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 …
Non technology related school holiday activities for the kids to do at home
As noted in my post late last year I was thrilled by the volume of questions people were leaving for me in the annual survey and I will be answering some of …
2015: the one thing
If you read my review of 2014 you would have read the following: My list for 2014 was too long and at times I struggled with it. I go into 2015 knowing …
Nasty chemical of the month: Polyethylene glycols
Disclaimer: This post is contributed by Planning With Kids partner ecostore. This post first appeared on the ecostore blog. Polyethylene glycols (PEGs) are found in a range of commonly-used products like …
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 …
Simplifying my life – another mum’s story
In a recent newsletter I wrote about how I was analysing how I was using my time, asking myself these questions: Am I allocating enough time to things that mean the most …
When the kids are all at school…..part 2
I wrote the first part to this story back in May which you can find here When the kids are all at school…..part 1. ********** It has taken me most of this year …
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 …
May monthly review – learning to say less
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 …
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 …
5 simple family organisation tools
There are an incredible array of family organisation tools out there. I have spent many hours searching for the perfect app, perfect paper organisers, perfect filing systems and the like. In reality …
5 steps to find time for the things you love
As highlighted in previous posts, the PWK annual survey revealed many readers felt finding time for all aspects of their life a challenge, including time doing the things they loved. I cannot …
When the kids are all at school…..part 1
When the kids are all at school I will have more time to read. When the kids are all at school I won’t have to rush around so much. When the kids …
April monthly review – catch them doing the right thing
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 …
5 ways to find more time to spend with the kids
As noted in a previous post, when I asked the question: If there was one thing about your family life at the moment you could change what would it be? There were …
Book Review: Why we get fat and what to do about it by Gary Taubes
I read this book in the middle of last year, mainly on the plane on the way back from Portland, USA. I bought the book during my travels, as I had been …