Sleep Anyone?

Okay, this is my first blog ever.  So I'll make it short and sweet as it's a topic that revolves around at our house... SLEEP.

Everyone needs it, not everyone wants it.  As a mother of 3 small children, I'm waiting for the day when my kids want to sleep.  When does this happen?  I remember always wanting it, as I do now.  My husband is desperately in need of it, so when does this "change" occur?

With our first two kids, we had to force what we hoped would be the "change."  As I nursed each one up to just shy of the age of 1, by month 9, getting up 3 or more times a night was starting to wear on me.  With my oldest, we decided to let him cry at 9 months after trying every "no cry" sleep solution out there.  We had to grin and bear it, and as he cried for up to an hour and a half each night for three nights in the row, I sat in the corner and cried myself.

Our second child I had high hopes for.  He was a MUCH more easy going guy, would sleep for naps, didn't need the pacifier ("kuca" in our world) and I thought for sure he would figure out just how great sleep was, on his own.  I of course overestimated his smarts, and he, like all little brothers, decided to copy the habits of his older brother by choosing to wake up 3 times a night.  At 9 months, I was done yet again.  "We can let him cry now, this is when we did it before!" I said with a little too much enthusiasm.  I realized that something had changed with me.  Instead of me crying in the corner as he proceeded to cry for 2 1/2 hours... my husband and I both fell asleep.  We did wake once and pondered, "Could he really still be crying from the first time?"  In our shear exhaustion, we decided it didn't matter either way and we would stick with our decision and off to sleep we went.

Now I'm hitting the critical point with number 3.  He has been my easiest most laid back little man, however, we are approaching month 7 and we still are not sleeping through.  Now, the question is... Will he copy his older brothers as most little brothers do??   Am I going to have to continue to carry the large bags under my eyes until month 9?

I know you are at the edge of your seat now.... Will the third be a follower or his own person?  Only time can tell.  Step 1 is getting him to sleep through the night.  The next step for all three is making them sleep to 6:30.  What is "through the night" anyway?