emergency supplies in a car

[madame]

HI

I got caught in a 3 hour jam a couple of days and it has made me think about an emergency bag for the car. I already have a first aid kit and warm clothes. I always take food out with me and there are toys in the car.

Any thoughts other than water,torch, blanket,change of clothes for dd....

Old piece of carpet

Ah! So really, you're not organised at all, you are most DISorganised, because you haven't unpacked from the summer yet! Love it!

am sure there is probably some mouldy cheese in the fridge aswell, I'm sure it will come in handy!!

lol at the Curlywurly.
Didn't know they still made them-I must have eaten my last in 1979.
(Do they still do Lion bars btw?)

MIL calls my car 'mobile mothercare' - so maybe it is unwise for me to give anyone advice

however, things that i would not wish to be without...
baby wipes (my children are not babies, but they're handy!)
shopping bags - the bag for life ones
we have ancient pay-as-you-go phone with credit for emergency calls
dd's travel-potty lives under passenger seat
our picnic rug doubles as blanket
petrol can
magazine stashed in glove box, tiny colouring book and pencils. anything will do when suitably bored

now you can't go shopping cos your car will be full of stuff

They do Moondog! Curly Wurlys aren't quite as big as they used to be, but maybe I'm bigger! Also, its not the best choc to have in the car when its freezing really. One bite and tug on the toffee and the chocolate coating comes off in your lap!

in my car there are lots of thing that LIVE there

hence the fact that my boot is ALWAYS full to the top.

I have a buggy. (u never know when you are going to break down and small children could be STRAPPED IN SAFELY the other side of the crash barrier)

torch1st aid kitjump leads
bottles of water
that wash your hands without water gel
LOADS of toys / Cds etc
Pen and pencil and paper
always have some type of food with me and can always find raisens int eh car
adult paracetamol
a few calpol sachets
Nappies and pull ups wipes and sacs
spare old wholey clothes for the children who regualrly use my car
A rain caot
an old coat
My wellies and walking boots
a towel (useful for anything)
muslin sqaure (always useful)
deicer / scraper
chewing gum
a spare booster cushion for unexpected children
phone charger / blue tooth thingy

Map of whole country
street maps of anywhere even near my local area

cant remeber what else but i know there is loads more

I have eater a Curly Wurly today in a traffic jam.

They sell them in packets of 5 in supermarket so you have to eat 5 of them in one go

can i also add handcream and vaseline

and a few coins

bottle to wee in

Just before DS born I took to carrying special bag of several pound coins, as parking at hospital is so expensive. I kept this up in case of urgent visit to hospital necessary (not so urgent to need an ambulance) but I wouldn't want to mess around with parking in that instance. Obviously not on view but in handbag. Doubles up as emergency chocolate fund.

a shewee.. since reduced to peeing into my lunchbox. I was in a traffic jam in a road with tall hedgerows either side (nowhere to squat)

Years ago i had a 1987 Vauxhall Astra 1.3l and it had a leak in the boot and the carpet used to have a lovely growth of...Mushrooms.
Handy if you felt a bit peckish .
AB

A bit of old carpet. If you end up on ice and tyres can't grip you can put this under car and tyres can then grip on carpet - yes we have had to do this in the past!

ice cream tub with lid in case someone is sick.

potty for kids.

My mother keeps a dog lead in the car, in case she happens to drive past a stray dog. ..to stop hypothetical dog running into the road I think.
She's a bit of a nutter to be honest.

I have a colour printer in case I urgently need to print some photos or a document.

soupy (it's you isn't it!?)

brake fluid
oil
those triangle bits of wood in case you get stuck
first aid kit
small lozenges

It is indeed me.

I also have a valet stand in case I need to strip off and hang my clothes up, a good selection of books and an assortment of food items in various degrees of staleness.

It may be that I just need to actually get to the charity shop and hoover my car out though...

my goodness nannyl, can you fit any people inyour car?

I've got a few nappies and wipes and that is it! (Nothing worse than sharing a car with a stinky toddler!)

nappies,juice,snack,toy and a change of clothes for ds.oh and wipes,tissue rag for defogging windows and a little emergancy money

Last boxing day we got stuck on the M25 for nearly 3 hours (poor kids had already been sitting in car for 3 hours to get to the M25!).

DS1 wanted a wee and we had nothing for him to go in except a 2 litre bottle of water that was full...sooooo.......I helpfully drank all the water and he had his wee and 20 mins later who was desperate to go?????

DH was trying to drive but nearly peeing himself laughing at how thick I'd been!!

Now we carry

An empty bottle
First Aid kit
Baby wipes
Tissues
Waterproofs
Wellies
A toolkit (wouldn't know what to do with it like).
Whichever book i'm into.

I have an old mini

Hence - I always have

• spare fuses
• 2 litre bottle of water (for car)
• microfibre cloth (for car)
• WD40
• nappies
• Zap
• RAC number

= Chocolate (don't tell the kids)

• nappies
• wipes
• blanket
• jump leads

car full