I agree, changing the topic of conversation is a good strategy. However if the person asking if my baby sleeps through the night is another mum of a baby I would be honest and say "a few times a week" instead of "yes". I think there is a bit of an unspoken thing going on sometimes where women pretend that their babies are perfect and say things like they sleep through every night out of competitiveness.... all this does is make mums feel bad and compare their own restless babies unfavourably. I think if everyone was more honest then it would become apparent that it is not the norm for babies to sleep through at all! This is why I tend to say "I don't expect my baby to sleep through anyhow, so if he does then it's a bonus!". I think mums need to have realistic expectations of what babies are like.... then the pressure will ease a lot!