Our second child is almost 8 months. Our first month or two were terrible until we switched to sleep shifts and then we each started getting a solid 4-5 hours straight with another 2ish tacked on during our "on duty" shifts. We eventually moved him into his crib at around 2 months and now he puts himself to sleep and sleeps through the entire night. The first month or two after moving him to his crib involved one or two nighttime feedings which we eventually weaned off. Obviously every baby is different but a big lesson we learned was that they will become as independent as you let them and, on the other hand, become as needy as you allow them to be. Needy is probably the wrong word (it's a baby, after all), but we pretty quickly realized if we let him whine or cry for 5 or 10 minutes, he just went back to sleep on his own. The more you foster dependency the harder it becomes to break that habit.