I'm glad my baby years are over with, I have 4 boys, and my youngest is now 6 yrs old. The others are 12, 11, and 8...my heart goes out to parents with young babies, trust me, I know the hardships. My secret was to keep the baby awake during the majority of the daytime, allowing them only a short nap earlier in the day, if they tried to doze off, I'd keep them awake by playing with them..so when the evening came around, the baby would be cranky and begging to sleep, and would sleep thru the night. I didn't do it when they were newborns, I waited until they were a few months old.