Mommies!! What is essential for YOUR diaper bag?

Diapers, wipes, trash bags to throw poopy diapers in so you don't stink up someone else's garbage or house (they have cute little dispensers with a ducky on top that dispense small scented bags for just that purpose), two changes of clothes (yep, I've gone through both in one outing before), extra bib, a couple of small toys, bottle and formula - we use powdered formula and you can buy a little pie shaped container that can hold three separate formula "doses", spare pacifier, hand sanitizer, cheap thermometer (we keep our nice one in the house, and the cheap one in the diaper bag so if ever you're out and he's acting funny and feels hot, you don't have to wonder if he's running a fever). I'm probably forgetting something obvious, but that's all I can think of right now. :)

Congrats on your BFP!!

I always keep a blanket, a burp cloth and a pacifier in the car seat with the kiddo at all times, so all I've ever needed out of my diaper bag while out on short trips is diapers, wipes, formula, a bottle, water and gas drops.I keep all that, a changing pad, a couple extra receiving blankets, a couple extra burp cloths, an extra outfit and an extra pacifier in there too, but I haven't needed them while I'm out a 5 or 6 hours... If I stay overnight somewhere, then it's different. What you need in there really depends on how long you'll be out and how messy your baby is.

Interesting question :)

I always carried in my diaper bag an extra set of clothes, diapers and wipes, hand sanitizer, a couple little toys, and a jar of baby food and bib just in case we got stuck somewhere with no food. Sanitizing wipes are nice too.

Congrats on the BFP.

Diapers of course, but also always a change of clothes (or two)!

Then snacks are a must for us. Usually I bring a little container of Cheerios with us just incase we are running late and she starts to get hungry.

Wipes

Bibs

Her comfort blankie

A few of her favorite toys (and links to hang them on the stroller, cart, etc)

Placemat

And although it doesn't fit in the diaper bag, my daughter has her own booster seat for restaurants or on the go feeding that we always take with us.

Now that she is 10 months I have a little diaper bag with just a couple diapers, 10 wipes, a couple toys and a change of clothes for short outings. But I bring her big diaper bag I used when she was little when we go out for the whole day. Its nice not to have to bring the whole big bag everywhere we go now!

I have a toddler (23 months) and in my diaper bag I carry:

Diapers

Wipes

Changing pad

Diaper rash ointment

Extra change of clothes

Personal spoon/fork for eating out

Sippy cup

toys

snacks

When she was a newborn I carried the same, but instead of a sippy cup, I carried bottles and instead of snacks, Formula and baby food when she got old enough, and a bib.

I also carry hand sanitizer, Lysol wipes (travel pack) for wiping off changing stations, teething tablets, children's Motrin/Tylenol, thermometer, neosporin/band aids, and my personal items since I don't carry a purse anymore.

Extra set of clothes! Especially when they are infants....you never know when they are going to spit up on themselves or even worse have a leaky diaper.

Also, a spare pacifier. I always seemed to walk out of the house without one but luckily there would always be one in the diaper bag :)

1. at least 4 diapers

2. baby wipes (great for diaper messes and all other messes!)

3. Vaseline or diaper rash cream

4. extra outfit

5. bib

6. burp cloth

7. board books and a couple of toys

8. sippy cup for water or juice

9. bottle for formula

10. travel packs of formula

11. pacifier

12. changing pad

13. clorox or lysol wipes (to wipe down shopping carts, highchairs, tables, etc.)

14. my wallet, keys, and lipgloss (so I don't have to carry a purse AND a diaper bag)

well of course the little changing pad that usually come with diaper bags, extra clothes and onsies, formula(i take little formula packets that are for 4 ounce bottles) bib, 2 bottles with water in them for the formula, mittens so my baby wont scratch her face, desitine diaper rash cream, diapers, wipes, pacifier wipes, 2 pacifers, burp cloth, a little toy, a receiving blanket,extra socks and some baby lotion

I use cloth exclusively so my 'essentials' are slightly different.

The obvious- nappies and wipes.

I have a wetbag (bag for storing used nappies and dirty clothes)

Change mat- I actually have a flip out mat built into my nappy bag.

paw paw ointment (rash ointment, doubles as lip balm)

change of clothes for my son.

cloth wipes- I don't trust the chemicals in disposables.

Organic sunscreen and insect repellent- in our climate you'd be an idiot not to have these (QLD Australia)

Some non essentials that I carry-

Soap, I don't trust sanitising gel completely so if I have water available I will use soap instead.

sanitising gel- for when there is no water.

sanitising wipes, seems kind of hypocritical seeing as I won't use disposable baby wipes!

Small can of WD40, if you don't know what that is it's a spray on lubricant to fix squeaky or sticking stroller wheels/ door hinges and whatever other noisy mechanical things that annoy me I encounter!

Plus all the normal garbage a woman has in her handbag!

oh how cute well first CONGRATS!!

my babys are now 1 and 2 so i dont need to carry as much but i felt like i lugged the house w/me when they were babies lol.. but always take...for sure!

1. a change of clothes or 2.. they will get messy almost definately!

No actualy 1. DIAPERS & WHIPIES!

2 something warm (sweater) or cool (shorts) in case of weather change.

3Extra Bottle,Formula (if not breastfeeding) and Paci.

4 A changing pad.. i rarely used that but eventually i started catching myself in places w/no changing table... and i had to use the floor and would use my own shirt or jacket to change them.. trust me leave that in ur bad even if u dont use it u eventually find urself there too lol.

5. a thermometer, you never know when he/she will get sick. and its tiny.

6. blanket for baby to lay on sit on or just if it gets cold. always carried blankets w/me.

7. snacks or a jar of food.

8.some toys to keep her entertained! preferably w/mirror haha.

9. ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS carried my camera w/me haha.

10. My babys shot records and insurance cards.

11. baby tylenol. and orajel. any meds ur baby might need.

12. if girl hair assessorys.

13. Lotion and sanitizer.

there's probably more but my babys havn't been babys in a while i carry prob half of that now lol