Child Sleep Consultant Ireland
Gentle, evidence-based sleep support for babies and children aged 5 months to 5 years. Helping families overcome bedtime battles, night wakings, short naps, early rising, feeding to sleep and self-soothing challenges.
If your baby or toddler is waking throughout the night, taking short naps, waking early or struggling to settle at bedtime, you're not alone. As an award-winning Child Sleep Consultant in Ireland, I provide personalised sleep support for families across Dublin, Cork and nationwide. Every sleep plan is tailored to your child's age, temperament and your family's parenting style, helping your child sleep better while giving you the confidence, guidance and support you need along the way.
Common Sleep Challenges I Help Families Overcome
As a Baby Sleep Consultant and Child Sleep Consultant in Ireland, I support families struggling with bedtime battles, frequent night wakings, short naps, early rising, sleep regressions, self-soothing challenges and sleep associations.
Sleep challenges can affect the whole family. When your baby or toddler is waking overnight, feeding to sleep, refusing naps or starting the day too early, it can leave everyone feeling exhausted, overwhelmed and unsure what to try next. My role is to help you understand what is driving the sleep difficulty and create a realistic, personalised plan that supports both your child’s sleep and your confidence as a parent.
Your Child
- Frequent night wakings or waking every few hours overnight
- Difficulty falling asleep independently at bedtime
- Feeding to sleep or needing a bottle or breastfeed to settle
- Needing to be held, rocked, bounced or patted to sleep
- Short naps, catnaps or naps that rarely go beyond 30–45 minutes
- Early morning wake-ups before 6am
- Bedtime battles, toddler resistance or long settling times
- Sleep regressions, nap transitions or changes after illness, travel or teething
- Transitioning from co-sleeping, bed-sharing or parent-led settling
You
- Feeling physically exhausted from broken sleep
- Feeling stressed, overwhelmed or unsure what to try next
- Reduced patience, increased frustration or emotional burnout
- Relationship strain from long nights, split responsibilities or different approaches
- Worrying that your child will never learn to sleep independently
- Feeling confused by wake windows, nap schedules or bedtime timing
- Needing a clear plan, reassurance and support that works in real family life
Most sleep struggles have a reason — and once we understand it, we can begin to change it
Many parents come to me feeling like their baby or toddler is simply a “bad sleeper” or they don't have high sleep needs, but sleep is rarely that simple. Bedtime battles, frequent night wakings, short naps, early rising and feeding to sleep are usually signs that something in your child’s sleep routine, timing, environment or settling pattern needs support. There is a science to it.
As a Child Sleep Consultant in Ireland, I look at the whole picture. This includes your child’s age, temperament, sleep history, wake windows, nap timings, bedtime routine, sleep associations, feeding patterns, sleep environment and how overtiredness may be affecting their ability to settle and stay asleep.
Sleep is never just about sleep. When a baby or child becomes overtired or overstimulated, their body can struggle to wind down. This can lead to more bedtime resistance, false starts, night wakings and early morning starts. With the right personalised sleep support, we can gently reduce those struggles and help your child learn healthy, age-appropriate sleep habits.
Sleep Timing
Wake windows, nap lengths and bedtime timing all play a huge role in your child’s sleep. Too much or too little awake time can lead to overtiredness, bedtime battles and more frequent night wakings.
Sleep Associations
Feeding, rocking, bouncing, holding or patting to sleep can become strong sleep associations. I help families gently change these patterns in a way that feels supportive and realistic.
The Nervous System
A tired child can become wired, restless and harder to settle. Supporting your child’s sleep also means creating calm, predictability and a bedtime rhythm that helps their body feel safe enough to rest.
Why Work With a Child Sleep Consultant?
Working with a Child Sleep Consultant isn't about forcing your child to sleep or expecting them to fit into a rigid routine. It's about understanding why sleep has become difficult and making small, manageable changes that help your child develop healthy sleep habits while supporting your whole family.
Every child is different. That's why every sleep plan I create is completely personalised to your child's age, temperament, development, sleep history and your parenting style. Whether your baby is waking every hour overnight, only taking short naps, feeding to sleep, waking early or your toddler is refusing bedtime, we'll work together to understand what's happening and create a gentle, realistic plan that works in everyday family life.
As an award-winning Child Sleep Consultant in Ireland, I've helped hundreds of families improve their child's sleep using evidence-based sleep support. My goal isn't simply to help your child sleep better—it's to help your whole family feel more rested, confident and calm.
Sleep Support FAQs
Common questions parents ask before working with a Child Sleep Consultant.