Packing for daycare

Re: Packing for daycare

• Lesley423

  July 2011

  I bought a large, separate bag for day care...it's similar to a beach bag with a large opening.  I keep in it spare clothes, sunscreen, a hat, extra shoes, socks, etc.  I like having a separate bag because it has everything only for day care.  I would just throw bottles in there (when Lucas was taking bottles) in the bag.  I'd imagine that your DCP has a refrigerator to put them in? 
  

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• Mrs.BoomBoom

  July 2011

  We had a large bag with a smaller cooler bag.  The small cooler bag for the milk/food and the larger bag for the other stuff.  IMO the cooler was un-necessary because we went from fridge to fridge but organizationally, it helped US (to make sure everything got to the fridge at school.)  DH also found it was a lot easier to label everything at home (and to label his name and the red tape for BM pretty permanently) rather than doing it every day at school.
  

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• DandaLion

  July 2011

  Since we did formula, we just did Drop in bottles for the baby sitter (2X a week) with a sport bottle filled with water and formula powder separate. It was just easier than pre-mixing formula and didn't have to be chilled. We have also used our Dr. Browns bottles pre-filled with water and all they had to do was toss in the formula and shake. They didn't mind fixing a bottle, and it saved me from having to have everything pre-made and the Bottles all fit in the diaper bag. I would sometimes show up with his morning bottle already pre-mixed since I knew he would be having it shortly after getting there to save them some time. Do your bottles have to be pre-made?

  We just got a little insulated kids lunch box for his food (not a ton had to be refridgerated since we usually just used jars or pouches until he starting eating more solids and table foods). 

  We also have the regular diaper bag and the babysitter bag (which is just a giant tote). I wanted it to be a little bigger than my regular bag, and he wasn't really going to be going out and about, and that way I don't have to re-stock it every day and don't care if anything happens to it. I also stashed a few extra clothes, snacks, and all the other usual stuff.

  

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• Mrs_Shmoopie

  July 2011

  Wow, it all feels like a million years ago, lol.  I actually didn't take a whole lot to d/c on a day-to-day basis.  I took a box of diapers and a couple of package of wipes there and she'd keep them on hand for him then I'd replenish as needed.  I gave her a change of clothes to keep for him.  Then the only thing I had to take was BM and bottles(oh and I just gave her a thing of formula too).  I didn't bother to keep it in a cooler b/c she was only a few minutes away so it was just all in the diaper bag.
  

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• m&m818

  July 2011

  We never did BM at DCP so we just brought enough formula for the day and drop in liners, DCP did all the mixing. Once we transitioned to WCM (whole cows milk) we had to bring our own but it went straight in the freezer so it was packed in the diaper bag.

  The diaper bag got a little tight because we had to bring enough diapers for the day (she didnt store at her house) but after we adjusted to how many she was averaging we were able to conserve some room and not overpack. For clothes we packed 2 onesies and 1 pair of pants. Onesies seemed to need changing more often than pants  Everyone at daycare shared wipes so we just had to bring one every once in a while when they were needed.

  We started bringing a separate lunch box like this when we needed to pack food.

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