Keeping tabs on a big family can be tricky, with after school clubs, nursery trips, birthday parties and doctor’s appointments to keep track of. Traditional diaries don’t really give you the option to have everyone’s schedule in one place – there just isn’t room to write down everyones daily routine.
The new Mum’s Office Big Family Diary is the answer. Their revolutionary GRID format enables you to see your weekly schedule in conjunction with your family’s. You can see at a glance who should be where and when. You can even use the grid for meal plans, work rotas, college work or shopping lists – whatever you need to keep your life running the way it should!
The diary is laid out with tabs so you can easily flick to the area that you need, and there is heaps of room to write down important tasks and things to remember as well as appointments and birthdays.
At the front of the diary is the usual information section, where you can record important details about yourself, your partner and your children. I love the kids section, where there is space to write shoe sizes, clothing sizes and term dates. I find these are the sort of things I often need to know when out and about, and when you have a large family it can be difficult to remember off the top of your head!
Despite being fully packed with all these features and containing a whopping 176 pages, the Mum’s Office Big Family Diary measures just 24.5 x 19.5cm – the perfect size for popping in your handbag. There is an expandable pocket on the rear inside cover for keeping paperwork and notes, a pen loop and en elastic strap to keep everything together. It is also bound so that it can lay flat when open, making it much easier to use on a day to day basis. It runs in line with the school year, from 1st August through to 31st August the following year, which makes it easier to co-ordinate with school terms.
As well as diaries, Mum’s Office also sell other handy products, including this Family Address Book. I have a lovely pink one to giveaway to one lucky reader – simply enter below for a chance to win!
Terms and conditions. Open to UK residents, giveaway ends 3/1/17. Winner will be randomly selected from all correctly completed entries and contacted by email. Winner must claim their prize within 10 days or it may be redrawn.
Columns for each family member on a calendar!
I have a diary and check it every day. I’m a bit obsessed!
I use a calendar and then post it notes for unusual things I need to remember
Lists, notes, my physical presence!
Tracking chips implanted while they sleep
i have a diary a calender and have severa to do lists
I use a calendar and also hope facebook with prompt me
I keep a wall planner on the Kitchen wall to keep organised.
a good calender / organiser
I have to write everything down 🙂
i write everything down in my diary
I’m a planner girl, so I always plan my week in my bullet journal and recommend everyone do it. I’ve been doing it since last Christmas and it’s helped me tremendously not to forget stuff. I’d love a new planner for 2017 to keep both mine and my sons appointments etc
i put everything on my calender on my phone.
A wall planner with a white board on the kitchen wall
we have a calendar and notice board -yet we still live in chaos
I’d be totally lost without my diary, and I use google calendar too.
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I always make sure I ask them…might be called nosy – but better that than not knowing? 😉 x
My wife tells me lol
My top tip for keeping track is keeping on top of the emptying the car, clothes washing AND sorted wardrobes. Means we never buy clothing etc. that we already have.
Our calendar is always in the kitchen as it’s common Ä£round lol. Also, post it notes to remind people where they’re meant to be and when!