my son is sick

I miss my friends and the life I knew. I miss my wife and she misses me. We never knew that having a baby would change our lives this much. I know it's not his fault, he has GERD. I know it's not my fault or my wife's fault. But having a baby that is sick and doesn't sleep is hard.

He sleeps about 4-6 hours a day. He rarely naps after getting up for the day. The dr. says my wife is keeping him from sleeping during the day. I.E. she is holding him too much and spoiling him. I don't want to tell her what to do from work during the day. I don't want to tell her what to do when I get home at night. But he does take naps for me on the weekends. I make suggestions every morning, "Sit him down, turn on Baby Einstein and take a nap on the couch. You might get 30 minutes and you might get an hour."

My wife doesn't sleep very much. I sleep much less than I would desire. But I get to get away each day and go to work. She is here 24X7 and is looking ahead wishing he would grow out of this. But he may not for a year; maybe not ever.

Life is hard. It least before no one really depended on me.