Through the Night

"Is he sleeping through the night (yet)?" - this is the most often asked question about Eli and has been since he was born. Thankfully my good friend Rob forewarned me so I got to think about how I would respond. Newborns should be eating more frequently than sleeping through the night would afford for the first few months. Eli has been sleeping 6-7 hours for over a month now with regularity. (Technically, "sleeping through the night" means 6 hours.) Last night, he slept over 8 hours and awoke when Jen got up to get read to go to work! So we are celebrating this feat at 19 weeks. We have adapted pretty well to the one who's not working the next day getting up to feed Eli around 2-3 am when he wakes for his night feeding. Hopefully we won't be doing that much longer.