Planning with Kids

The ultimate guide for parents who dream of having a little less chaos and a lot more time for the good things in life Written by mother of five, Nicole Avery, this book shows harried parents how, with just a bit of planning, family life can become easier to manage, less stressful, and decidedly more fun. 'Dream on,' you say? 'I might as well try to herd cats as to get my kids to follow a lot of arbitrary rules!' And Nicole would agree, which is why Planning with Kids isn't like any other parenting guide out there. It was inspired by Nicole's blog of the same name, which, over the past three years, has garnered a huge audience of likeminded parents who have achieved nothing short of miraculous results following her advice. While other prescriptive guides offer mums and dads cook-cutter solutions to the challenges of raising kids, this handbook focuses on one simple, straightforward idea: by implementing a few simple strategies for how you do things, you'll make more time for you to be you and your kids to be kids. You'll find strategies for streamlining and enhancing everything from the routines of daily life, to family relationships, to budgeting and finances, playtime and much more!

• Contains a full section on menus and cooking, including recipes, supported online by a planning-with-family meal planner
• Divided into sections so that readers can dip-in and dip-out for information as they need it as their family expands and grows up!

Nicole Avery is the master organiser behind popular blog 'Planning with Kids', where she shares tips and tricks to organising the chaos of family life. This is her first book.

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Nicole Avery is the master organiser behind popular blog 'Planning with Kids', where she shares tips and tricks to organising the chaos of family life. This is her first book.

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Calling all parents who STRESS on school mornings, cringe at the thought of cleaning or have mealtime meltdowns...this book is for you!

Family life can be chaotic — whether you have one child or five. No-one knows this better than Nicole Avery, mum of five, blogger extraordinaire and lover of spreadsheets. Nicole has discovered the secret to taking the stress out of parenting and running a household: a little bit of planning can leave you with more time to have fun!

Planning with Kids will show you how to:

• plan a month's worth of evening meals in less than an hour

• use routines to make mornings manageable, evenings easier and 'me time' a reality

• organise your kids and partner to share in the housework without you nagging.

Learn how to organise your family chaos and have time left over to actually enjoy being a parent.

Contenu
Acknowledgements v Introduction vii

Part I: Organising your family

1 Routines 3

2 Meals 29

3 Family fi nances 56

Part II: Ages and stages

4 Navigating with a new baby 79

5 Tactics for toddlers 107

6 Preparation for preschoolers 122

7 Strategies for schoolchildren 137

Part III: Enjoying parenthood

8 You 159

9 Your partner 171

10 The joys of parenting 182

Part IV: Family fun times

11 Making time for play 193

12 Preparing for holidays 206

13 Stress-free birthday parties 230

14 Avoiding Christmas chaos 252

Final thoughts 267

Index 270