Diaper Bag - What to Pack for Hospital & After

CGoldman96

What all do you guys recommend packing in the diaper bag for the hospital versus what to keep in it for later?  FTM here needs some help!

TIA!

AmyJoy728

Basically anything you would pack for a hotel. Plus a pillow, eye mask, laptop and charger, camera and charger, iPod and anything for your delivery. A boppy/my breast friend of breastfeeding. Going home outfits for babies. I also packed 3 xxl pj shirts/pants and yoga pants to wear around hosp. Snacks and bottles of water for dh, chapstick, slippers and maybe some things to read or do while in labor or the rare moment you aren't caring for babies, eating or sleeping

AmyJoy728

AmyJoy728:

Basically anything you would pack for a hotel. Plus a pillow, eye mask, laptop and charger, camera and charger, iPod and anything for your delivery. A boppy/my breast friend of breastfeeding. Going home outfits for babies. I also packed 3 xxl pj shirts/pants and yoga pants to wear around hosp. Snacks and bottles of water for dh, chapstick, slippers and maybe some things to read or do while in labor or the rare moment you aren't caring for babies, eating or sleeping

For everyday diaper bag we have 6 diapers, wipes, diaper cream, 2 outfits and formula powder/ bottle of water in case we get stuck out longer than expected and need to tide them over. 

Breezy8407

I didn't bring our actual diaper bag to the hospital. For the babies I brought a few diapers and a couple outfits and onesies. We live less than 2 miles from the hospital, so I didn't bring much for them.

In the diaper bag now I always have two changes of clothes, 6-8 diapers, wipes, pacifier wipes, changing pad, burp cloths, one bottle for each (depending on how long we will be out), hand sanitizer, and wet ones. (I am a germaphobe)

BananaPancake

In the diaper bag? I wouldn't even bring it to the hospital, unless it's super cute and you're just packing your own stuff in it, which is probably what I'll be doing. 

And make sure to grab every diaper you see, every time that bassinet comes back from the nursery! After three outrageous itemized bills, the one thing I've learned is to grab anything you can use that isn't nailed down, because the minute they break it out of the packed you're paying for it.

Make sure you bring their coming home outfits, but I think that's about it for the babies themselves. Enjoy them while they still need so little! :-) 

CGoldman96

BananaPancake:

In the diaper bag? I wouldn't even bring it to the hospital, unless it's super cute and you're just packing your own stuff in it, which is probably what I'll be doing. 

And make sure to grab every diaper you see, every time that bassinet comes back from the nursery! After three outrageous itemized bills, the one thing I've learned is to grab anything you can use that isn't nailed down, because the minute they break it out of the packed you're paying for it.

Make sure you bring their coming home outfits, but I think that's about it for the babies themselves. Enjoy them while they still need so little! :-) 

Good to know!  LOL  I feel like I'm being screwed by the insurance company already and can only imagine what it's going to be like once the delivery EOBs start rolling in.