My wife and i moved to the middle east

Whilst there had 2 kids

In 7 years her parents visited twice. Mine visited 4 times a year

I think by your wife flying back you are making a rod for your own back come christmas time

It will cause significant distress all round

I can only tell you it gets better

Once baby is sleeping and on to solids you are good to go

I would never have opted to miss out on first 6 months

Edit to add; having read the other posts i will now say what i wanted to but didnt

Suck it up. People move, have kids, have no support and manage to do it with serious health problems. Being away from your daughter for 6 months because you are tired is nuts