Here's a few tips that might help you get through your week!

TOP TWENTY MOTHER TIME-SAVERS (Telegraph)

1. Freeze food to use later in week
2. Use premade sauces instead of home making everything
3. Buying ready-made food
4. Lay out clothes and school uniforms the night before
5. Delegate household tasks to other family members
6. Bribe children with snacks to get them to cooperate
7. Hang up clothes up instead of ironing them
8. Use a pen to write their names on clothing and shoes rather than sew labels
9. Use baby wipes to clean their children's faces instead of washing them
10. Give children food they like so they don't complain, even if it's not healthy
11. Use the 'three second rule' when dropping food on the kitchen floor
12. Grate vegetables into food to ensure the children are eating their 'five-a-day'
13. Buy outfits for school plays instead of making them
14. Pay for school lunches instead of making them
15. Use drive-through fast food restaurants
16. Use a bit of ketchup on foods they don't really like
17. Offer dessert to get them to finish their plate
18. Put dry shampoo on greasy hair to avoid washing it
19. Ply your children with cookies to keep them quiet
20. Spray deodorant in smelly shoes instead of buying new ones