Kick It With Us was born when I had my son 15 months ago. I was desperate to hang with people (maternal isolation is real) but it was so difficult to predict when would be a good time – when would I be feeling up for it? When would baby be awake and happy? etc etc. This made making plans hard. When I did come across a few hours that would work to have people over, I really wished there was an easy was to broadcast to my friends and family that they would be welcome to come and see us, that didn’t require me to manage multiple text threads or use up my precious energy negotiating with other people’s schedules.
Kick It is an app that would have solved this problem for me.
Once you have downloaded Kick It, created an account, and added your local friends and family, when you have a moment that would be good to have visitors meet your baby, or you make a spontaneous plan to go to the park, or you are happy for people to hang out with you once the kids are in bed that evening, you can set your Kick It status with the details (start and end time, location, and activity). The app sends a notification to your friends letting them know those details. Friends that are interested can then hit the “I’m interested” button in the app, and let you know they’re down to hang out.
Features coming in the future include the ability to create groups of friends, so you can send your Kick It status to a specific group of people, rather than everyone on your friend list, and a simply messaging feature if more details are needed to be exchanged about the plan.