I Can't Figure It Out... Sasquatch Make Boy Sleepy??

I hate when I can't figure something out.
I can't rest until I've figured out the problem I've been working on at work, or at least until someone helps me figure it out.

What is worse is listening to someone prattle on and on about how they have a problem they can't figure out - but you've already read this far, so you might as well finish reading...

My son is almost 10 months old and still won't sleep through the night.
Every person I have ever spoken with who has kids, tells me that their children were ALWAYS sleeping through the night by at least 6 - 8 months old.

Those people are jerks and I hate them.

Mrs. Chronically Insane and I have tried everything.
We put him to bed at 8 or 9 every night and he wakes up at 12:30am, 1:50am, and 2:30am every night.

We have tried placing him to bed later - at like 10 or 11. He still wakes up at 12:30am,1:50am and 2:30am.

We've tried feeding him baby food right before putting him to bed, and not feeding him baby food right before putting him to bed - he still wakes up at 12:30am, 1:50am and 2:30am.

We've tried putting him in bed with us to sleep - but he still wakes up at 12:30am, 1:50am and 2:30am.

People have told us to feed him baby cereal mixed with formula just before putting him to bed. Yep - same thing...

It sucks.

Well - last night my wife decided to go shopping with the neighbor rather than making my favorite supper of Blueberry pancakes and sausages. I was alright with that though because she has to watch the kids at home during the day and needs to get out of the house.
She took Girl and I kept The Boy - I figure we'd have a little father/son bonding time.

We worked on his walking skills for a while, until he'd fall... then he worked on his crying skills. I'd tell him that he was weak and that real men don't cry when they fall down.
He seemed to take this to heart. He got back up and walked across the kitchen with out any help. I was proud - but then started thinking of how much it's going to suck to have a 10 month old toddling around the house. I gently knocked him back to the floor and decided to not encourage him any more...

We played on the floor some more. We banged on a drum for a while, rolled a ball around the house, pulled books off the book shelf, and chewed on the edge of the television.
It was a good time.
Finally at around 8 o'clock he seemed to hit the wall... He just laid in the middle of the floor and whined. This is his way of telling us it's "sleepy time".

I changed his diaper, put on his pajamas and fed him a bottle. Then we sat in the rocking chair and watched a documentary on Discovery channel about Sasquatch.
(It looks like Sasquatch may not be real...)
He fell asleep in my arms and I put him to bed around 8:30. This is our normal routine except for the fact that my wife and daughter weren't home.

They got back from shopping at 9 - we talked a little, then we all went to bed.

I was amazed at 5:45 this morning when I woke up to my alarm!
My immediate reaction was that something must be wrong... I probably set my alarm for the wrong time - but I got up and double checked the clock and it really was 5:45!!
I returned to bed to share my excitement with Mrs. Chronically Insane...

"The Boy slept through the night!! He did it finally!!" I told her.

"Please be quiet and go get ready for work... and don't be noisy - I want to sleep some more" was her reply.

Well - I was excited...
I got ready for work and tried to figure out what we did different to make him sleep through the night. We didn't really change our routine much.

Could it have been watching Sasquatches on television?
Could it have been not having my wife and daughter home when I put him to bed?

Well - tonight I plan to find out by recreating the exact same scenario as last night.
I just have to figure out a way to get more Sasquatches and less wife and daughter for a few hours...