katie you are my hero. I hereby nominate you for sainthood. 
Ha ha, let's not go too far now.
I've basically just been encouraging you, you guys are doing all the work!
I think last night might have been a bit of regression. It happens *a lot* in sleep training. A LO basically tests the waters to see if this is really how things are going to be from now on. It usually only happens for a night or two. You are definitely making progress, I'm so glad that you're able to see that. It really helps you to keep being motivated.
Do you think that's the best we can hope for out of a 7 month old? At what point do you think he can consistently go 8 hours between feedings?
This is a hard call. I think he's probably age-wise at the point where he can consistently go 8 hr between feedings. In fact, that's how I read your last two nights. Two nights ago looks like it he went from 10:30 - whenever you fed him in the morning (after 7, I'm assuming because he fell back to sleep), so that's over 8 hr. And last night he went from 10:30-7:30 without a feed, so that was 9 hr. Right?
The hard part is, babies aren't cut and dry, some days he'll be hungrier, he'll most likely go through another growth spurt or two. I'd say pick a time you're comfortable with, and I think 8 hr is reasonable, and continue to settle him without a feed before that mark (if he wakes at 7.5, I'd probably just feed him, but that's your call
). Give it a few more days, maybe a week, and if he's still waking we can reassess, but I think he (and you) can do it.
Hope you had a decent day in the end. Happy Birthday to your DH!
