Toddler Moms ( diaper bags...leaving house ? )

When you run out, say to run an errand, do you bring your purse or a diaper bag?

DO you bring snacks and a drink?

I wanna use a small diaper bag or small purse, but I tend to ALWAYs bring a drink with me for him and theres no place to put it.

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no, if I am running around town, I don't always bring a bag if its just Derek and I. If I think he may be hungry, I'll bring a snack, or if he's drinking something already, I'll bring that, but not always.

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I got a small diaper bag that fits snacks/cup/diaper/wipes & my wallet & phone. Its by Carters and has vinyl inside so you can wipe clean and an elastic to hold a cup

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I have not used a diaper bag in AGES (over a year)...if we are going out, I will bring a snack and her sippy cup and keep it in my bag

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if i'm just going out with jonah to run an errand i'll usually just bring one diaper and wipes, just in case of emergency. bare bones. one of these days it's gonna bite me in the arse, but until then i'll continue to do it

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I leave a diaper bag in the car always. I have a really big hobo bag so If Im running into a store Ill throw cookies & his juice in that bag. And If S*H*I*T happens then I have to run to the car. I

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Posted by alexlynn7

if i'm just going out with jonah to run an errand i'll usually just bring one diaper and wipes, just in case of emergency. bare bones. one of these days it's gonna bite me in the arse, but until then i'll continue to do it

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I leave a "Be Quick" (Ju Ju Be), in the car with diapers/wipes/bibs/table topper. If we are just running out, I throw her sippy in my bag and I know I have the rest of the stuff in the car. If we will be out for a bit, I just bring the diaper bag. The bigger one if we pack a lunch, the smaller one if we don't.

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If we are running errands and just coming home, I put everything in my pockets, like my wallet, cell phone and keys. I don't bring anything for him. I figure if he is really having a meltdown, I can buy a bag of goldfish and a juice box or water bottle.

If I am going on a playdate usually I am just bringing my camera bag lately and putting diapers in the car.

If I am going out for the whole day I use and older large purse.

I don't even know where my diaper bags are

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I don't bring a drink and/or snack unless I know it will be snacktime while we are out and about. I will bring the diaper bag and I leave it in the car for emergencies.

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I use a SkipHop diaper bag and use it as my purse/diaper bag. I used to use two, small one of each, but it got annoying for me.

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Since it's cold, I put a bottle right in the cup holder in the car. Depending on where we are going, I'll throw a few diapers, wipes, etc in a tote bag to leave in the car, or a cute large bag if I'll carry it around....

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I just have a diaper pod and I throw in a sippy/juice if I need one.

The diaper pod has two diapers a thing of wipes, A&D, a fork, a spoon and a bunch of plastic bags for dirty diapers.

It fits in my purse fine.

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I haven't used a diaper bag in a very long time. I have a bag/purse/pocket book (whatever you call it) that can hold a few snacks, her sippy, diapers, wipes, my wallet and other stuff I need.

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If we are just running to Target or the food store, I just bring my purse, no diaper bag. I will shove a couple of packages of fruit snacks in there just in case, or we just grab a soft pretzel at Target.

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I use a diaper bag still if we're going to be gone for more than an hour or so...if I'm going somewhere where I can just run out to the car to get diapers/etc, I leave it in the car & just bring in her cup & snacks...if I have to take the bag with me, I put my wallet & phone in the diaper bag so I'm not carrying both.

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No more diaper bag. I leave extra diapers and wipes in the car. Depending on what time of day I'm going and how long we'll be out, I"ll just bring a snack and a sippy.

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I've used my purse for a while and would throw sippy, snacks, wipes and 2 diapers in it. It got a little crowded so I just bought a nice tote from Vera Bradley and now I use it all the time:

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I only bring a diaper bag if we are going to be out for many hours or out do dinner. If Im just running some errands for an hour or 2 I dont bring a diaper bag. I just throw a juice box and crackers or whatever in my pocketbook.

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I have a small backpack that I bring with me everywhere.

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I stopped using my diaper bag after my dd stopped using bottles.
Now I usually keep a bag of pretzels in the car with some extra ziplock bags to bring with me when I'm in a store and I always bring a sippy cup (with water inside) with me.
I just use one of my old purses. I'm lucky because most of my bags were big so they easily fit a couple of diapers, wipes and a sippy cup.

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I have a small diaper bag that has room for a drink on the side. It has a nice pouch in the front where I keep my keys, wallet, etc.... Usually it has 2 diapers, wipes and snacks. I got stuck in traffic with nothing for DD and learned not to do that again.
Once it is not so cold out, I'll just leave a bunch of extra things in the car to be covered.

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I haven't used a diaper bag for over a year now.

I keep a small skip hop pronto changer by the door with diapers and wipes and a change of shirt (DD is a messy eater).. I take that with me when I go out.

I do usually bring a snack- something in a small ziploc in my purse and a sippy cup, which DD holds or I hold- I don't think I need a bag just for that.

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i still use a diaper bag if we are going to be out for a while. It's the vera bradley one and i love it b/c its so roomy and light. I will prob start leaving a big of emergency stuff in the car when it gets warmer out though. I have to go up and down 3 flights of stairs b/t my place and the car, so lugging anything is such pain (yet i still do it ). I don't know what i will do when we have #2, prob get a backpack style one.
If we are just running a small errand like to the grocery store, i just throw a diaper, wipes, snack, sippy cup with a plastic sandwich bag over the top,and bib into my coach pocketbook. I purposely got one that can hold all that stuff if i dont feel like using a diaper bag

Message edited 3/3/2009 11:45:05 AM.