Thursday, July 13, 2017

Evolution of My Diaper Bag


Now that I have had 3 kids, I have been thinking about how my parenting has changed & evolved over the past 5 1/2 years of Motherhood.

One of the most obvious things that has changed from Baby #1 to Baby #3 is my diaper bag (or lack of).

This was my diaper bag when I had Kate:
I took it EVERYWHERE with me. It was huge. And, because I was a first time mom, I wanted a "name brand" diaper bag. I researched & researched diaper bags & got this Peutina Pickle Bottom at Nordstrom for a ridiculous amount of money. (Shaking my head)

This is what I had in Kate's diaper bag:
  • 5-7 extra diapers
  • Package of wipes
  • Fold up Pad to Change her on
  • 2 extra pacifiers
  • pacifier holder
  • bottle of hand sanitizer
  • 2 burp cloths
  • 1 plain white onesie
  • 1 cute onesie
  • 1 pair of footies/sleep n play outfit
  • socks
  • gas drops
  • extra breast pads 
  • Hooter Hider
  • diaper cream
  • Aquaphor
  • Lanisoh Nipple Cream
  • Bib
  • Blanket
  • bottle of water (for me, since I get thirsty while nursing)
  • a plastic target bag in case she blew out an outfit
  •  Squeaky Toy/Rattle
This is what I used when I had Claire.
I ditched the huge Diaper Bag and used this:

It contained a built in changing pad & fit in my big purse.
This held:
  • 5-7 diapers
  • package of wipes
  • extra onesie
  • extra outfit
  • pacifier & pacifier holder
  • burpcloth
  • hand sanitizer
Fast forward a few years & here I am with Baby #3.
It has been YEARS since I carried a diaper bag 
(Luke is almost 4 years younger than Claire & 5.5 year younger than Kate)
 I didn't want to use a diaper bag with him, so this is what he gets:
That's right. 
A ziplock bag that I keep in my purse with a couple of diapers & a pack of wipes.
No change of outfit, no pacifier, no spare onesie. 
In fact, he had a blow out the other day and since I had no back up outfit, he just rode home in a diaper with no clothes on.
But, hey! Luke's "diaper bag" is the only one that is "monogrammed" Ha!
I am much more relaxed & go with the flow this time around & my diaper bag situation is proof of that!
Any other moms out there who ditched the diaper bag after their 1st or 2nd baby?

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