Pack your Day Planner for Moms for Family Fun

Naturally, each bundle of joy delivered to your home brings unprecedented happiness and delight. But after the stork has visited for the second, third, or fourth time, it can be a little hard to hear the crying of a baby over the banging clamor of your toddler and the chanting rhymes of your three-year-old.

The nuances of a multi-child family only increase with age. Perhaps your aggressive eldest overshadows your introverted younger child, or your mild-mannered middle child is always torn between siblings. No doubt about it, managing a multi-child family requires care and finesse to ensure each child feels special and unique. That's why we created the momAgenda day planners for moms in the first place!

Recently however, the New York Times highlighted their own interesting solution to the multi-child phenomenon: separate vacations. While in the past the term "separate vacations" was synonymous with "divorce test drive" the new separate vacations have a much more cheerful connotation. Essentially, one parent plans a vacation with an individual child (on an alternating basis), while the other parent stays and mans the helm at home. MomAgenda thinks this kind of one-on-one attention is a great hiatus from multi-child mayhem. In fact, momAgenda inventor Nina Restieri and husband take each kid on a separate vacation for their tenth birthday. Restieri's son Andrew chose Orlando Florida as his vacation venue, but the options are really wide open.

From the Monarch buttery migration in Mexico to a weekend on a Harley, these separate vacations can be big or small, but the ideology remains the same: an individual vacation makes your child feel cherished, special and unique.

And it's not just the child who benefits from this one-one-one time. According to the article, "The children feel more appreciated, and the parents feel more in touch with their children's lives."

Individual vacations benefit the child because they allow them to explore an interest their other siblings may not share, such as sports or science. It is also easier on the parent to relax and enjoy themselves when they are not to be packing five sack-lunches, three sippy cups and an entourage of children's books at all times.

As one mom put it, "When it's just the two of you, you don't need to take a vote where to go to dinner or what to do. You really get to enjoy each other's company."

Indeed, in lieu of the strict family democracy and merry pandemonium that accompanies your daily domestic life, it can be nice for you and your child to be the co-dictators and navigators of your fate, if only for this vacation.

But if you're like most moms who worry constantly about all your kids, it can be a little daunting to sail off with one child while leaving the rest of your motley munchkins to the sole care of your scatter-brained but well-meaning husband. In this case you have two options: The first choice is to leave the pizza coupons on the fridge and pray for the best. Or, you grab your momAgenda day planner for moms and fill it with every emergency number, fill in the multi-schedule slots with a complete roster of each child's planned activities, and include a paper-clipped family picture as a bookmark. Hey, we type-A moms have to stick together.

Which is why I'll let you in on a little secret: in addition to being great for keeping track of the home front in your absence, the momAgenda day planner for moms happens to be the best vacation planner ever! In fact, there's an entire section of the momAgenda day planner dedicated to this very subject. From car rentals to international holidays, to lodging and itineraries, momAgenda's day planners for moms are an invaluable travel resource.

Having trouble getting started on planning your separate vacation with your child? Don't forget to check out the TRAVEL section under momAgenda's "Favorite Websites" pages. You'll be dreaming of snowy slopes or deserted beaches in no time!

From inspiration to implementation, momAgenda day planner for moms helps you manage your separate vacation, your children's schedules and your daily life in order to reach our site's ultimate goal: helping you become the greatest, most caring mom you can be. Bon voyage!

Some Information Taken From:
The New York Times: Fun for the Whole Family, But Not At Once