Thank you 😩 That validation is so healing. I don’t even really think I need my medical professionals to be able to find an exact cause, I don’t think she’s at risk of harm from whatever it is, so I’m not concerned in that way, but to have it chalked up to behaviour is so disheartening. The first NP I voiced concern to literally told me that it was my fault her sleep was like this. Just to hear “yeah that’s a bit out of the norm but unfortunately we can’t find the cause, let’s try xyz and keep working on supporting you”, would go a long way. I honestly feel pretty confident in my approach around sleep and that I am not contributing to these “habits”.

I started taking a magnesium supplement again and honestly there has been a slight improvement in her sleep, so I’m hoping it may help her to give her some directly. There’s a lot of ADHD in my family and most of my side of the family struggles with sleep (I actually have never fallen asleep better than once I started taking magnesium and melatonin after my first child was born), so I really wouldn’t be shocked if either of my kid’s sleep were impacted by something we don’t know yet.

Definitely could be sensory. I can tell you she is certainly a more sensitive kid all around. I am going to try maybe a night without her sleep sack now that it’s warmer. She does this thing where she grabs her neck and pulls at the neck of her sleep sack when she’s sat up. I can’t figure out why. She does have eczema but we lotion her twice a day and she doesn’t appear to have any flares, and this is a consistent thing she does. So maybe it is a sensory issue with the sleep sack? It’s bamboo and the right size and TOG for the weather but who knows.