Top 7 Best Baby Sleep Consultants in Dublin, Ireland (2026)

If you are searching for the best baby sleep consultants in Dublin, you are not alone, and you are already doing the right thing. Dublin has one of the strongest paediatric sleep landscapes in Ireland, with options that run from registered nurses and Family Sleep Institute graduates to Kim West-trained gentle coaches, to fully online practices serving families nationwide. The hard part is not finding one. It is figuring out which one actually fits your family, your budget, and your baby’s specific situation.

We pulled together this guide after looking at every Dublin-based baby sleep consultancy we could find, comparing pricing, methods, who they are best for, and what real parents say about working with them. Below: six Dublin and Ireland consultants worth a discovery call, an app-based alternative for ongoing support, and an honest look at when each is the right fit.

How Dublin Parents Are Actually Sleeping in 2026

Before we get to the consultants, the local picture. As part of Betteroo’s State of Parent & Baby Sleep 2026, the largest dataset of its kind with 68,366 parents across 108 countries, we wanted to show you Dublin-specific numbers. We do not yet have a clean Dublin-only sample above our reporting threshold, so the figures below draw on our Ireland numbers instead. They still tell a clear story about what families across the country are living through.

The numbers are stark, but they also point to real room for improvement. When babies are waking this often, the right structured support can change things fast. The Dublin consultants below specialise in exactly that.

Best Baby Sleep Consultants in Dublin at a Glance

Seven options worth a discovery call, ranked by who they are best for:

• Best overall, gentle collaborative coaching: The Baby Sleep Coach (Vicky Haugh)
• Best for sleep plus behaviour combined: Phoenix Dreams (Colette McCann)
• Best nurse-led, evidence-based approach: The Sleep Consultant (Ursula Quinn)
• Best two-coach team, Kim West method: The Dream Team (Laura and Orla)
• Best long-established practice, Dublin 18: Baby Sleep Academy (Edel Gargan)
• Best transparent pricing, sleep plus breathwork: CulaBaby (Liadhán Collins)
• Best app-based alternative: Betteroo

Full transparency: Betteroo is our product. We have included it on this list because we genuinely think it is the best option for parents who want ongoing personalised support without the price tag of a full consultancy package. The other six picks are established Dublin and Ireland consultants we would send our own friends to.

How We Picked the Best Dublin Sleep Consultants

We looked at every option for baby sleep consultants in Dublin with verifiable credentials, an active practice in 2026, and a track record of working with families across the city and the wider Republic of Ireland. To make this list, a consultant had to meet four criteria:

• Certified or formally trained in paediatric sleep, typically through programmes like the Family Sleep Institute, the Gentle Sleep Coach programme (Kim West), the National Network of Sleep Consultants UK, or equivalent clinical credentials (RN, BSN).
• Active Dublin or Ireland practice with availability in 2026 (we excluded consultants who have wound down or are not currently taking new clients).
• Transparent methodology, meaning they describe their approach upfront rather than hiding it behind a sales call.
• Real client outcomes backed by reviews, testimonials, or media coverage we could verify.

We started with a list of more than 12 Dublin-area sleep consultants and Irish paediatric sleep coaches, then narrowed based on those four criteria. Several names did not make the final list: some did not have a transparent methodology page, others only serve a narrow demographic in ways that would not help most readers of this guide, and a few could not be verified as still active in 2026.

We did not accept payment, affiliate commissions, or sponsorship from any consultant on this list. Each pick reflects what we would recommend if a friend in Dublin asked us where to start.

1. The Baby Sleep Coach, Best Overall

The Baby Sleep Coach is run by Vicky Haugh, a Dublin-based paediatric sleep consultant and mum of three who is certified through Kim West’s Gentle Sleep Coach programme, including the dedicated 0 to 5 month newborn training, and is a member of the International Association of Child Sleep Consultants. She has helped hundreds of Irish families across her practice, with a methodology built around being gentle and collaborative rather than prescriptive¹.

What sets The Baby Sleep Coach apart in Dublin is the combination of formal training across the full age range (newborn through toddler), a clear gentle philosophy, and a working style that genuinely flexes around parental input. Vicky uses a number of different methods depending on the child’s temperament, the family’s sleep goals, and the parents’ wishes, and she structures every engagement around a free 15 minute introductory call so families can feel out fit before committing. Three packages anchor the offering: a Full Sleep Support Package, a one-off Guidance Consultation, and a dedicated Sleep Shaping for Newborns package for 0 to 5 months.

