Looking for messenger bag style. He wants to still carry his laptop in it as well, crazy man. He has a liquid proof case he will have over his laptop so that's not a concern. Nothing that screams diaper bag in its styling. Suggestions?
TTC since October 22, 2012
BFP January 11, 2013
Kellan James Patrick was born September 28, 2013
Re: Diaper Bag for Dad
LOL - mine is Kate Spade, black with white bow ties. I just don't get it? It's cute, why WOULDN'T he want to rock it?!
Me:31 DH:32 Married 11/06/10
DD: Born 8/23/13 (clomid+ovidrel+IUI)
BFP 9/9/16 EDD 5/19/17
Didn't know Columbia made diaper bags - good to know though, love the brand!
my H has a similar one, but it's Eddie Bauer brand
I know the feeling! DH always throws all his crap into my purse as it is now. He did it today at the store, and I informed him that I would not be toting his stuff, my stuff and baby's stuff around - I am not a pack mule. So, we are looking for a bag for him, though I see him just using mine anyway, lol.
Oh, so it's mainly so the husband doesn't have to carry a girly print bag? Gotcha. DH doesn't care. I'd be the one to make sure both bags had what they needed so, yeah, no! ;-)
They definitely don't NEED one. DH will be responsible for DC pick ups/drop offs when I'm working, and will have her out and about without me if I'm working a weekend. He just wanted one of his own that's not flowers. I suppose I could've gone gender neutral on the bag, but I wanted my pretty PPB one
I agree, they really don't. BUT I will be back at work before he has to start traveling again so he will have baby during the day after I go back to work. I don't want to make him carry around my girly bag. Also DH likes to have me carry his stuff now - cell phone, wallet, keys, etc. in my purse now. I figure I'll get him his own bag and he can carry his own stuff (mobile: winky face).
We'll be sharing a Diaper Dude Messenger II bag because I'm not keen on girly designs either. We don't actually have ours yet though, so I don't know that it'd be wide enough to house a laptop.
Might there be a laptop bag that can be outfitted to carry baby gear too?
If you find a diaper bag you like, you can always buy a waterproof sleeve or neoprene case for your laptop.
He's got the waterproof sleeve already. So we are all set there. For shorter business trips, he uses his current messenger bag as his suitcase and can throw in his toiletries, clothes and such. He bought the sleeve in case the toiletries leak during travel.
Agreed! Ours is a Skip Hop messenger bag that is red to match the stroller colors. DH picked it out. I don't need a super girly bag and I'm happy to just have one diaper bag to worry about restocking.
We registered for a columbia one for him from BRU... he was adamant about having his own
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Staceymack, my husband doesn't care. He has carried whatever, even when he isn't with me. He figures that having fathered two (now three) kids makes him man enough to rock a diaper bag.
You can always get a normal messenger bag and a dipe bag organizer for inside of it... then it totally won't scream dipe bag.
Its what I'm planning on doing if I can't find a Diaper Dudes bag for cheaper.
For this baby I finally bought my PPB! It is girly, and DH really could not care less. He hasn't even looked at it yet.
I got my DH a Diaper Dude bag too. From BRU. It is on sale right now.
Ideally he would have liked something from REI (an outdoor store for those of you who don't have one), because it is sportier and probably more durable.