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Full moon and kids behaviour

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thisisasurvivor · 01/06/2023 21:43

Call me mad
But

Two days before every single fulll moon my child's behaviour is out of control
Tantrums
Not wanting to get dressed

Lying on floor

Anyone else ever notice this
Two days before the full moon?

Been tracking it now for around 14 months 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

OP posts:
CrackedSkull · 01/06/2023 22:52

DontBuyANewMumCashmere · 01/06/2023 22:43

I'm a copper and we've always talked about it like it's a real thing (Not as real as PC Rain who gets rid of drunk fighty fuckers really well).

However I got into a discussion about it the other week, I couldn't stand everyone's insistence that it's a 'thing' when no one had any evidence to back it up.
So I googled it and apart from a few nonsense schtick stuff I found this Royal Museums Greenwich link which suggests there is no scientific basis for this apocryphal theory!
Just going to send it to my colleagues...

Full moon probably coincides with pay day weekend.

HeyJudeNanananana · 01/06/2023 22:53

My mum swears that she used to work with a guy who went crazy on a full moon. Not quite a werewolf, but showing traits Grin

CC4712 · 01/06/2023 22:53

CrackedSkull · 01/06/2023 22:49

Ask the emergency services about the full moon .

Exactly! Years ago I worked in A&E and it was indeed a thing. I never added up the numbers and compared day on day- but it certainly did seem to bring out weird and wonderful things to us.

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Lullibyebye · 01/06/2023 22:57

I'm a teacher and full moon behaviour is bad but windy weather behaviour is the worst!

mummypigoink · 01/06/2023 22:58

Yup, I noticed it with my pair. But cut yourself some slack OP because I also noticed that I didn’t deal with their irritating behaviour as well as I should in the run up to the full moon.

Goodoccasionallypoor · 01/06/2023 23:02

Can anyone tell me more about windy weather? I've never heard of this.

picturethispatsy · 01/06/2023 23:04

We are part of nature afterall. New moons can cause emotional issues too. Kirsty Gallagher has some very interesting information on all of this online.
Our menstrual cycles are linked to the moon phases too 💫 🌙 🍃

CherryRipe1 · 01/06/2023 23:06

CarolDunne · 01/06/2023 21:59

I work in a call centre 2-3 days before the full.moon brings out all the loons

We are all aware of moon cycles

This⬆️ I worked in a call centre for a large corporation and all the weirdos, freaks & kinks would ring up and ask very strange questions. Some would rant and rave over the silliest things usually around a full moon.

CC4712 · 01/06/2023 23:06

Goodoccasionallypoor · 01/06/2023 23:02

Can anyone tell me more about windy weather? I've never heard of this.

I read it somewhere that its to do with static in your hair, on clothes etc and the electrical effect that can have. No how true it is, but would seem to make sense.

CC4712 · 01/06/2023 23:07

*not sure how true it is

RhosynBach · 01/06/2023 23:11

Goodoccasionallypoor · 01/06/2023 23:02

Can anyone tell me more about windy weather? I've never heard of this.

I'm a primary school teacher. Kids go wild on windy days. Absolutely bat shit. If it’s been a windy play time, it’s an absolute nightmare to try and get them to focus in the following lesson!

ToK1 · 01/06/2023 23:14

It's absolutely not a thing.

It has been researched

No correlation was found between behaviour and moon cycles. Just conformation bias

Alsobeyondshit · 01/06/2023 23:15

ToK1 · 01/06/2023 23:14

It's absolutely not a thing.

It has been researched

No correlation was found between behaviour and moon cycles. Just conformation bias

But if the moon rules tides and we're 80% water how can it NOT affect us!

ToK1 · 01/06/2023 23:16

@Alsobeyondshit

Does your behaviour change depending on the moon cycle?

Original poster
thisisasurvivor · 01/06/2023 23:16

Wowzaaaa my gosh

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cocksstrideintheevening · 01/06/2023 23:17

Dts never slept when it was full mon.

Best mate works in a and e and says full moon is always the worst.

It's a well known phenomenon.

Also wind. DH is a teacher and he and his teacher mates always say really windy days send the kids wild.

ToK1 · 01/06/2023 23:18

Also, puddles are 100% water and the moon doesn't affect them either

ToK1 · 01/06/2023 23:20

@cocksstrideintheevening

Best mate works in a and e and says full moon is always the worst.

Except all the other times when it's also the worst

BertieBotts · 01/06/2023 23:21

I'm honestly amazed to see so many MNers confirming the theory because I thought it would be something MN is convinced is a myth!

Have definitely noticed the windy weather = wild children link, not noticed moon phases. But I will start tracking it...

ToK1 · 01/06/2023 23:24

@BertieBotts

It's like any other illogical superstition.

No basis in fact, with no logical explanation for the belief yet people continue to cling to it as being real

DontBuyANewMumCashmere · 01/06/2023 23:24

Alsobeyondshit · 01/06/2023 23:15

But if the moon rules tides and we're 80% water how can it NOT affect us!

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Because we are tiny bodies of around 100kg, and oceans and seas are billions of tonnes of water.
All the humans in the world could fit into Loch Ness. The Loch Ness doesn't have tides.

BertieBotts · 01/06/2023 23:25

Interestingly with the wind thing - we now live somewhere that tends to get a lot of thunderstorms, and windy weather tends to mean a thunderstorm is on the way. The pressure gets so heavy and the air so thick it's incredibly noticeable, and DH and I find ourselves getting brain fog and sometimes tired/struggling with emotional control, so it might be that the wind thing is something like that, some kind of subtle pressure change that we as adults can't feel but children can.

Mala1992 · 01/06/2023 23:26

Definitely a thing. My first job was in a school and like PPs have said - windy days and full moons noticeably affected behaviour and playground was wild.

Also more violent crime, more alcohol related accidents.

Labour wards are busier. Ovulation is more naturally aligned to full moon. Faster growth of hair (werewolves!). Just an activating phenomenon all round..

As someone said some are stronger than others. Super moons are closer to earth and have more effect.

The Ekadashi fast in Hinduism happens on the 11th day after full moon and 11th day after new moon. So preempting the unbalancing effect by fasting (or restricting diet) 3 days before the extremes of full moon and new moon

bonfirebash · 01/06/2023 23:27

LemonLimeDivine · 01/06/2023 22:52

Two decades in the emergency services…… it is definitely a thing. 100%

I once worked a pay day weekend which was a full moon and a bank holiday
No thank you Blush never again
I was also the shit/trauma magnet though too, any weird jobs...

Alsobeyondshit · 01/06/2023 23:27

ToK1 · 01/06/2023 23:16

@Alsobeyondshit

Does your behaviour change depending on the moon cycle?

Well I've had a terrible day today and yesterday so....maybe?! Things seem to 'build up' around the moon. Maybe it is confirmation bias as you say