Best for: Dublin families who want a gentle, IACSC-certified consultant trained for newborns through toddlers, with a collaborative style and a free intro call before booking.

2. Phoenix Dreams, Best for Sleep and Behaviour Combined

Phoenix Dreams is run by Colette McCann, a South Dublin-based Certified Child Sleep Consultant trained through the Family Sleep Institute (widely regarded as the gold standard in this field), and a member of the International Association of Child Sleep Consultants. In 2022 she added Parent Coach and Child Behaviour Specialist training through The Early Years, working under the internationally recognised Sharyn Timmerman, which is unusual in the Irish market².

The appeal of Phoenix Dreams is the dual qualification. Colette has worked with over 1,000 families and explicitly does not use cry-it-out, instead offering a “middle ground” responsive approach that supports the child while improving sleep. For families whose concerns blur the line between sleep and toddler behaviour, like a child who is also having tantrums or transition struggles, you get both expertises from the same consultant rather than juggling two providers. She specialises in children from newborn through 7 years.

Best for: Families whose concerns mix sleep and toddler behaviour, who want a single FSI-trained consultant who can address both without referrals.

3. The Sleep Consultant, Best Nurse-Led Approach

The Sleep Consultant is run by Ursula Quinn, a Gentle Sleep Coach and registered nurse who has supported more than 1,500 families across Ireland and worldwide. Her practice has been featured in the Irish Times and on Ireland AM, and her core promise is an evidence-based, holistic approach paired with a clinical background that most sleep consultants do not have³.

Ursula’s approach is non-judgemental and avoids one-size-fits-all plans. Because she is a qualified health professional, parents dealing with medical considerations (reflux, premature birth, feeding concerns) often find this layer of clinical fluency reassuring. She offers a no-obligation introductory call, a tiered set of packages, and a dedicated Newborn Babies stream (The Sleep Club) for the earliest months. For Dublin parents who want a consultant who can speak both the parenting and the medical language, this is a strong fit.

Best for: Families who want a clinically trained, gentle consultant with a long track record and media credibility, especially when medical or feeding factors are in the picture.

4. The Dream Team, Best Two-Coach Team

The Dream Team is made up of Laura and Orla, two Dublin sleep coaches who first trained together as nurses at University College Dublin, then certified together as Gentle Sleep Coaches under Kim West (author of Good Night Sleep Tight). The two-coach model is unusual in Ireland and gives families the benefit of an in-depth assessment done by both coaches rather than a single set of eyes⁴.

Packages are well structured for each life stage: the Sweet Dreams Package for 6 months to 6 years, the Lullaby Package for newborn to 5 months, a Baby Bundle that combines both and can be booked from the third trimester, a Nap Navigator for nap-specific issues, and a thirty minute Troubleshoot. Every engagement starts with a free 15 minute consultation. The Kim West method (the Sleep Lady Shuffle) is a fade-out approach that keeps a parent in the room while gradually building independent sleep, which makes the team a strong fit for parents who want a structured method without prolonged crying.

Best for: Parents who want a Kim West-trained team with a well-defined package for every life stage, including pregnancy-stage prep.

5. Baby Sleep Academy, Best Long-Established Dublin Practice

Baby Sleep Academy is run by Edel Gargan, a Sandyford, Dublin 18-based baby sleep consultant who has been working in the childcare industry since 1999 and qualified as a sleep consultant in 2010. Her credentials include a National Accreditation in Sleep Consultancy from the National Network of Sleep Consultants UK, qualifications in Baby and Toddler Nutrition, Behavioural Management, Child Protection, and Paediatric First Aid, plus 15 years running her own crèche and Montessori school in Dublin⁵.

The advantage of Baby Sleep Academy is depth of experience. Edel has worked with hundreds of families across Ireland, the UK, UAE, US, Australia and Canada, and her method explicitly avoids harsh controlled crying, instead pairing a Sleep Diary with nutrition review and a tailored step-by-step programme. Notably, Baby Sleep Academy offers a €40 discount for Irish Life Enhanced Maternity Health Insurance members, which is one of the very few ways to offset paediatric sleep costs in Ireland. The longevity (15+ years of consulting) makes this a safe pick for families who value a track record.

Best for: Dublin families who value depth of childcare experience, want a Sandyford-based consultant, or who can use the Irish Life Enhanced Maternity discount.

