What?s the most (surprisingly!) useful thing in your diaper bag?

Bump Liz · February 2013

What are the most useful things you carry along with you in your diaper bag (we're not talking an extra diaper or wipes)? Share specific products you keep on hand when out and about with your little one that a new mom wouldn't know to put on her list! Thanks -Bump Liz

Stillharbor · February 2013

The little Arm and Hammer trash bags for diapers. I've ended up using them to hold dirty diapers, dirty clothes, ice to make a cold pack for owies, sore boobs, or to keep milk cool, and milky pump parts when I haven't had a place to rinse them.

g8trkim · February 2013

Extra clothes. Between diaper blowouts and potty accidents I will never leave the house without a backup outfit for my kids.

nichhollle · February 2013

Stillharbor:
The little Arm and Hammer trash bags for diapers. I've ended up using them to hold dirty diapers, dirty clothes, ice to make a cold pack for owies, sore boobs, or to keep milk cool, and milky pump parts when I haven't had a place to rinse them.

Came here to say this! I LOVE LOVE LOVE them. Perfect for when he manages to poop ALL over himself. haha

kasheton · February 2013

A thermos with hot water to heat bottles. The one we got keeps water hot for 8 hours. I bf but HATE feeding him in public b/c it takes SO long to feed him and I'm a very modest person (just not for me). So I take pumped bottles in a little thermal bag and heat them up with this. It was the smartest purchase we made!

Another must have in our bag is a nose snorker. DS hasn't done it yet out and about but at home several times he has spit up and it ends up up his nose and he can't breathe very well then until I snork it out.

rnfromtn · February 2013

A sunblock stick and hand sanitizer. DS1 has very fair skin so we put sunblock on him, any time of the year when he will be in direct sun light for very long. Sanitizer is an obvious reason.

steph3486 · February 2013

Formula mixer and extra socks.

PatchChild · February 2013

A&A Muslin blanket. It balls up tiny so I always have room. It covers for nursing, keeps DD warm, can be a changing mat or spit cloth in a pinch. Best blankets EVER!

drpayne · February 2013

PatchChild:
Aamp;A Muslin blanket. It balls up tiny so I always have room. nbsp;It covers for nursing, keeps DD warm, can be a changing mat or spit cloth in a pinch. nbsp;Best blankets EVER!

This

saturdaynightdoubletree · February 2013

Tissues!

Bride-hilda · February 2013

Stillharbor:
The little Arm and Hammer trash bags for diapers.

I was about to say the same thing. I don't have the Arm and Hammer kind, but the little diaper trash bags are so darn handy. Originally I bought them to use when I go to church because the trash is only emptied every Saturday and I would hate to put a diaper in a trash can that wasn't going to be emptied for an entire week! Now I can just put one in one of these scented bags, or I could carry the bag around until after church then leave it in the dumpster in the parking lot.

I actually have two places in my house where I change my son. In one of the rooms I have a diaper genie and in the other I have these bags and a trash can. My son's a new born now so his excrement doesn't smell, so maybe that's why I can't smell anything coming from the trash can... but I'm sure these bags are helping.

maryhauth · February 2013

Arm and Hamor bag dispenser has worked great, putting wet dirty clothes, diapers it's so much more convenient than keeping a ton of plastic bags in there. Also this wonderful spray sanitizer we got from the hospital, great for spraying carts or highchairs when they dont have those wipes, or when there's no way to wash hands after a diaper change

dlwright · February 2013

I agree with other posters, the little diaper trash baggies are wonderful! Wal-Mart where I live has 50 ct for $2 (not A&H brand) and they have a baby powder scent to cover up dirty diaper smell. We have used them numerous times for collecting clothes that he has had an accident on, burp clothes with spit up on them, etc until I can get them home...also useful for the obvious!

cas110688 · July 2013

PatchChild said:
A&A Muslin blanket. It balls up tiny so I always have room. It covers for nursing, keeps DD warm, can be a changing mat or spit cloth in a pinch. Best blankets EVER!

