Claudine Gillard

Claudine Gillard is a licensed Sleep Consultant who specializes in working with infants, children and families both online globally and in person throughout Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Claudine underwent her training to become a Sleep Sense™ Consultant in Florida in 2017Since then, she has helped nearly 250 families to achieve their goals - namely consistent good nights’ sleep! As the most sought after sleep consultant in the Middle East, Claudine Gillard set out to bring the happiness to families that she was able to find herself during her sons own sleep training.

Three myths about sleep training

Find out the most well-known myths about sleep training from a certified sleep consultant Do you want to know something that drives me crazy? It’s when Mums (either online or in real life) are talking sleep, and I hear and read comments like this: “You should just enjoy getting up to nurse all night, someday ...

Are you asking your baby “Why won’t you sleep”?

This is a question I asked my son, Joseph, endlessly and always in vain! Why won’t you sleep? Why won’t you sleep ? He was a baby, of course he wouldn’t answer. No matter how many times or in whatever tone I asked! It was a question I tortured myself with! I asked it in ...

How To Get Your Baby To Sleep Later

In this post our question comes from Clare. She writes: “My one-year-old is waking up at 4:00am, and won’t go back to sleep. Even after I nursed him. He then struggles to make it to his first nap of the day. He goes to bed at 7:30pm, and has two solid naps during the day. ...

Does white noise put babies to sleep?

Hands up if this sounds familiar to you… After a really tiring morning, your little one finally falls asleep for their afternoon nap and you sit down for a much-needed moment to yourself. The kettle boils, you make a cup of tea and boom. A car roars down the street, or, ‘ding dong’ the delivery ...

My Baby Is Playing At naptime – What Should I Do?

Today I want to talk a little bit about little ones playing in their cot or crib at naptime If you've got a child who’s not sleeping well, the idea that they might be playing in their cot is probably pretty crazy to you, but it happens. If you’ve got a child who can sleep ...

5 Tips on Maintaining Healthy Sleep Habits when on Holiday

When you’re planning a family holiday with a baby, an important thing to consider is how your travel plans are going to affect your child’s sleep habits and routine. You’ll have a much more enjoyable time away if you organize your trip in a way that allows for as little disruption as possible to your ...

Do you need a sleep consultant ?

Hi, I’m Claudine sleep consultant and an ex-sleep deprived parent, now happily well-rested with a wealth of experience to help you. Using my knowledge and expertise, my clients achieve one of the most desired, but often unattainable, natural functions for humans; sleep. Let me be honest, it wasn’t always this way! I was a severely ...

Is Co-Sleeping Dangerous for your Baby?

There’s no way to sugar coat it: Sudden Instant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a parent’s worst nightmare. I remember worrying to the point where I was waking up several times a night to check on my son while he was sleeping. I was exhausting myself. Eventually I had to sit down and come to terms ...

Try These 5 Tips Tonight To Improve Your Child’s Sleep

During the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about this quote from Mr. Rogers: "When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping". How is that related to your child's ...