6. CulaBaby, Best Transparent Pricing

CulaBaby is run by Liadhán Collins, a Family Sleep Institute-certified Child Sleep Consultant and Breathwork Teacher who supports families across Dublin, Cork, and nationwide. CulaBaby is one of the only Irish sleep consultancies that publishes a full set of package prices publicly, which makes it easy to know what you are getting before you commit⁶.

Pricing is clear: a Strong Start newborn shaping consultation at €150, a 60-minute Guidance and Advice call at €155, a 2 Week Full Sleep Support package at €455, and a 4 Week Full Sleep Support package at €620. Liadhán works with children aged 4 months to 6 years and includes a free 15 minute discovery call. The breathwork add-on is the differentiator: Liadhán integrates parental breathwork tools alongside the sleep plan, recognising that sleep deprivation hits the parent’s nervous system just as much as the baby’s routine. For families who want both, the Sleep and Breathwork Support Package is €560.

Best for: Families who want transparent published pricing, an FSI-trained consultant, and the option to fold parental breathwork into the same engagement.

7. Betteroo, Best App-Based Alternative

Full transparency: Betteroo is our product, so we have included it here for comparison but encourage you to evaluate it alongside the other options.

The biggest gap with hiring a sleep consultant, even a great one, is that the engagement ends. You get a plan, you get a few weeks of follow-up, and then you are on your own. But baby sleep doesn’t stop changing. Regressions hit at 4, 8, 12, and 18 months. Nap transitions arrive whether you are ready or not. Travel, illness, daycare, a new sibling: every change resets the picture, and most families end up rebuilding their plan from scratch each time.

Betteroo is built differently. It’s designed to stick with you, adapting to your baby and your situation as both evolve, with built-in tracking, insights tailored to your family, and ongoing personalised guidance instead of a one-time intervention. The idea is that you shouldn’t need to hire a new consultant every time something changes, or piece together advice from books, forums, and Instagram at 3am when something new comes up.

It also factors in you: how you are doing, your bandwidth, your comfort level with different approaches, not just your baby. Because a plan that assumes you are operating at full capacity isn’t useful when you are running on three hours of broken sleep. For Dublin parents juggling long commutes and high childcare costs, that’s often the difference between a plan that works and one that gets abandoned by week two.

A common path we see from Dublin families: they start with Betteroo for the day-to-day support and personalised plan, and book a one-hour call with a consultant like The Baby Sleep Coach or Phoenix Dreams if they hit a specific roadblock that needs a human in the loop. That combination tends to cost less than a full support package and gives you ongoing support long after the consultant call wraps up.

Best for: Families who want ongoing personalised support that evolves with them through every regression, nap transition, and life change, rather than a one-time consultant engagement.

What to know: An app can’t replace having an experienced human walk you through the hardest nights one-to-one. If your baby has medical complexity, or you know you do better with hands-on coaching, hire a consultant. For most families’ day-to-day sleep questions, an adaptive app does the job, and keeps doing it as your baby grows.

For a deeper look at how Betteroo compares to other app-based approaches like Huckleberry, Pampers Sleep Coach, and Taking Cara Babies, see our full review of the best sleep training apps for babies.

Where Dublin Baby Sleep Consultants Are Based

Dublin’s sleep consultants are spread across the city and the wider Leinster area, and most work fully online, so location matters less than it once did. Still, if you prefer working with someone who knows your area, here is a rough sense of where each is rooted.

South Dublin and the inner suburbs

Phoenix Dreams (South Dublin) and Baby Sleep Academy (Sandyford, Dublin 18) are both based in the south of the city, serving families across Rathfarnham, Dundrum, Ranelagh, Stillorgan and the broader D6, D14, and D18 catchment. Both work remotely so location is not a hard constraint, but families who like working with a consultant who shares the area often start here.

Greater Dublin and the wider Leinster catchment

The Baby Sleep Coach, The Dream Team, and The Sleep Consultant all operate from Dublin and serve the wider Greater Dublin Area, including commuter towns like Maynooth, Naas, Bray, and Swords. Because their core offerings are virtual (Zoom plus daily check-ins), families anywhere in Leinster can work with them without worrying about travel coverage.

Nationwide virtual support across Ireland

CulaBaby explicitly supports families across Dublin, Cork, and nationwide, and every other consultant on this list takes virtual clients from anywhere in Ireland (and most internationally). If you are in Cork, Galway, Limerick, or anywhere else outside the M50, none of this list is closed to you.

How Much Do Dublin Baby Sleep Consultants Cost?

