Share with Intel how you juggle modern family life - £300 Argos voucher to be won!

[EllieMumsnet]

A big part of being a parent is being flexible and spinning several plates at the same time... there just aren’t enough hours in the day to do every task individually! Have you always been someone who can juggle multiple things at once or has parenting taught you the art of being flexible, Intel® would love to hear your best multi-tasking moments, as well as any tips and tricks for managing modern family life.

Here’s what Intel® have to say: “A thin and light Modern PC with an Intel® processor has great features that make it more flexible to use, so you can be more creative, productive and entertained. Cortana lets you use your voice instead of the keyboard and Windows Hello* lets you log in with your face not a password – perfect for when you already have your hands full with the children.”

Did you manage to book a holiday while you fed and bathed your children? Perhaps you helped one child with homework while breastfeeding your baby, being on Skype to your mum and eating your dinner all at the same time?

Whatever your tips or your best multi-tasking moment, share it on the thread below to be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £300 voucher from Argos.

Thanks and good luck!
MNHQ

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Multitasking helps to a degree slicing up time to attend to many different aspects of caring for the kids. Luckily working from home has helped cut out long commutes so manage to carve out some me time also.

I juggle the hectic pace in our house by trying to be happy and remembering that all things change and there is a lot to look forward to

Being super organised and planning ahead from back up stocks of loo paper to bags of frozen chopped onions, grated cheese etc. I also have a two week meal plan which means for example if I am making nut rissoles I have vegetarian sausages, mash and mixed veg the day before and cook double the potatoes and veg which with ground nuts and coarse cornmeal is the basis for the rissoles - saves time, washing up etc.

We try to make plans as much as we can ahead of schedule so we know what everyone is doing and where we all need to be. The most tricky part is getting everyone fed in the evenings !!!

I changed my hours to work evenings, and so we never needed a baby-sitter ... we probably couldn't have afforded one with our reduced wages, though!

Don't sit elsewhere and leave others to tolerate your children. Stay with them and try to keep them entertained with their usual books and toys.

i used to get very stressed about having the house work done and the food cooking whilst spending time with my daughter.
I do my shopping online at work (shush! haha) as i work full time its difficult. The housework gets done as and when but i try and give my daughter my attention. Shes nearly nine and still loves time with mummy. Im sure i can try and have a nice tidy and clean house when she doesnt want me anymore but for now im going to soak up all those cuddles. She still has yummy meals to eat and i find trying to get her to help cook them not only gives us time together but also encourages her to eat better

forever multi tasking - I do as much as I can online - weekly shop, amazon takes care of everything else. I rope my kids into helping with chores and keep the house clutter free and tidy which makes everything run smoother as less to worry about.

Organisation and pre planning is key. Not set in stone- life and children always prevent that/change that! But a loose idea of my plans for the day and timings help massively.

make lists everyday of things that need doing and try and get each thing done as soon as possible. also get each member of the household doing different jobs around the house so its not all left up to you.

I work from home so this makes life soooo much easier. I find being organised is a great help! My husband also works silly shifts which mean he is around for school runs and meal times...this helps a lot

Never put off what you can do today til tomorrow! Share the chores around the family!

TBH, we don't. It seems that one thing will take priority to the exclusion of other things. The rest of the things we tend to pick up after the priority item has been completed. Or we do in 'slack' time.

We try to coordinate going out to the park with the younger kids when dropping off the older ones at clubs. We've tried a food plan but it doesnt always work out. shopping online helps save time and catching up and calling family when making dinner or cleaning up helps the cleaning go faster : )

Online shopping makes my life so much easier- I can do the weekly shop whilst on a bus, in the bath or whilst meal planning at home.
I've got a diary with a meal planning and shopping section which helps too.

i cook tea , whilst guiding my 2 boys with their homework and do my shopping online at the same time so then we can relax and have tea all together :)

I have 6 month old twins in a sling. I am multi tasking my entire life at the moment!

I work from home twice a week which does make things a bit easier but mostly keeping organised

I am a terrible multi tasker! Evenings when the boys are in bed is when I catch up on emails, bill paying and grocery shopping. My little laptop is a godsend..I chill on the sofa and get through my tasks.

After work, I pick my son up from after-school club then go home and start on tea...as we don't have much time before his bedtime I get him to read his school book to me in the kitchen whilst I'm preparing food, and we sometimes do other homework that way too!

Planning ahead, bulk cooking and trying to be organised.

I always say try to focus on one thing at a time, you don't have to complete it but give it your full attention for a period of times, allocate time for certain things.

I think all parents multi task daily at multiple times. I'm always rushing around and then me and the kids can do all the fun stuff we want to once it's all done.

Every now and then making sure to take stock. It's easy to let the treadmill tasks dominate; sometimes (though not always) it is possible to stop doing something, get help or change how you do it to make time and space for the really important things in life.

I manage to cope by keeping a colour coded diary. Each person/pet has a colour and their entries are always in that colour so that I can see at a glance who should be where at any given time. I also have a wipe clean rota on the back of the front door that lists everyones activities for the week and what they need to take with them on any given day.

I do my online Asda order on my phone whilst my son is in the bath. I check and respond to emails whilst taking him to football club.

I work fulltime and everything has to be planned so that we get places on time (I'm terribly obsessed about time).