Last Christmas we were all at my sisters (who has 3 little kiddos) and her sister-in-law is there with her newborn twins. Sister-in-law is talking about the nanny they've got to help her out with the twins and mentions that they are only gonna keep her until the kids start sleeping through the night. My sister looks at her straight faced and says, "So you're gonna have a nanny until they're like 12?"
Our little one has always been pretty good sleeping but its always something. Once they quit eating in the middle of the night then they're up sick or they wake up scared or have a bad dream or wet the bed or whatever. I think there's a couple good years in there when they quit waking up because of the little kid stuff but before you stay up worrying about them being out late with friends.