diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 878abcda..270503ef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,12 +47,17 @@ user name and password (`admin`/`admin`).
 
 ### Fake data
 
-From within the pipenv shell, execute:
+Add some fake data to the database with the following command:
 
 ```
-python manage.py fake
+gulp fake
 ```
 
+By default, ``fake`` creates one child and 31 days of random data. Use the 
+``--children`` and ``--days`` flags to change the default values, e.g. 
+``gulp fake --children 5 --days 7`` to generate five fake children and seven
+days of data for each.
+
 ### Testing
 
 :exclamation: Tests require static files to be collected, it may be necessary 
diff --git a/gulpfile.js/tasks/manage.js b/gulpfile.js/tasks/manage.js
index 3d824b14..a3d60e4b 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js/tasks/manage.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js/tasks/manage.js
@@ -18,6 +18,27 @@ gulp.task('collectstatic', function(cb) {
     ).on('exit', cb);
 });
 
+gulp.task('fake', function(cb) {
+    var command = ['run', 'python', 'manage.py', 'fake'];
+    command = command.concat(process.argv.splice(3));
+    spawn('pipenv', command, { stdio: 'inherit' }).on('exit', cb);
+});
+
+gulp.task('migrate', function(cb) {
+    spawn(
+        'pipenv',
+        [
+            'run',
+            'python',
+            'manage.py',
+            'migrate'
+        ],
+        {
+            stdio: 'inherit'
+        }
+    ).on('exit', cb);
+});
+
 gulp.task('reset', function(cb) {
     spawn(
         'pipenv',