So my 2 year old daughter for the most part sleeps as well as you can expect from any toddler however! Literally once a month on the full moon or the day just before or after she has a bad night where she will wake up anywhere between 12.30am and 2am and then I can't get her back to sleep for a couple of hours. Usually during that couple of hours I try everything to get her back to sleep then after a couple of hours when my eyeballs are falling out of my head I send in her dad and within 10 minutes she's back asleep. Now we have tried just her dad going in at the start but she'll still take forever to get back to sleep. It's making the following day very frustrating for everyone because she is obviously tired which makes her very hard to deal with and takes up a lot of my attention and energy which means her older brother misses out on a lot of things. Can anyone offer any insight as to what might be going on?? Or offer any tips? Thanks!
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Maybe don't pay attention to things like the moon and accept that all kids struggle at time?
I’d track what happens during the day with food and in the daily routine.
My nephew has a terrible night if they cook with garlic for example. It could be many many things.
I really do believe the moon can affect us and our behaviour. A paramedic I know says without a doubt every full moon shift is an interesting one! It has a magnetic force which affects our oceans so it's not that far fetched to think it may affect us as well. I still don't think it's anything to be really concerned about, I would probably just put her in bed with me and go to sleep, let her stay awake if all else is good, you can't force them to sleep but you don't have to stay awake with them either.
OP here - thanks - yes I also work in the medical field and we do very much notice the full moon affects people. I have ruled out all other factors eg. Food, routine etc and seeing as though the only thing the i can pinpoint as being the common factor is the full moon I thought I'd pose the question. Unfortunately when in my bed she doesn't sleep and neither do I so just thought someone else may have had a similar experience and have thought of something out of the box.
Different poster here - also in medical field.
Id suggest increasing water during the phase of full moon. Because Greek mythology says the moon effects people (as were mainly water) increasing water changes the earths pull Good luck! ((Google it, it’s a thing - not sure how I feel about any of it 😂))
P.s. my brother changed all their beds, to face North as his son was the same during the full moon. Some feng shui thing apparently.
If I was in your shoes - I’d be trying anything too!!
Thanks! I have to admit it was meant to be a lighthearted question (I thought the subject line would give it away). The number of adults that I mention it to that agree that they dont sleep as well around the full moon got me wondering!
My 2 year old is the same 😅 it’s dreadful, I just lie on the floor next to his bed with a gate on his door so he can’t escape. He usually understands that it’s sleep time and even if he doesn’t sleep then I’m in there asleep in case he does anything he shouldn’t. I’m a light sleeper when I’m in there with him. I usually feel awful the morning after but have a nap the next day with him.
The full moon effects me too. I never know when it is but then bam - couldn't sleep last night despite being exhausted. I see tonight that last night was the full moon...
Other times I'll feel air headed that day, or do weird spontaneous things which is so not normal for me.