I'll try to keep this short. We have a 1 yr old daughter who cannot seem to sleep through the night. She has slept through the night twice in the last 4 months. She had a bout of recurring ear infections wich didnt help, but last 2 months shes had 1 minor one. She'll wake up anywhere from 1 to 4 times a night. Last 2 nights she woke up 3 times each night. I wake up with her tues wed nights (my days off), and my wife wakes up with her the rest of the days. I am up at 4am for work and drive a semi and cannot go to work with no sleep night after night. She works mon-Fri and gets up at 630am and works at a daycare. I want to sleep train her but wife is flaky about it. Currently our daughter will wake up at night start crying and screaming and we will get her pick her up, go get a bottle and lay on the couch with her till she falls asleep, and put her back in the crib. it takes any whwre from 5 min to 45 min to do this. This is the reason she does not sleep through the night, she doesnt know how to put herself to sleep without us. This is confirmed by our ped who suggested sleep training. My wife sometimes thinks it's because she doesnt eat enough, but she eats plenty in a day, also confirmed by our ped, who specifically said her eating is not the reason for her not sleeping through the night. I dont know if my wife just wants to cuddle her or if she is afraid of the screaming crying that will happen with sleep training. This morning at 5am I couldnt settle her down and wife got up and took her and then I finally just told her I'm done you get up with her now from here on out, that our daughter needs sleep trained. I feel like she is the one that is keeping our daughter from sleeping through the night. We have talked about sleep training her but never reallygot anywhere, my wife seems flaky on it and I cant do it by myself if shes not on the same page. Shes pissed at me. Am I the asshole in this? Sorry for the wall of text. via /r/Parenting http://bit.ly/2VJeKEn
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