What child is this?

That sleeps through the night? Who is this kid? And what has he done with Eli? How am I supposed to function with all this sleep?

Yep. It took him 10.5 months to figure it out, but Eli is sleeping through the night...and I don't mean 6-7 hours at a time (which I used to consider sleeping awesome and actually only happened twice before this week!)...he's been pulling 10-11 hours the past several nights!

How did I do it you ask? Weaning. Eli was very attached...very. He was wanting to nurse constantly during the day and wouldn't play on his own for more than a minute or two, and was up to nurse every 2-4 hours at night so I decided to start weaning a little early. Even when I started I was planning on nursing him some until he was about a year, but after I initiated and got him pretty much weaned during the day, I let him set the pace for overnight weaning and within a week he was done.

I'm thrilled with the results, he's napping better, sleeping at night much better and less clingy (still as cuddly as ever though), but I'm a little sad he's growing up so quick.