Helping all parents feel empowered, aligned, and flexible
while approaching the postpartum period and transition to parenthood
featured guides
featured guides
Baby Sleep
Patterns Guide
Learn and implement proactive healthy sleep habits for your baby (and you as parents!) to optimize sleep sooner.
Postpartum
Planning Guide
Proactive, specific tips and strategies to help support family rest, recovery, and bonding during this big life transition.
Money Conversations
& Family Finance
Fully understand, discuss, and plan for changes to your finances & spending to support your evolving needs & values when raising a family.
There’s a better way than figuring it out as you go.
When a baby is born, parents embark on a beautiful journey, but no one is immune to struggles or unexpected challenges during vulnerable life transitions. When parents find themselves in a period of overwhelm, sleep deprivation, and decision fatigue, their brains actually struggle to go-with-the-flow. A proactive approach as a team can help minimize potential adverse outcomes in a variety of areas beginning in the postpartum period.
We plan for the nursery & baby items, pregnancy & childbirth, and perhaps read a few baby books. We often gear information towards Moms, starting in pregnancy. But there are also additional obstacles parents can run into, at the individual, couple, and family levels, due to a variety of factors. There are many reactive businesses and support, geared towards mostly Moms, but both parents are going through a life transition, and many solutions require an aligned approach. It's time we help parents proactively, focused on all parents, beyond just the medical advice and the baby.
And with that, the idea for
Plans for Parents was born.
Do you want to strategically plan as a team in areas supporting your health, wealth, values, & relationships?
YOU’RE in the right place.A holistic multi-level approach, so you truly can go-with-the-flow without the overwhelm and decision fatigue.
The critical postpartum period, to help minimize the chances of postpartum setbacks and depression in moms and dads.
Sleep! With a strategic plan for the entire family, and knowing proactive healthy baby sleep habits for more restful and consolidated sleep.
A solid routine for supporting the baby's main needs, so you all have structure, predictability, and flexibility to your day.
Prioritization of your needs and values as individuals, a couple, and as a family.
Your relationship and how you'll balance the load, make time for each other, and communicate. 67% of parents unexpectedly experience a decline in marital satisfaction.
Your finances so you can confidently budget for your immediate and future needs, while spending in alignment with your values.
My goal is to share research-backed strategies and information to support ALL parents, proactively, and as a team, during life’s greatest transition.
Starting with a critical component… sleep for the family!
Sleep is a pillar of health, and the consequences of poor sleep are short and long-term, for the baby and for the family.
There is so much research available on proactive baby sleep patterns and habits, but little is shared with expecting parents before the baby arrives. Baby sleep is very different from child and adult sleep, and often sleep-deprived parents are desperate for answers and reactive strategies, months and years into challenges.
Understanding baby sleep including what to expect and how to support healthy sleep habits can have a positive impact from the beginning and years to come. And no matter how the baby sleeps, there are ways your family can have a strategic family sleep plan to optimize sleep, for everyone, from day one.
Knowing about the impact of poor sleep from studies in child development, family psychology, relationships, and many other areas, I was determined to learn about what new parents aren’t taught.
Countless hours of research, all synthesized in one place. Let’s help parents optimize sleep during the most exhausting transition of their lives, and the most critical period of their lives.
But wait, there’s more.Before becoming parents, we were once in your shoes, trying to piece together information as we saw the cracks in how people are supported on their way to becoming parents. Drawing on many years of psychology studies, I’ve seen the research on the common obstacles parents have, from postpartum to a few years down the road, as well as the power of additional components to focus on during life transitions. I want others to have the awareness of what to expect, as well as the tools and resources to be proactive, and as a team, in their approach to parenthood and the transition.
No more recommending dozens of resources to friends, who are typically the Moms already carrying the extra mental load. I've synthesized the important information into helpful guides and actionable tools so expecting parents can plan together, proactively.
I want all parents to feel supported and empowered to enter the postpartum phase with knowledge and strategy.
download my FREE Postpartum Checklist for 10 areas to considermeet your new best friend
meet your new best friend
Hi, I’m Deana!
Mother. Wife. Educator. Friend.I created Plans for Parents to help more people feel supported in their transition to adding a baby, beginning with the critical postpartum period. When I was asked to be a postpartum educator in the community, I wanted to make the information more accessible to all, and with more information beyond postpartum recovery strategies, or just focused on Moms or baby: A holistic approach for the entire family, also rooted in psychology and important areas growing families navigate individually, as a couple, as a family, and in society.
Knowledge is truly power, and so is intentional strategic planning and a holistic approach as a partnership, from the beginning of life’s greatest transition.
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Mom of three kids under age four
Avid traveler (with the kids!)
Endurance athlete who enjoys stroller walks with a podcast
Went from sleep anxiety with first baby to getting more sleep than pre-baby (but we also prioritize it more!)
Laser-focused on lifestyle design & values-based prioritization, especially in the young parenting years
Loves the combination of personal finance with human psychology principles
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Master of Science in Applied Psychology
Bachelor of Science in Education, Mathematics, and Psychology
Decade of professional strategic planning experience
I’m here to support you.
Proactive support & strategies for life’s greatest transition.
plan and prepare togetherGuides and tools to help Moms and Dads plan for a holistic approach in areas that matter. Cut through the noise of parenting advice and baby books, and focus on you too!
If you've got the baby items ready, let us help you with the rest. With integrated research from psychology and principles in education, the resources support you in a digestible and actionable way.
Let's be proactive, before we need to be reactive, and bring about the best version of your unique parenting journey.
we're here to help
we're here to help
Insightful
Guides
for a holistic approach
Helpful
Freebies
checklists and tips
Consultation
with Deana
to deep dive into strategies
Traveling with baby?
Heck yes, it’s 100% possible!This FREE download is packed with tips and tricks to help you travel with your baby by car or by plane. Traveling with kids across the country or internationally is entirely possible, and we’ve gathered strategies and tips along the way. It can be a little more tiring, and require more flexibility, but the memories together are worth it! Bonus: How to handle sleep on-the-go and adjust it based on how traveling went.
