joint online diary

[goodthinking99]

Can anyone recommend an easy to use online diary that me and exP can use for all DD related stuff?

We co-parent pretty well except for the times when he says 'but you agreed to have her x night ages ago' when I'm pretty sure I never did, or when I say 'I told you all that about nursery/docs appointments/holidays, etc etc etc' and get a blank look.

We've agreed an online diary would be useful, that just the two of us can access, and preferably one that tracks changes...it was his idea and I'm pretty pleased as I'm usually much more organised than he is .

Any suggestions?

[catinbootz]

Make a new google email account you can both log in to and use the diary on there. It's like a very basic outlook

[fluffydoge]

this any good?

[goodthinking99]

Gmail sounds like a good idea, I'll try that out. I don't have a smart phone just now fluffy (still lumbering around with an ancient app hating blackberry) so that might have to wait for next 'phone upgrade.

Thanks

[WestmorlandSausage]

yes we use a gmail one. Can be a bit fiddly at first setting up the sharing options but works well after that.

[SemiSkim]

I have shared parenting with exH. A gmail calendar works well for us too.

Just watch out for things getting dropped in without notice. Had to have a word with exH as he put me down for a few nights 'babysitting' when he was supposed to have DC!

[paneer]

We use a spreadsheet which we keep in Dropbox. Works pretty well for us.

[goodthinking99]

Ha ha semiskim that's the kind of stuff that happens to me, and then you become the unreasonable one if you can't accommodate the request ...could be a whole lot worse I suppose - gmail calendar here I come!

[SemiSkim]

Ha- my ex made me out to be unreasonable too!

The things that made the gmail calendar work for us are:

All events relating to DC go straight into the calendar - eg INSET days, sports clubs, parties, doctors appointments. Whoever is responsible for the child on that day has to organise stuff for it. Obv we both make the effort to go to things like sports day.

We have agreed the days that we are each responsible for DC. If one wants to swap (or have 'babysitting') it has to be requested by text and a positive response received. The calendar gets updated immediately.

If something gets dropped in that was not agreed beforehand, then the other person (ie ME) has no obligation to do it.

To make sure he got the point above - the first few times he tried to drop something in I flatly refused to babysit and made him look after the kids even though I had no plans. I went to Tesco and sat in the cafe for 2 hours just so he saw me leave the house. He hasn't taken the piss so much since then.

[durdurdetrebebe1]

Here is a new site I found which seems quite good to me as it lets you not only organize events and pick ups but also upload medical info and pictures. Unfortunately it is not free after the initial 2 months - have not tried it yet so would not be able to say if worth paying the monthly or annual fee.

www.easy2family.com/en

[Caorunn]

This is a free to use site - any modifications are notified so no risk of un-agreed changes.

www.2houses.com/en