SLEEP-DEPRIVED

Its been a long time since i slept continuously for a stretch of 8 hours,since jenna is up every four to five hrs but lately it has become worse... before she used to get up,feed and go back to sleep,now she wants to play in the middle of the night.. last night she woke at 2.3o am and wants to play..she was feeling sleepy but still she wants to play.. im lying on the bed ,not even able to open my eyes... i let her play for sometime and put her back to sleep.The days when she does not sleep properly,are the days when she is not in bed by 9.00 pm,yesterday i was at fault i let her take late evening nap which is a complete no-no, since we had a guest coming and i didnt want her to be cranky.I will not repeat the mistake again for sure.....im hoping for the day when Jenna will sleep for a stretch of 7-8 hours....hope the day is not far away.....