As with a number of posts recently, this topic today is inspired by feedback from the blog annual survey. In the section of the survey where I asked readers if they had …
Kids fighting and what to do about it
As with my last post, the topic today is inspired by feedback from the blog annual survey. With the exception of single child families, I don’t know any families who don’t experience …
Monthly review November – 3 family life hacks for greater harmony
Each month I review my progress (or lack of!) towards my personal goals for 2014. You can see my full goal list in this post here – Goal Setting For 2014 And Creating …
Changing the family diet – lunch
Through out this year I have been sharing how I have changed the family’s diet meal by meal. You can find my other posts here: Changing the family diet – breakfast Changing …
Nasty chemical of the month: Cocamide DEA
Disclaimer: This post is contributed by Planning With Kids partner ecostore. This post originally appeared on the ecostore blog. As a general rule, plant-based chemicals tend to be healthier for you …
Strategies I use to stop myself from yelling at the kids
Do you subscribe to the Planning With Kids weekly newsletter? If not you can sign up here. The weekly newsletter is different to what I post on the blog. Each week I …
Kids and household tasks – what other families do
In a recent weekly PWK newsletter I asked readers about what household tasks they have their children do. I asked the question as I was wondering whether or not I was asking …
Creating a safer home for your baby
Disclaimer: This post is contributed by Planning With Kids partner ecostore. Allergies including asthma and eczema are increasing at an alarming rate in developed countries like Australia. But why is this? Maybe …
Nasty chemical of the month: Phthalates
Disclaimer: This post is contributed by Planning With Kids partner ecostore. Huia Iti is the scientist heading up research and development at ecostore, I caught up with him to talk about …
What I know about babies
This post is part of the baby daze series. In the annual survey I ran last year, when I asked what topics did readers want me to cover, the baby stage came up as …
9 useful and practical gifts for mums with new babies
This post is part of the baby daze series. In the annual survey I ran last year, when I asked what topics did readers want me to cover, the baby stage came up as …
5 things I wish I knew when I had my first baby
This post is part of the baby daze series. In the annual survey I ran last year, when I asked what topics did readers want me to cover, the baby stage came …
Caring for your baby’s skin
Disclaimer: This post is contributed by Planning With Kids partner ecostore. First published on ecostore. There is something very yummy (in a non-eating kind of way) about a baby’s skin, but did …
Managing technology with teenagers – what other families do
I recently shared how we manage technology with the teenagers in our house. I received lots of great feedback from readers on the post, via email and on facebook. I have collated …
Managing technology with teenagers
This post is really looking at how we manage technology with our 15 year old. I have learnt that managing technology with teenagers is so much harder than younger kids for two …
Changing the family diet – breakfast
Last week I shared the first in a series of posts on how I have also been changing the family’s diet. You can see the changes I have made to the family evening …
Developing kids’ independence
If you listen to my kids I am the only parent in the world who makes them do tasks around the house or do things for themselves! Of course I am aware …
Family life – easier
This is an annual post I write here on Planning With Kids. While I write on the blog to share ideas of what we do in our family, to hopefully help other …