Best changing bags

[Paula30CWR]

Does anybody know of a good changing bag?

I ordered one from Verbaudet and these muppets cancelled all orders. We ordered again and they have a silly online system...so I gave up.

I have seen many on Amazon and online in general but I wanted to find out from your experience.

I got the free Boots changing bag and when I put the baby stuff to take to the hospital when I go into labour, i realised that almost nothing fits in that bag.

So any ideas? My pushcair didn't come with one, that is another reason.

Thanks!

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Hello, this thread is a little old and the links are out of date. Take a look at this handy page for a round-up of the best changing bags.

The best changing bag?

A big handbag you like with plenty of pockets. Buy a separate fold away changing mat (and bottle insulator if you need one).

Thanks HettyAmaretti - which one do you recommend? I have seen soooo many!

I have a changing mat and bottle insulator that came with the Steriliser so that is good!

Longchamp do big handbags, machine washable and you an fit a house in them!

Honestly, just go into Accessorize and choose the biggest bag you like the look of, and then get one of those little separate changing mats. Changing bags are just one more of those things you will realise in hindsight that you do not need. At least if you buy a bag you like you can use it later on too.

Quite what you need to put in that you can't fit it all in is a whole other topic. I used to turn up at my baby group's meetings with a small handbag with 2 nappies, a spare babygrow, wipes, muslin, and a poo bag. Later when she was weaning I also used to have a small tupperware tub with food in it, a bib and some Milton wipes. And that was it. I used to carry her in a soft sling. I was constantly amazed by these women who had a pram the size of a tank with huuuuuuuge bags hanging off them, all discussing how long it had taken them to get packed to leave the house this morning. WTF did they have in there? have I had 2 babies and missed something completely?

Thanks coraltoes. I'm having a look now. I saw the ones from Mamas & Papas but i'm not sure.

Thanks

Storksak are bloody brilliant. A lady came up to me once, asked if my bag was a Storksak when I said yes, she said her daughter designed them, what did I think, what would I change, what I liked best, etc. Apparently she's always looking for customer feedback!

I like my bag because you can get loads into it, there's lots of different compartments but it's also very stylish.

Thanks a lot Rindercella - that is really good.

God all the brands I didn't know about...Thanks

I love love love my pink lining changing bags. I have one Yummy Mummy one and a larger Blooming Gorgeous one. People ask me all the time where I got them, they are gorgeous and fab. Can you tell I love them?

I'm another who loves my Pink Lining bag, nicest ones I have ever seen and definitely worth the money

I loved my OiOi messenger bag and would recommend you treat yourself to a nice bag - for me a big bag just wasn't right - too many pockets or not enough, a good changing back is worth its weight in gold!

Then again my SIL used to use the free ones given out and she was always happy!

I'm with backinthebox and don't see the need for a purpose-bought bag - I just have nappies, muslins, change of clothes and a piece of cloth to change her on in a flimsy cloth bag (a free re-usable shopping bag) and then pop the cloth bag in whatever bag I'd be using anyway. Still, I've never been one for bags and shoes and all that, so I'm probably missing the point...

There are so many options I and some friends have pacapods which come in various different colours styles and prices, best to look on the pacapod site. The pods are useful and can be removed, I am a bit gadgety so this appealed!

Other friend has OIOI bag and loves it, one storksak which I nearly got until saw the bag I got. (I seem to have developed a craving for bags while pregnant, very odd ).

We just use an old (small) rucksack of DH's, with a foldable changing mat in it. A variation on the "get a handbag you like" theme!

Don't forget your DP may need to be seen carrying it too...

To be honest, "official" changing bags seem like a bit of a waste of money to me. I have a roomy shopping tote as an alternative "girly" version of the rucksack.

I'm with Pookamoo and Backinthebox - a rucksack, a carrier bag - it's easy to over-think the whole changing bag business. I used a piece of bubble wrap instead of a folding changing mat ...

