Most vertical layouts with 3 sections per day don’t come in small page size. One exception to this is the Mom’s Manager Planner.

Mom’s Manager Planner

Quick facts

• Size: 6″ wide x 8″ high
• Wire binding
• Cardstock cover
• Dates at a glance
• Colorful inside pages
• Lined notes pages
• 2 page weekly spread (starts on Sunday)
• 2 Page monthly calendar (starts on Sunday)
• 16 month planner

Let’s take a closer look!

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The Cover

The cover is just thin cardstock with no clear plastic protection – I don’t think it will hold up well after a year of use.

While it’s a 16 month planner, the planner feels very light (feels like it weighs less than my kindle).

Dates at a Glance

Monthly Calendar

Week starts Sunday (consistent with the weekly spread).

Unfortunately the planner splits boxes in half (horizontally) when the week ends mid-week.

The numbers on the monthly calendar are too big, are in the centre of the boxes so waste a lot of planning space.

I do really like the colors of the planner though!

Weekly Planner

Starts on Sunday (consistent with the monthly calendar).

The morning afternoon evening is a subtle grey that you could easily write over the top of if you prefer to plan a different category per box, rather than time of day.

Related: 50 Category Ideas for Color Coding Your Planner

The line spacing of the sidebar is quite small (about 0.5cm between lines)

The design is printed very close to the binding which I think will become annoying when you make plans for Wednesday and Thursday.

Extras pages

Love the notes + checklist pages and wish more planners included this. This page would be ideal for pre-planning the week.

Tabs

There are no tabs in this planner.

Pen Testing

I tried various ballpoint, gel, fine tip and marker tip pens.

The paper feels thick so I was surprised there was bad ghosting for most of them.  The marker pens, MAMBI stamps and my cheapest highlighter bled through the page.

Pros of the Planner

• Portable size
• Nice color scheme
• Notes and checklist pages
• Mulit-colored
• Very lightweight

Cons of the Planner

• No tabs
• Monthly dates at a glance calendar on the weekly spread takes up a lot of space
• No cover personalisation
• The cover is thin cardstock
• The numbers on the monthly calendar are too big, are in the centre of the boxes so waste a lot of planning space
• Not enough notes pages (5 at the back, 1 at the front)

Would I use this planner?

No. I don’t like vertical planners as the columns are too narrow to write in. The paper quality was also quite bad.

For being called a Mom Planner there wasn’t anything related to being a Mom. No contacts pages, medical info, packing checklists, notes for babysitter, kid’s schedules etc.

I’d only recommend this planner if you want a cheap planner and are willing to accept that because of that, your pens are likely to bleed through, or if you want to test try a vertical layout.

While I didn’t like this particular planner, TF Publishing have plenty of other planners (some of which I’ll be doing reviews of in the future – make sure you subscribe to be notified when the review posts are published).

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