to think that if you go shopping with a baby you should go properyly equipped?

[ChippyMinton]

Sorry, tis a thread about a couple of other threads.
Obviously we have all had to dash out of the house with children in tow in an emergency and not had time to pack a bag, but if you are going on a planned shopping trip, why would you not have enough snacks/nappies/drink with you? And expect to get them for free?

Hahahaha Starlight, so true

bitofun!!

I go out with the minimum - am always amazed at those mahoosive changing bagd people haul everywhere......what on earth is in them?

as for taking 'snacks' - we aren't a snack family. Proper brekafast, lunch and dinner is perfectly fine

I refer to it as my suitcase (my big change bag that is.) In it i have;

Babys nappies
Toddlers nappies
Wipes
Spare clothes for baby
Bottle/s
Bibs
Toddlers lunch

Toddler is being potty trained at present so when we go out the nappies will be replaced by spare knickers/leggings.

I hate carrying the suitcase around. It does get smaller as they get older though but at the moment, everything is used on the trip out

Some of us are just a bit dim. I once realised in a cafe, after dd had leaked a huge and extremely runny poo over my arm, that not only did I have no nappies, my mobile had no reception in the toilet, so having cobbled together a nappy from a vest and a muslin, I then had to stand in middle of said cafe, phone dh at work and ask him (quite loudly, as reception was shit) to buy nappies and bring them Right Now.

I go fully packed and if I find I have forgotten the nappy bag I go home.

Horses for courses, but it would never in a million years occur to me to ask for something for free or take something from a shop before I'd paid for it.

Just who I am.

The problem with giving free nappies is that there will always be at least one person who abuses them. They will and take as many as possible etc.

I used to work in a nightclub, and within minutes of us opening we would run out of toilet roll - the reason? not that it was used, but someone would come and steal all that was there

And yes I've been caught short without food / nappies whilst out but I would have been more surprised at seeing / offered freebies. I would have bought a packet there and then and used them if needs be