Same!!!! Love them!

kanga1622Wed220857 · July 2013

For the toddler, a cloth placemat. Works great when you are eating out and you don't have to worry about how clean the picnic table or restaurant table is. DS just cannot manage to keep all his food on his plate and it is a safe place for setting down silverware as well.

BbyCarter13 · July 2013

A small wetbag. Even if you don't cloth diaper it is a great investment. I have one that I keep my manual pump in to protect it from germs. I'll also throw in pacis or bottle nipples if needed.

ashleighlt · July 2013

kasheton said:
A thermos with hot water to heat bottles. The one we got keeps water hot for 8 hours. I bf but HATE feeding him in public b/c it takes SO long to feed him and I'm a very modest person (just not for me). So I take pumped bottles in a little thermal bag and heat them up with this. It was the smartest purchase we made!
Another must have in our bag is a nose snorker. DS hasn't done it yet out and about but at home several times he has spit up and it ends up up his nose and he can't breathe very well then until I snork it out.

Do you stick the bottles in the hot water if so what thermos do you use? I'm trying to figure out how to carry ebm with me for my babies.

smittendorff · July 2013

Great ideas! I also carry around extra bibs and spit clothes because my LO spits up a lot! I actually keep 2 diaper bags in the car: one big filled with lots of stuff (I have 2 older boys too) and one small one with just the essentials so I don't have to lug the big one everywhere but I have everything in the car.

ceechie · July 2013

My white noise maker. I would just die without it! It instantly calms my one month twin girls.

MrsArrow · July 2013

Patriots hat! We live in Texas (but I am from New England) so I find it useful to put it on my little Sugar Bear when I am feeling a bit homesick!

emmy236 · July 2013

MrsArrow said:
Patriots hat! We live in Texas (but I am from New England) so I find it useful to put it on my little Sugar Bear when I am feeling a bit homesick!

Oh boo, I was starting to really like you! I'm originally from NY and I'm a Jets fan. I guess we can't be friends
: (

Ashfann93 · August 2013

Ziplock baggies (for keeping passi's clean and separate, for dirty diapers when you don't have a trash can, messy clothes, etc.) granola bars for myself, and an extra phone charger. My outlets next to my bed are occupied by a bottle warmer for night feeds and a lamp, so I'm always forgetting to charge my phone. The last thing I want to happen is blow a tire or something and have me and LO stranded with no phone! Oh, and an extra outfit for him and shirt for me, because you just never know, especially if you have a serious spitter-upper.

JCWhitey · August 2013

The portable changing pad and A&A blanket.

babybranch · August 2013

I've learned, recently, to have an extra pair of everything! Clothes and blanket for sure. LO decided to pee all over his blanket on his most recent trip to the doctor and I didn't have a spare....now I will include one always

Minkybodinky · August 2013

My sunglasses!

childtocherish · August 2013

A thermos with warm water .A set of dress, aextra bag for keeping dirty clothes or diapers.

One extra bottle, blanket for keeping baby warm.Gripewater and the most important some medicines

If the baby is using

MrsArrow · August 2013

emmy236 said:

Patriots hat! We live in Texas (but I am from New England) so I find it useful to put it on my little Sugar Bear when I am feeling a bit homesick!
Oh boo, I was starting to really like you! I'm originally from NY and I'm a Jets fan. I guess we can't be friends : (

lol...I guess that means you aren't cheering for the Red Sox then....hahahahah! Too bad about A-Rod!

opheliainwaders · August 2013

I totally agree with PPs on the A&A swaddle blankets. Also, the baggies are great, and I buy the biodegradable kind they sell at pet stores...cheaper than the ones they sell at baby stores!

supersarah77 · August 2013

Luna bars for me! I can't tell you how many times I've rushed to get all of LO's stuff in there and out the door to be somewhere and completely overlooked feeding myself.

Also ditto the A and A blanket.

somerso · August 2013

bug repellent! Since baby's skin is too sensitive to use the spray on kind we have the clip on repellant. Works to help repel bugs for both baby and myself when we are out!

glamourgirl19 · August 2013

i agree i have a 2 month old and always bring an extra of everything with me. You never know what you might need or what could happen.

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