Sleeping through the night: fact or fiction?

 

Calling all moms again! I am needing tips or advice for getting Oaklee to sleep through the night. Here is our present situation: She is 5 months old. For the past week or so, I've been feeding her and then putting her down around 8p. She usually goes straight to sleep, and will sleep solid until anywhere from 1a-3a. Then she will wake up, either out of habit or b/c she's hungry, and she has not been able to go back to sleep on her own after that. She cried off & on for 2 hours one night, I was half asleep and had a pillow over my head, but I finally got up and fed her, I think. It's all kind of a blur now. But 2 hours is too long for her to try to cry herself to sleep. So the past few nights, I've gotten up with her and either fed her or rocked her back to sleep. But I am SO READY for a full night's sleep myself that I really need some help from other moms. I know every baby is different, and she may not quite be ready to sleep all the way through, and that's ok. I know it's coming, at least. But if any of you moms out there have any advice, I would appreciate it! I am learning to function with less sleep than I've ever had before, and I'm getting better, I think. At least I'm being more nice to Jason than I was before. :-) (I usually take my crankiness out on him) Anyway, please help!