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who we are

Welcome to Nested Sleep! You have probably come to this site because you need help getting your child to sleep....we are here to make that dream a reality! Our founder, Kelsey Alford, is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner who trained in sleep medicine and started Nested Sleep with the goal of helping children get the best sleep possible. When children sleep better they are happier and healthier (literally science proves it!). Once your child is sleeping better, the family becomes whole again. Contact us today to make your nest a rested one!

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our philosophy

We believe every family deserves a restful night's sleep in order to be happy and healthy. Coming from a science background in nursing, Kelsey uses evidence based sleep approaches to successfully get your child sleeping in a deveopmentally appropriate way. We know that every child is unique and a customized sleep plan approach will allow for long term sleep success!

what we offer

1:1 Support

After our intial consultation Kelsey will provide you with a typed personalized sleep plan to start your journey and offer 1:1 support throughtout implementation to make sure you and your child are successful.

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Corporate Education

Being largely involved in the community we offer speaking engagements to caregiver networks and groups of parents to learn more about sleep for babies, children, and adolescents. Contact us today to schedule a guest speaker event.

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Success stories

Emmanuel Kolczynski
Emmanuel Kolczynski
2023-12-19
My wife and I have a wonderful little boy that had all sorts of trouble going to sleep on his own, napping for longer than 45 minutes, falling back asleep on his own, and sleeping through the night. We were hoping that he would grow out of it, but once he turned 1 we knew we needed help. Online there were thousands contradicting messages and trying to navigate them was a mess. Kelsey's calm understanding approach was exactly what we needed. After the first call, my wife and I looked at each other and we knew we made the right choice. Kelsey tailored the sleep plan to our needs and was helpful and responsive during the entire process. We are all finally sleeping and we have the right tools to navigate any curve balls that get thrown our way. We are beyond thankful to Kelsey and we just wish we did this sooner.
Jonathan Zamejtis-Brown
Jonathan Zamejtis-Brown
2023-12-06
My daughter turned 2 years old in September, but continued to wake up 2-6 times each night crying for something. Even though we already had all of the proper equipment to help her sleep and stay asleep, like black out shade, Hatch sound machine, a pretty good routine, she would continue to wake up. Since she is our first child, my wife and I struggle nightly to problem solve why she was waking up. Were the neighbors loud? Did the cats run passed her door? Did the washing machine shake her awake? Night after night, we would lose so much sleep trying to problem solve why she couldn't sleep throughout the night, even though she would sleep for 2+ hours straight at her daycare on her own. We knew she could do it, but what was the difference? How do we help our child sleep well at home, and not needed to be rocked back to sleep every time? My wife and I hit rock bottom trying to figure out how to help our daughter sleep, while not just letting our daughter "cry it out." We wanted to support our daughter, but we were lost. People kept telling us that "it'll get better" but it just wasn't. We needed help. We searched on google for a sleep consultant and thank god we found Nested Sleep and Kelsey. Right from her 15-minute free consultation, Kelsey was punctual, kind, patient, empathetic, calming, and very personal. She was professional in her email message, sleeping packages, scheduling calls, etc. From two parents that desperately needed help to provide a better life for our kids, Kelsey was always there to answer our lengthy questions timely and with great detail, and we never ever, ever, EVER had to wait for her to provide direction on anything. She was always prepared and ahead of the game. Lastly, we've talked to our parents, friends, and doctors about different opinions on how to help our kids sleep, whether its co-sleeping, or cry it out, or the "chair" method, etc. Each time someone brought up a “method,” they made it seem easily said than done. With Kelsey’s direction and endless support, she walked us through each method, and the different scenarios that could happen. After about 3 to 4 days of using Kelsey's plan for our daughter, my wife and I started to sleep throughout the night without rocking her back to sleep. I couldn't believe how well, and quickly the process worked. Of course, my wife and I would continue to have questions when things didn't go smoothly, like, what do we do if my daughter wakes up in the middle of the night, or should we use sleep sacks or install toddler rail? Kelsey was right there to answer the questions immediately. Nested sleep worked so well, that we used Kelsey again to help us with our 10-month-old son the next 2 weeks, since he was starting daycare in 3 weeks and was concerned that he wouldn't know how to sleep on his own once he got there. Kelsey put together a different plan for our son than our daughter because of their different ages. Nap