child insomnia 2025-09-25T23:55:10Z

Midnight shadows stretched like accusing fingers across my daughter's bedroom wall as her trembling voice pierced the silence: "Daddy, the monsters are back." For 17 agonizing nights since moving homes, we'd reenacted this horror scene - her wide pupils reflecting streetlamp glow, my frayed nerves snapping like over-tuned guitar strings. That third week, when my trembling fingers finally scrolled past meditation apps and white noise generators, Budge Bedtime's crescent moon icon glowed like an a