by mayowa O.
Packing Your Daily Baby Bag
May 5, 2012 at 12:01 am in Expectant Mum, Featured, Featured Parenting by mayowa O.
Putting together a diaper bag for a baby may feel like packing for a weeklong vacation! Use this checklist to make sure that you’re fully stocked for your outing with baby. 
___ Diapers: Take more than you think you’ll need, as many as one for every hour of your outing. Better safe than sorry!
___ Small box or travel pack of wipes: These aren’t just for baby, but for your hands, too.
___ A tube of barrier cream or diaper-rash cream
___ Several cloth diapers or burp clothes for burping, spit-up, and other messes
___ An extra shirt, pants, and pair of socks for baby
___ An extra shirt for you
___ Baby sunblock
___ Baby’s bottle, if she uses one — to keep things sanitary, you might put the nipple in a plastic bag
___ At least one toy
___ A favorite comfort object
___ If baby is on solids, a container of baby food and a baby spoon, or else a container of snacks, such as cereal or crackers
___ A bib
___ Two extra pacifiers (if baby uses them) stored in a clean plastic bag
___ A cell phone for emergencies
___ An index card with your name, address, and phone number, should the bag get lost
___ An index card with the pediatrician’s number, a neighbor’s number, and a number where your spouse or one of baby’s grandparents (or relative) can be reached
___ A changing pad — many diaper bags come with one
___ A few large plastic bags for sealing and tossing dirty diapers, or taking home soiled clothes
___ Water and a snack for you
And yes, it all fits inside!
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It does help! Thanks for sharing that. It makes a lot of sense to buy a size larger diaper too. Thanks Najmuzzu.
We went through about a month of this I tried difefrent diapers, and that never seemed to matter (although the ones with the stretchy sides do seem to do a little better of holding it all in).When I started my son on cereal and solids, though, everything changed. He is a boob boy, and he’s 6 months old cereal at first made him a bit constipated, but once he started on carrots and squash, his diapers were more solid but not on the constipated side. Now, they are smelly, but they are at least contained!You might want to also try a size larger diaper. Just like clothes, the diapers don’t always match the weight. If it doesn’t help, it isn’t wasted money you’ll use them eventually!Hope this helps!