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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My wife and I have an almost 6-month-old. She was adamant she would never do cry-it-out and believed in more of an attachment parenting based philosophy. I was on board with it. Now it’s becoming more of an issue. Our baby only naps when being held, can’t self-soothe, and sleeps terribly at night. Often times he can’t be put down for more than 5 minutes without crying to be picked back up. It’s really starting to create problems. I try to be involved as much possible, but I work. She has been complaining about the sleep deprivation, aching back and arms from holding baby, and the fact that she can’t ever put him down. I do the evening and night wakings and he is up multiple times a night. He does still eat 2-3 times a night, but he wakes up many other times and then cries because he can’t put himself back to sleep. I’m exhausted and we are both surviving on 3-5 hours a night. I’ve been suggesting sleep training and moving him to his own room but she has refused to do it. I don’t know what to do. [/quote]

It seems funny you complaining to us about how your wife complains!  We can not offer you advice if your wife isn't going to accept it.  She is sleep deprived and probably hormonal.  It takes a lot out of a woman mentally and physically, even six months later.  Probably worried about being judged too.  The only advice I can give you is to let your wife catch up on sleep and then talk to her calmly about your problem.  When my baby was little I thought they would remember how traumatic weaning was ( because it was then)  But nope they have zero memory of it.

Please be kind to your wife and yourself![/quote]

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