The Essential App for Life with Kids
Find suitable places to eat with kids, change their nappy or let them play
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FIND PLACES NEARBY
The App will help find places to eat, play, change or all 3 near your location and direct you there using the most up-to-date Google maps information
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SHARED EXPERIENCES
Eat Play Change is designed to create a collaborative experience where parents can help each other out by sharing tried and tested locations. Parents, grandparents and childminders can share their top locations for others to see, perhaps saving someone else from a day trip disaster
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FIND PLACES EN ROUTE
Grandparents living in Cork? Planning a trip to Galway? The En Route function allows you to plan for food pit-stops, bathroom breaks and to stretch little legs
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FIND PLACES NEAR MY DESTINATION
Planning a day trip? Take the stress away. Eat Play Change will find the best spots to eat with kids, perfect places to play and the cleanest baby changing facilities near your destination
KEY BENEFITS
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STRESS FREE ROAD TRIPS
You won't want to remember what life was like beforehand!
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IT'S AN APP
Plan your feeds, pit-stops and nappy changes for wherever you go
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COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY
Eat Play Change is the hub of shared user experiences. Learn from other parents and help new mums and dads, grandparents and childminders out
Built By A Mum
Eat Play Change was created by me, Úna, a mum of two, following a particularly frazzled nappy explosion when No. 1 was just a few weeks old. I was in an unfamiliar town, wrestling with that familiar mustard-coloured “stuff”. As a nervous new mum, I didn’t know where to find a changing table, never mind the rest. We muddled through, of course, albeit with a minor dent to the confidence.
This was followed by a few more hairy outings, where the changing facilities or high-chairs were less than user-friendly. Even when two parents were on duty, we found it could be tricky to get the timing right for feeds, pit-stops and nappy changes if we were somewhere new, let alone planning a journey for a “holiday”. Many of us have learnt the hard way what it takes to get out-and-about; anything that can help really is precisely that – a help!
So, during one drowsy night-feed, it occurred to me that a handy App could pull all of this stuff together. The arrival of No. 2 delayed things somewhat, but I eventually got myself in gear during that maternity leave. Enter Michael – a charming and brilliant computer-science graduate. His skill, and months of perseverance, have been crucial; I’m eternally grateful.
With 2 tots in tow, the third element, “play”, came into play! Siblings rarely need the same thing at the same time – part of their charm… . A place where Senior can stretch his or her legs while Junior fills or empties his or her boots can be a little slice of heaven; even better with a little slice of cake!
So, enjoy the App. I hope it gives you confidence and useful information. Do please send us any feedback or ideas you have for it to eatplaychange2018@gmail.com