Kelsey Flores | Certified Sleep Consultant
Sleep Classes and eGuides
How am I Qualified?
I’m a certified Pediatric Sleep Specialist through Sweet Sleep Academy with additional training in Holistic Sleep Coaching under Lyndsey Hookway. I also hold both a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Teaching, with a concentration in Early Childhood Development, from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Western Governors University. With years of experience teaching children from preschool through 5th grade, I’ve combined my background in education and child development with my passion for sleep to support over 240 families (and counting!) in finding the rest they need through Peaceful Peanut. Over the years, I’ve also partnered with Parent Participation classes in San Luis Obispo and shared sleep talks at mommy groups across the county, giving parents approachable tools and encouragement to feel confident about their child’s sleep.
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Hello! My name is Kelsey Flores. I am a wife, teacher, and most importantly, mother to our beautiful Payton (who we call Peanut), and sweet boy Brayden. My postpartum story was far from normal– when Payton was 2 months old, I was diagnosed with an incredibly rare pregnancy related cancer called Choriocarcinoma. In going through chemotherapy with a newborn at home, sleep was no longer a luxury, but a necessity for survival. I knew I had to figure out how to get my daughter sleeping quickly, so that I could rest and recover as well.
As I dove into researching sleep for my daughter, I quickly noticed a big gap in the sleep world. Most methods — Ferber, cry-it-out, chair method — focus on how to train, but rarely consider a child’s developmental stage. A 4-month-old struggling with new sleep cycles needs a very different approach than an 8-month-old navigating separation anxiety.
With my background in child development, I set out to change that. Now, I help families use developmentally appropriate, gentle, and sustainable practices to get sleep on track faster, with less stress — creating healthier, happier homes for everyone.
Sleep training gets a bad rap. We all know families who have traumatizing stories of babies crying for hours at a time, putting unnecessary stress on both the parents and the child. This is not my style nor would it ever be my recommendation.
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This is not what I believe formal sleep training needs to be. In fact, I don't believe sleep training needs to be formal at all. I don't even like to call it sleep training. I believe in sleep teaching instead.
What is the difference? Sleep is a skill-- A skill that needs to be learned and taught just like any other skill. Never would you say, "We start rolling over training today!" So why do we do that with sleep? Instead, we do a little bit of tummy time every day and encourage our child to practice these skills gradually until it becomes innate. The same goes for sleeping. There is no need to put a hard start date on "formal sleep training". Rather, we can set up healthy habits that we practice each day until our child develops the skill when they are ready.
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I believe sleep teaching is a gradual process that can begin the day you bring your little one home from the hospital. I believe that by analyzing patterns and laying healthy sleep conducive foundations, the majority of sleep issues can be solved before even thinking about a sleep training method. I believe that issues can be tackled one at a time, and these taught skills can transfer to other areas as well. There is no need to work on too much at one time when one thing could help solve the next. I believe that practicing sleep should be a responsive process that feels comfortable to families. Expectations should be realistic and developmentally appropriate. Most importantly, I don't believe sleep teaching should be a dramatic production. By practicing and adjusting one day at a time, your little peanut will learn to sleep peacefully.
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