You don't sound unreasonable to me... Mrs wife on the other hand... Hmmm


I helped my sister out when one of my nieces had colic. I basically moved in with her for a few months because her eldest was still at school and her hubby at work. So I know how rough colic can get. I feel for you


Then a year later I had my own baby, thankfully no colic, but it was rough getting up every few hours to feed her and then getting ready for work at 5:30....


I don't miss those days at all.


My point is this, I think your wife needs to take your job into consideration. She has the option to sleep during the day, she just doesn't. Even if she can't fall asleep, it wouldn't hurt to lie down when baby does.


On a side note, her adamantly refusing without even attenpting to rest worries me... Either she thinks she's superhuman and doesn't need sleep or she may slowly be taking on the role of family martyr.


Neither options are particularly good, so I sincerely hope I'm wrong.


Hopefully she'll get desperate enough for rest and start napping at some point.


You on the other hand simply don't have the option to sleep while at work.


I get that its rough on her, and she wants to feel supported and know that you're working as a team, but a little less selfish wouldn't hurt her.