Pricing for baby sleep consultants in Dublin varies more than you would think, and the Irish market tends to run a bit lower than the equivalent in London. Expect roughly:

CulaBaby is the Dublin consultancy that publishes pricing most transparently, so use those numbers as a benchmark. Most others customise packages, which means you will typically need a free discovery call to get a quote. Irish private health insurance generally does not cover paediatric sleep consulting, but Baby Sleep Academy explicitly offers a €40 discount for Irish Life Enhanced Maternity Health Insurance members, which is worth asking about if you have that policy.

What to Expect from a Free Discovery Call

Most Dublin consultants, including The Baby Sleep Coach, The Dream Team, and CulaBaby, offer a free 15 minute phone or discovery call before you commit to anything. It is the single best way to tell whether a consultant is the right fit. Here are five questions worth asking on that call.

What is your methodology, and how flexible is it?

Ask the consultant to describe their default approach and how much they will adapt it. Some lean explicitly gentle and no-cry, like The Baby Sleep Coach and Phoenix Dreams; others use a defined fade-out method like the Kim West Sleep Lady Shuffle, like The Dream Team. You want a clear answer, not a vague one.

What credentials and training do you have?

Paediatric sleep consulting is not government-licensed in Ireland, so ask directly. Reputable Dublin consultants are certified through programmes like the Family Sleep Institute, the Gentle Sleep Coach programme (Kim West), or the National Network of Sleep Consultants UK, or hold clinical credentials such as RN.

What is included, and what does follow-up look like?

Find out exactly what the package covers: the written plan, how many days of WhatsApp or call support, and what happens if a regression hits after the engagement ends. Follow-up support is where packages differ most, so get specifics.

Have you worked with a situation like ours?

Whether you have a newborn, twins, a toddler fighting bedtime, or a baby with reflux, ask whether the consultant has handled it before. A consultant who has seen your specific situation will give you a more realistic plan and timeline.

What does total pricing look like?

Get the full price in writing, including any add-ons. CulaBaby publishes pricing, but most others quote per family, so confirm there are no surprises before you book. If you hold Irish Life Enhanced Maternity Health Insurance, ask Baby Sleep Academy about the €40 discount.

How to Choose the Right Dublin Baby Sleep Consultant for Your Family

Three questions to ask yourself before booking a discovery call with baby sleep consultants in Dublin:

1. How hands-on do you want the support to be?

If you are confident you can implement a plan once it is in your hands, a one-off guidance call or a 2-week package is usually plenty, and CulaBaby’s 60-minute Guidance and Advice call (€155) or 2 Week Full Sleep Support (€455) will be the most affordable structured route. If you want a consultant who genuinely walks you through every hard night for several weeks, look at The Baby Sleep Coach’s Full Sleep Support Package or CulaBaby’s 4-week option, and budget accordingly.

2. What is your comfort level with crying?

Every consultant on this Dublin list explicitly avoids cry-it-out. If you want the gentlest available approach, Phoenix Dreams and The Baby Sleep Coach both centre a responsive, collaborative method; if you want a defined structured fade-out, The Dream Team and The Sleep Consultant work with Kim West’s Sleep Lady Shuffle. Baby Sleep Academy is firm that you should not leave a child to cry alone for prolonged periods. For more on how methods differ, see our guide to common sleep training methods.

3. How old is your child?

If you are in the newborn stage (0 to 5 months), The Baby Sleep Coach (with the dedicated 0 to 5 month certification), The Dream Team’s Lullaby Package, and CulaBaby’s Strong Start consultation are all built for that window. For babies four months and older, every consultant on this list works in their core behavioural sleep specialism. If you have a toddler still fighting bedtime, Phoenix Dreams (up to age 7) and The Sleep Consultant cover the widest range here. A solid baby sleep schedule by age can also tell you whether the issue is the schedule itself.

When You Probably Don’t Need a Sleep Consultant

Honestly? A lot of sleep struggles don’t require hiring a €500+ consultant. If your baby is generally healthy, you don’t have a complex medical situation in the picture, and you are dealing with a fairly common issue (a sleep regression, a nap transition, a schedule that just feels off), you can usually solve it with:

• A solid age-specific schedule (we cover most ages in our baby sleep schedule by age guide).
• Consistent application of one of the standard sleep training methods for 1 to 2 weeks.
• A personalised plan from an app like Betteroo, or a free quiz like ours that gives you a starting framework.

If you have genuinely tried these for several weeks and nothing is working, or if your situation is unusually complex, that is when a human consultant earns their fee. For more on how app-based approaches stack up against traditional consulting, see our deep dive on whether sleep training apps actually work.

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