At least she’s not crying as long as Isaac before falling asleep and I can actually see her little face to make sure she’s ok.  (I purchased a neat little camera earlier this year which is hooked up to my TV so I can see her, it’s even got great night vision, the pic above is with no lights on, click here to see a pic with some lights on).  Perhaps making all the sleep hyperlinks helped, because now she’s sleeping peacefully.