Episode 11 - The Battle of Bedtime: An Interview with Sleep Expert Marie-Eve Gagnon

Nobody embarks on the journey of parenthood for its reputation for amazing sleep. Especially in the early years, conversations about sleep - or lack thereof - seem to creep into many interactions. In our previous episode, we talked about ways moms of littles can look into their diet and hormones to address sleep difficulties for themselves; now it’s time we turn our intention towards those little heartthrobs who steal our sleep just because they’re little and parenting is hard.

For guidance, we turned to sleep expert Marie-Eve Gagnon, owner of Slumbertime Solutions. She is a certified Gentle Sleep Coach and helps families with kids 0-6 get the sleep everyone (moms! dads! kids!) needs through her consultations, group sessions, and online classes.

We were amazed to learn that bedtime should be 20-30 minutes, start to finish. Say whaaaat? Learn about how that happens and more in the episode!

Learn more about Marie-Eve Gagnon on the Slumbertime Solutions website, Facebook page, or Instagram account.

We also talked about:

Katie has nervous feelings about her grad school application (spoiler alert: she recently received the good news!)

Katie is not a Kardashian

Lee Ann cooks things in ovens— Interview —

Marie-Eve shares with us some of the background to what inspired her to start Slumbertime SolutionsWe learn about bedtime stalling - what that looks like (VERY FAMILIAR TERRITORY HERE) and how to redirect it

Changing sleep habits should see a difference in a few weeks, in general, according to Marie-Eve

We talk about the importance of kids testing boundaries and how to able to respond

Marie-Eve gives hope to parents that there are many ways to address sleep, beyond the commonly-known options of cry-it-out or wait-it-out. She says most people fall somewhere in the middle.— / Interview —

We introduce a new segment called Solicited Advice, where you can ask us questions and we'll share your question with an answer. Anything is game! Share yours through social media (@raisingcascadia), by phone (503.893.5608), or by email ([email protected])

Our Solicited Advice request was a discussion about “How do you feel about other people calling you mama?” We are both a little grossed out by companies using the term for advertising. Katie doesn’t like it in general, and Lee Ann hardly registers when friends use it. And we both hate the term Lady Scientist! Love the term “friends” for many reasons.

Another new segment! Send us your Ups and Downs of parenthood by telling us a story of something awesome or something less so by sending us a 30-60 second voicemail at the number above, or by shooting us a note through the usual methods!

Nobody embarks on the journey of parenthood for its reputation for amazing sleep. Especially in the early years, conversations about sleep - or lack thereof - seem to creep into many interactions. In our previous episode, we talked about ways moms of littles can look into their diet and hormones to address sleep difficulties for themselves; now it’s time we turn our intention towards those little heartthrobs who steal our sleep just because they’re little and parenting is hard.

For guidance, we turned to sleep expert Marie-Eve Gagnon, owner of Slumbertime Solutions. She is a certified Gentle Sleep Coach and helps families with kids 0-6 get the sleep everyone (moms! dads! kids!) needs through her consultations, group sessions, and online classes.

We were amazed to learn that bedtime should be 20-30 minutes, start to finish. Say whaaaat? Learn about how that happens and more in the episode!

Learn more about Marie-Eve Gagnon on the Slumbertime Solutions website, Facebook page, or Instagram account.

We also talked about:

Katie has nervous feelings about her grad school application (spoiler alert: she recently received the good news!)

Katie is not a Kardashian

Lee Ann cooks things in ovens

— Interview —

Marie-Eve shares with us some of the background to what inspired her to start Slumbertime Solutions
We learn about bedtime stalling - what that looks like (VERY FAMILIAR TERRITORY HERE) and how to redirect it

Changing sleep habits should see a difference in a few weeks, in general, according to Marie-Eve

We talk about the importance of kids testing boundaries and how to able to respond

Marie-Eve gives hope to parents that there are many ways to address sleep, beyond the commonly-known options of cry-it-out or wait-it-out. She says most people fall somewhere in the middle.

— / Interview —

We introduce a new segment called Solicited Advice, where you can ask us questions and we'll share your question with an answer. Anything is game! Share yours through social media (@raisingcascadia), by phone (503.893.5608), or by email ([email protected])

Our Solicited Advice request was a discussion about “How do you feel about other people calling you mama?” We are both a little grossed out by companies using the term for advertising. Katie doesn’t like it in general, and Lee Ann hardly registers when friends use it. And we both hate the term Lady Scientist! Love the term “friends” for many reasons.

Another new segment! Send us your Ups and Downs of parenthood by telling us a story of something awesome or something less so by sending us a 30-60 second voicemail at the number above, or by shooting us a note through the usual methods!