This Girl Loves Sleep
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This Girl Loves Sleep
Welcome to the This Girl Loves Sleep podcast, the show that will help your entire family bring back bedtime. Each episode, sleep expert Alanna McGinn discusses your burning sleep questions and provides you with tangible sleep tips for babies to adults and provides tricks to help you create your own...
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068: Napping on the Go
The warmer weather can make things tricky with an increase in events, travel and an effort to get out and enjoy the great weather. It can be hard to f...
067: Friendship - Heather Dixon - SavvyMom
Heather Dixon is a writer, a mom to three girls and the Editor-in-Chief of SavvyMom, a wonderful online Canadian parenting publication, one where I’ve...
066: How Your Sheets and Blankets Help You Sleep
Have you ever wondered why climbing into bed and under the covers feels so good? Regardless of whether you like to sleep with just a light sheet or pr...
065: Replay - My Story of Infertility
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month with October 15th being National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. 1 in 4 women will suffe...
064: Natural Medicine - Lisa Marie Holmes RH
Lisa Marie Holmes, RH is a television personality and creator of The Botanical Apothecary herbal remedies line launching this 2020. As an entrepreneur...
063: 4-Month Sleep Regression
Sleep regressions. They’re one of the most challenging hurdles to overcome when you’re a sleep-deprived new parent. One minute you have this perfect,...
062: Delaying the Crib to Bed Transition
Hearing the pitter-patter of tiny feet in the middle of the night can only tell you one thing. What you dreaded is reality. He’s climbed out of his cr...
061: Positive Affirmations - Anna Lozano and Lindy Sood
Anna Lozano and Lindy Sood are moms, bestie’s, and founders of Love Powered Co. They launched Love Powered Co on Kickstarter in 2017 - a soul fuel com...
060: Why Your Child is Stalling at Bedtime
Kids who never learned strong sleep skills as babies and toddlers are still struggling with sleep. In other cases, kids who were great sleepers can su...
059: Replay - Spring Time Change
The evenings are getting lighter and that can only mean one thing. Spring Daylight Savings Time is just around the corner. Sunday, March 8th, clocks a...
058: How to Create a Successful Family Meeting
When someone in the family isn’t sleeping well, it can affect everyone in the home. And while it’s one thing for babies and toddlers to have some trou...
057: Sleep Clinic #6
Sleep Expert Alanna McGinn dedicates this entire episode to her popular sleep clinic, where she chooses sleep questions submitted by you and answers t...
056: Parenting Expert - Kelly Bourne
As a Pediatric Registered Nurse turned parenting researcher, speaker, and writer, Kelly’s straight-shooting tips help parents navigate the bumps and W...
055: Sleep Regressions
"Why is my perfect sleeper all of a sudden waking up and not going back to sleep?" Sound familiar? Sleep Regressions are unavoidable for our babies. T...
054: Replay - Stop Taking Sleep for Granted
It’s the start of the new year and all we see are posts on social media on the new diets that will be tried, the best cleanse to start, or how you all...
053: Replay - Toddler Holiday Sleep Hangover
Now that things are starting to settle, and your normal routine is starting to fall back into place, something still seems slightly off...that somethi...
052: Replay - Sleep Tool #4 - The Methods
Our 4th sleep tool is choosing the method - the way we can finally break any final sleep associations, and wean out and final night feeds. You may be...
051: Replay - Sleep Tool #3 - Bedtime and Bedtime Routine
Sleep Expert, Alanna McGinn introduces our third sleep tool, which is a bit of a combo. Today she discusses the bedtime routine followed by an age app...
050: Replay - Sleep Tool #2 - Lengthen Naps
The second sleep tool in the Good Night Sleep Site Tool Kit is working on consolidating naps. Hands up! Who is struggling with 30-45 minute naps? Nap...
049: Replay - Sleep Tool #1 - A Perfect Baby Sleep Environment
Making sure our babies sleep in a safe, conducive, and consistent sleep environment is important and the first sleep tool in the Good Night Sleep Tool...
048: Child Bedtime Fears and Worries
As a parent, your natural reaction is to reassure your child of their fears and worries, but in many cases, and for many kids, reassurance is not enou...
047: Replay - Fall Time Change
It’s that time of year again where the clocks change and we gain an hour of sleep. The problem is when you are a parent that is no longer something to...
046: Sharing Bedrooms and Your Kids Sleep
Many parents come to us asking how to transition their children into the same bedroom and help each child sleep well while sharing bedrooms. Sleep Exp...
045: Replay - Secondary Infertility
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month with October 15th being National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. 1 in 4 women will suffe...
044: How to Become a Morning Person
As our mornings are getting darker it can be tougher and tougher to get out of bed in the morning. If you aren't a morning person it can be tough gett...
043: How to Transition From Crib to Bed
Graduating your child from their crib to new bed can be a scary time for parents but it doesn’t have to be and being prepared can certainly help. Slee...
042: Breastfeeding and Sleep Training
We’ve been wanting to do this episode for quite some time because we know how many of you are struggling with both sleep and breastfeeding. Often thes...
041:Sleep Clinic #5
Today is a full episode sleep clinic where this entire episode Sleep Expert Alanna McGinn will answering your sleep questions that you have submitted...
040: Guest - Paul Davis - Social Media Safety and Our Children
Our tweens and teens are losing out on quality sleep because of tech and social media. Sleep Expert Alanna McGinn interviews social networking safety...
039: Busting Through Baby Sleep Myths
Sleep is one of the most confusing topics for new parents and the information out there on how to help your baby sleep better is everywhere. Your mom,...
038: Guest - Tania DaSilva - Anxiety in School Aged Child
Often our kids have trouble sleeping at night when fears and anxiety are playing a role. Today’s guest speaks joins Sleep Expert Alanna McGinn to disc...
037: How to Help Your Teen Sleep Better
Ready for some big revelations when it comes to teens and their sleep? In this episode Sleep Expert Alanna McGinn breaks down the top six factors affe...
REPLAY: Toddler to Teen Sleep Tips
Sleep Expert Alanna breaks down all ages down and provides some solid sleep tips from child to teen that you can use year round. Whether starting Kind...
REPLAY: Fire the Boss at Bedtime
When you’ve got a toddler and bedtime rolls around, it can feel like a nightmare. Night in and night out, putting your toddler to bed can become more...
REPLAY: Mom Stories: Cat and Nat
In this episode of Mom Stories Sleep Expert Alanna McGinn chats with two ladies who have been keeping it real for moms for years. Their #momtruths hel...
REPLAY: Mom Stories: Whitney Port
Whitney Port is the first guest in our Mom’s Stories series, and has not only been a wonderful client to work with but also such an amazing supporter...
REPLAY: Forget Self-Soothing
To self-soothe or not to self-soothe? You’ve read all about it, everyone is telling you to teach your baby to do it but is teaching your child to self...
REPLAY: When to Start Sleep Training
If you are ready to help your baby sleep independently and through the night it’s important to understand your baby’s sleep needs and know when is rig...
036: Preparing Your Child for Sleep Away Camp
It’s that time of year where your child may be headed off to camp. Whether big or small your child may be having mixed emotions about the experience,...
035: Guest - Jamie Glowacki / Oh Crap Potty Training
Sleep Expert Alanna McGinn sits down with Potty Training Expert and author of Oh Crap Potty Training and Oh Crap I have a Toddler, Jamie Glowacki. Jam...