schedule, routine, and sleep methods were completely different, but again, Kelsey kindly walked us through the plan and answered our countless questions very quickly. From a cost perspective, the money is priceless since my wife and I were not getting any sleep, and we were very stressed after trying absolutely everything to support our daughter to sleep throughout the night without rocking. My energy is back since I’m able to sleep longer and more continuous, and my daughter is actually more rested and healthier now that she has the skills to sleep throughout the night, and if she wakes up, she can put herself back to sleep, like a “big girl.” I can’t recommend Nested Sleep and Kelsey enough. We told our pediatrician all about her services and what a miracle worker she was for us. If you're still not sure if Nested Sleep is needed for you or your family, I would recommend following her on Instagram, reading through her website and taking full advantage of the free 15 minute consultation. I 100% guaranteed you'll be blown away, and you'll quick ask yourself, why didn't I reach out earlier? 6 out of 5 Stars!
Janet Bruins
Janet Bruins
2023-09-13
Kelsey was absolutely amazing! I never thought bedtime can go smoothly. My daughter is 4 and we've been struggling with putting her to bed just about every night for the past 4 years. What Kelsey stepped was through was absolute transformative. My daughter is falling a sleep on her own and we have a solid bedtime routine that she loves. We got the Premier Virtual Sleep Consultation. The plan is a bit more expensive but I knew I needed the extra support because all this sleeping struggle had made me a nervous parent. The best part of the plan was that Kelsey gave tons of support and encouragement. I honestly wouldn't have been able to go through with sleep training without her.
Julia Colarusso
Julia Colarusso
2023-08-08
We just finished a two-week consultation with Kelsey to address our two-year-old’s sleep issues, and we are beyond grateful that we had the chance to work with her. We were stuck in a cycle of night wakings that was problematic for our entire family and didn’t know where to start or how to sort through all the variables. Kelsey was just a total pro. Kind, calm, approachable, and supportive. But most importantly, she knows her stuff. She created a simple plan for us to follow that has healed our daughter’s sleep, and she gave us our confidence back. Can’t recommend her enough.
Sarah Licht
Sarah Licht
2023-06-27
Kelsey has been an incredible resource for our family and I highly recommend her. She is a calm, knowledgeable, and empathetic presence during what can be a challenging process. We often say that working with Kelsey is the best money we've spent on any baby-related service or thing.
Kate Noda
Kate Noda
2023-04-28
Kelsey! Thank you so much for changing our family life! You are amazing ! Here is our story : ) We have two kids now : 2,5 years old toddler and 4 month baby. They both super sweet and adorable. They both have a lot of energy 😝😜🤪especially our oldest one . She used to go to bed at midnight. And that was tough. But once her sister has arrived that midnight time shifted to 1am-2 am and that was just “too much” for everyone in a family . We found Nested sleep online. Kelsey was fantastic: very kind, personable, understanding , knowledgeable and professional. Within 2 weeks of her sleep plan she gently shifted my toddlers sleep time to 9.30-10pm , which was our goal. It’s unbelievable and so amazing . I recommended Kelsey to several my friends and will continue doing it ! Thank you again ❤️🙏 Kate
Katharine Brown
Katharine Brown
2023-04-18
We found Kelsey at a desperate point in our parenting journey - almost 2 years with consistent night-wakings and tough bedtime routines. Kelsey listened to our situation intently and provided us with the help we needed. We had tried several attempts at online sleep training previously but doubted the process and ultimately gave up. With Kelsey's personal guidance and encouragement, our little one now sleeps through the night most of the time and has zero dependency on nightly bottles. We feel like we've been given back our energy! We all now wake up happy and rested. I cannot recommend it enough. Thanks Kelsey!
Cassandra Lycke
Cassandra Lycke
2023-02-15
Kelsey has been great to work with! She has helped us create a new foundation for bedtime with our preschooler and we're continuing what we've learned from her in our quest to not only minimize (and soon eliminate) middle of the night wake ups, but more evenly divide the night-time workload between myself and my husband. Everything she provided - from the visual routine chart, to personal videos of encouragement for my little to watch, to the final certificate of achievement - was top notch. I am beyond thrilled with the progress we've made thus far and my only regret is that we didn't start sooner! Thank you, Kelsey!
zahra malik
zahra malik
2023-02-15
Kelsey saved us after we had a third baby. My older two kids were waking up overnight and after a few weeks we turned to Kelsey to help us out. The great part of her technique is that it is a gradual process that was not hard to implement for either parents despite our different parenting techniques. It was a gradual process for our kids too and we appreciated that it didn’t have to be as harsh as we imagined. I couldn’t recommend Kelsey enough and only wish we had reached out to her earlier than we did.

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