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Emma knows from first hand experience the overwhelming exhaustion of chronic sleep deprivation. It not only affects your baby or child, but has a profound impact on the wellbeing of the whole family.

Meet Emma O’Callaghan

Emma is the founder of Baby Sleep Expert, created to provide an empathetic and understanding service that is easily accessible to all. With over 20 years working within both hospital and community settings, Emma has extensive experience in working with infants and children in their formative years.

Her background as a Midwife and IVF Reproductive Nurse Specialist complements her Certification as an Infant and Child Sleep Consultant, as well as advanced training in the Biology of Attachment and Neurodevelopment with Dr. Aimie Apigian.

This training gives her a deep understanding of how to nurture healthy sleep patterns while supporting the developing brain and nervous system - ensuring that every approach honours a baby's need for safety, connection, and optimal emotional development.

Emma's teaching style is friendly, down–to–earth, and grounded in the latest sleep science. She meets families exactly where they are, helping them to feel supported and confident as they learn practical, gentle strategies that truly work. With warmth and compassion, she has a gift for turning even the most challenging sleep situations into calm, workable routines that bring more rest and happiness to the whole family.

Her mission is simple: to help babies sleep well and families feel happy, confident, rested, and connected again.

Let me help you with the puzzle of sleep.

Trying to piece together the puzzle of your baby's sleep can feel confusing and overwhelming, especially when you don't have all the right pieces or understand how they fit together.

everyone is different

unique

Emma believes that every baby, child, and family is unique, and has developed a holistic approach to sleep that reflects this.

She works in close partnership with you, taking the time to truly understand your family, your child, and your specific sleep challenges. From there she creates a clear, achievable plan and guides you step as your baby's sleep comes together and becomes settled, easy, and genuinely wonderful for the whole family.s

easy

Many parents are surprised by how simple and manageable the process feels.

One of the most common things Emma hears is, 'I only wish I'd done this sooner.'ter your text here.

all styles

Emma works with families of all shapes and structures, creating a warm and non judgemental space where you can feel understood and supported every step of the way.

Emma's aim is to see babies thriving and parents feeling confident, rested and able to enjoy parenting again.

Highly Trained. Deeply Experienced.

Certified Infant and Child Sleep Consultant
Registered Nurse
Registered Midwife
Graduate Diploma in Reproductive Medicine
Advanced training in Attachment and Neurodevelopment (Dr Aimie Apigian)

This depth of training, combined with Emma's experience working with hundreds of families, means your baby's sleep is supported with a level of care and understanding that goes far beyond traditional sleep approaches - with consistently strong, proven results.

Stories From Parents Who've Been There

We have been working with Emma over the last 2 weeks and I can’t believe what a difference just 2 weeks has made! We were exhausted and I wasn’t sure how we were going to keep going due to the lack of sleep we were getting. It seemed to be taking Mia our 14 month old longer and longer to get to sleep and she was waking multiple times a night and requiring us to hold her every time she woke to go back to sleep. Emma was patient and understanding. She supported us the whole way through the process and her advice was amazing. She empowered us and gave us faith in ourselves that we were doing the right things. Our little girl is so much happier thanks to the better quality sleep she is now getting. She’s sleeping through the night and napping for 2 hours during the day. Thankyou Emma for your guidance and support... we are so grateful!

Mandy and Mia, 14 months

WHAT A WONDERFUL WOMAN!!! Before I contacted Emma I was at my absolute wits end with what to do with my little bubba Lacey. Lacey had colic until 3 months which meant for me to keep sane I felt I had no choice but to sleep her on my chest for every single daytime nap. When the colic was subsiding (thanks to Wilbys Colic Mix) I realised I could begin putting her down in her cot. This was not an easy feet as she had such strong associations with sleeping on me. I personally was not a cry it out fan either so had no idea at all how I was going to get her to be happy and sleep in her cot.I think I was near on breaking point. I was emotionally and physically drained from rocking, feeding to sleep, patting, using the gym ball to sooth her (I was trying to do anything for her to just sleep).Then Emma, no joke fixed all these issues in about less than 4 days. Yes the first couple days were exhausting but good lord the difference this program has made to Lacey is amazing and some what a miracle in regards to how life has changed for us as a family.The great thing about this program is you get unconditional support from Emma every single day for 10 days. You don’t just get given a program written on a piece of paper and told good luck.She was able to hear on the phone the different types of crying that I was unable to tell the difference between. She could tell me when to go into lace/when not to.Long story cut short please do yourself a favour and use Baby Sleep Expert if your having sleep problems with your little one, as you will definitely not regret it. It really will change your life.