Bubble wrap instead of a changing mat? Are you taking the piss?

I love my JJ Cole Theory bag but tbh it's just a big handbag with lots of pockets and a seperate change mat and clips to put it on the buggy (which you can get seperately from JoJo). And not having a zip is stupid in this climate - the rain gets in!

The fold-up change mats with pockets that JoJo do are excellent - having everything in the change mat is brilliant, even if you have to cary extra nappies, etc in your bag.

changing bag porn(happy bags website, not a dodgy naked site).

Must go, DH home, he must not see me looking at more bags online.

I have tried many changing bags over the course of 2 children. I loved my Pink Lining, until I discovered this:

www.thatcuteage.com/p3222-Ju-Ju-Be-BFF-Shadow-Waltz

It's the same size roughly as my PL, but is a tardis, it fits everything in I need, yet on days when i travel light it doesn't sag. I intend to use it as a flight bag after I'm done needing a changing bag.

I also rate the Storksak Emily- very roomy and doesn't look at all like a chaging bag.

HTH

I also love my pink lining bag, got a hospital one half price and i use it when i need more room (use the boots one when nipping out briefly), but with dd who is 5 plus ds 9wks can fit in nappies, wipes, change of clothes, two bottles of milk, bottle warmer, wallett, camera, phone, snacks and drinks for me and dd and dd's toys, and still have room left! Will use it as weekend bag when ds has outgrown it.

I lifted my husband's manbag.

I had a Baba Bing which was worse than useless, just don't go there.

I have since bought a Phil and Teds bag (got it off of ebay), I can fit my life in that bag and I'm a kitchen sink packer.

I just treated myself to a large Radley handbag which has more than enough room for everything my 2 need - plus it's a very nice handbag to have! Hubby just uses the Boots freebie if he ever needs to take a bag when I'm not there. I seriously can't see what on earth people keep in changing bags that they need so much room.

I can not get on with using a normal handbag as a baby bag?? I also am at odds with others who say you do not need much in a bag - I do!! I don't carry a bag for me so in my bag I have nappies, wipes, sacks, cream, fold up change mat, 2 bananas, 2 apples, few other snacks/rice cakes, my purse, keys, phone, tissues, lip gloss, mirror, small hairbrush and toggies (dd's hair very long)hand gel, sunglasses for all and winter/summer hats depending on season, spare gloves as dc's loe for a past time, bag clips, fold-up shopping bags, little first aid kit (wipes, plasters, cream, ambesol for teething, calpol sachets) and drink for dd and ds.

I like a good size bag that is waterproof inside, not too heavy it breaks my back, big enough for mornings. We walk everywhere and so many times dd falls over on the way to playgroup I go through plasters like there is not tomorrow. The shopping basket of my pram is full of shopping as I get things as I am out each day I don't do a big weekly shop.

We are all different, I could not possibly manage by stuffing things in a normal bag (nor would I want to ruin a lovely leather bag by a leaking drink of blackcurrent squash) so I do suit a change bag. When I don't need nappies any more a handbag will be fine but until then I like my baby bags!!

I love storksak, babymel (they are cheaper ones made by storksak) and pink lining. The free bag from Boots is not for me but couln't care less if everyone else uses them!!

I treated myself to a nice Skip Hop messenger changing bag, but sometimes I also just use a rucksack. Backinthebox has a good point though - I probably don't need it, just a really nice roomy bag. I got a fairly girly one but should maybe have got a plainer one so it doesn't look like a changing bag and DH isn't embarrased using it. He sometimes uses his own manbag.

I do seem to carry a lot in it though nappies, wipes, muslin, bib, mini sudocrem, food bags (to use as nappy bags), tissues, antibac handgel, sleepsuit and bodysuit (although never needed them, but too scared to take them out), changing mat, bottle and carton of mil, plus wallet, mobile, housekeys, lipbalm and chewing gum. Now that DD is eating I've often got a foldable pelican bib on me too and sometimes spoons, food etc