So many articles out there about what is expected number of hours of sleep at night for various ages.

Research shows sleeping through the night is 5hour stretch... not many of us moms can live on 5 hours of sleep.

So my QUESTION when it says hours of sleep at night should be 9-12 hours is that including night wakes? Or not?

I have a 7-8 month old that goes to bed between 830p-930p and she wakes up around 12a-1a most nights. On average she wakes 2 times per night. Is that okay? And when I say wakes I mean cries but is able to go back to sleep not awake playing (thank goodness).

Mind is spinning with all the sleep articles !!