Emma and Lacey, 5 months

Emma, you have changed our lives in two weeks! I can’t express how grateful my husband and I are. Lucie was 4 months old and was waking every 90 minutes over night, day time naps were non existent and self settling was something I honestly thought we could never achieve . We both were convinced that nothing could fix the mess we were in. Within 5 days you had routine and structure back in our lives and Lucie began to day nap and self settle. She only wakes once over night for a feed now which is age appropriate. You also helped us wean the dummy in 5 days too! With massive success! You ultimately have saved our marriage as we now get time together are are less exhausted and frustrated. She is also a much happier baby. You are a miracle worker. You are so supportive and gentle and we would recommend you to anybody. Thank you thank you thank you! Xxx.

Laura and Lucie, 4 months

We engaged with Emma, following a friend’s recommendation after 3 months of very broken sleep with our 8 month old. I was exhausted when I finally reached out to Emma. Emma tailored the program to suit our ‘gentle’ parenting style, which allowed my partner and I to build on our confidence over a few nights, whilst allowing Lachlan to learn to settle on his own. I was doubtful prior to starting the program, having read and following so many ‘sleep guides’, however after only 3 nights of teaching we were all getting a better nights rest! We can’t thank Emma enough for her encouragement and commitment, we have learnt so much and her program really does work!

Anna and Lachlan, 8 months

Emma is a complete star. She completely changed our lives! Our 5 month old was really struggling with his sleep and we were all exhausted. After working with Emma, our baby now sleeps beautifully, and our whole family is well rested, happy and loving life. Emma is warm, understanding and guided us with care and sensitivity. She has a clear and science backed approach, that she tailored to fit our family values and dynamics. She not only helped to support our baby to have more restful nights in the short term, but gave us the confidence to understand how to support them to have good sleep in months and years to come. Could not recommend Emma more highly! My only regret was waiting so long to call her.

Bec and Jack, 5 months

My husband and I had a wonderful experience working with Emma.
Initially, I was drawn to her knowledge and skills about babies and their sleep requirements. As we started working with Emma, we both felt supported and reassured due to her compassionate and gentle nature and person centered approach to helping families have a good night sleep!
Emma worked very intuitively with us to establish a routine that was suitable for our work schedules and parenting philosophy.
Our 10 month old son, is sleeping 11-12 hours straight throughout the night and we are so pleased! We loved the length of the program we chose, the ease of communication in which it was delivered, the explicit instructions given and the daily check ins.
Emma is great to work with and we highly recommend her program to any parents looking for a gentle, intuitive and results-driven program to assist in the whole family getting a great nights sleep.

Ramon and Lafayette, 9 months

We felt like we had tried everything and out desperation made the call to Emma. I'm so glad we did!

Our toddler was taking hours to be able to go to sleep at night, and then more and more frequently ending up in our bed halfway through the night. It just felt like we were so tired and we didn't even have the energy to try and do something different in the moment.

We worked with Emma while she taught us step by step how to gently and calmly change the whole dynamic. She always spent time to teach us about Jude's developmental needs and we saw his anxiety turn to confidence steadily day by day. Everything became easier. We also learnt so much about his solids eating and his eating has improved out of sight, which was an unexpected bonus.

She is extremely knowledgable about any aspect of toddler parenting and helped us navigate his sleep though teething as well. You will not regret for one second reaching out for help. Do it!

Carly, James and Jude, 18 months

We had a wonderful experience with Emma.
Our baby boy slept in our bed (husband in spare room), fed to sleep and was breast feeding on and off throughout the whole night. He also needed to be held all night and for all naps. I was very uncomfortable with the idea of sleep training as I didn't want to put our boy under any pressure/discomfort.
However Emma had a very gentle and understanding approach to her sleep coaching, I felt she really supported us and our boy, and tailored her coaching to our unique situation. Once the coaching commenced we saw huge improvements every single night, after 2 weeks we had our boy sleeping alone in his cot, putting himself to sleep at 7pm and sleeping through until 6am. He also was able to take 3 naps per day in his cot without being fed to sleep or held. As his mother I went from feeling very isolated having to hold him alone at nights and for naps, to getting 3+ hours back in my day, plus my evenings back, and my husband back in our bed. It's been life changing for our family, and all three of us are having a great night sleep. We cannot thank Emma enough and we have a VERY happy baby!

Cecilia and Hugo, 6 months

I came across Emma after many many months of my little 1 year old boy not sleeping. He would wake up sometimes every 40 mins every night and my husband and I were exhausted from just not sleeping, I had tried everything out there. Then on facebook she popped up and I thought maybe I will have a look. Best decision I have made! Emma has been wonderful and fit me in so quickly for a chat. Within a few days my little boy went from waking up most of the night to now sleeping through every night and going down without any help. Its been amazing! I recommend her to everyone. It's worth it! Thank you so much Emma for all your help!:)

Natasha and Theodore, 12 months

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