What to take on day out with nine month old

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Hiya
Real billy basic question here but what do you take for a day out? My daughter is nine months old but we've never really been out for the day before. We've been for walks for up to two hours and I've gone to my Mum's a couple of times but I seem to fill the car with a load of stuff when I do?? We don't have any friends to meet up with locally or anything (closed prenatal classes and baby classes onine before we stopped completely as they didn't hold her attention) so it's an hour drive to meet up with my nearest friend with a baby too (outside and SD of course) She eats three meals a day plus snacks, I BF her too and she walks but hasn't walked outside yet and doesn't have any shoes. So I've been taking:
Pram
Nappies
Wipes
Change of clothes
Muslin
Snacks (fruit and veg chopped in a pot)
Blanket
Sun hat
Sun lotion
Colder hat
Rain cover
Baby carrier (she hasn't been in pram for extended periods of time so wants out sometimes)
A book or a little toy
First aid kit
Piriton (possible mild unknown allergy, prescribed by GP)
Cardi/Jacket
Changing mat
Sippy cup of water

Then if we're out for a meal time (at my Mum's) then:
Tub with prepared food
Bibado bib
High chair or picnic blanket
Doidi cup

That's before I even think about what to take for me too (plus masks, hand gel etc)

I try and think what we'd use in a day at home and I think that's why it gets such a long list. This leads to me getting really arsey because I think I've forgotten something and people are going to judge me for being a bad Mum. I'm not used to being out in public with (or without!) her.

Any tips on how to reduce this down or does this seem about right? 🤔

Sun hat
Sun lotion
Colder hat
Rain cover

For a day; I would look at the weather forecast and decide

Never known anyone to take a first aid kit or piriton out before

I take more than that! Most of those things on your list live in my nappy bag all the time so I don’t pack specifically, but I include 2 changes of clothes inc socks plus an assortment of coats that live in the car. First aid kit lives in the car anyway. Small hand sanitizer lives in nappy bag and masks live in car.
I would take a few small toys for a whole day plus more water.

I’d usually have my nappy bag, a picnic bag that I pack for the day and then the stuff that lives in the car (coats and waterproofs, first aid kit).

How big is your first aid kit? I take a couple of plasters, antispetic wipes, nurofen sachets and anbesol liquid. It fits into a tiny zip bag.

I took:

Nappies
Wipes
Sometimes a spare outfit compressed down into a nappy bag to reduce space
Sometimes a portable changing mat, depending on where we were going
Sippy
Snack
Sling
If due to be hot and sunny, a hat and suncream,but otherwise not.
An additional layer for her if I thought it was needed due to changeable weather.
A sling
An umbrella if it was due to rain.
Sometimes a very small toy.

If just the baby, I'd manage to just about shoehorn it into a bumbag, if with my toddler also, a small backpack. I don't think babies need that much stuff.

The high chair seems unnecessary? You’ll get it whittled down once u start getting out more. Some things you might leave permanently in the car, or at your mum’s.

Sounds about right. Bring more changes of clothes in case of car sick/ nappy fail / puddle.

Day out or week away??

Whatever makes you feel comfortable being it. In my nappy bag, which has stayed the same since he was born and he’s now 2 we have:

• chance of clothes (just baby grow and tights but we have never needed to change him when out)
• nappies and wet wipes
• 2 muslins one for him, one instead of a changing mat
• snack and water bottle
• a spare dummy

We added a small hand sanitiser and a bag of masks after covid.

In summer we added sun screen.

In the pram we have a blanket (or a muslin on very warm days) and a toy.

Never went without even on really long days out. Hope this helps.

@OverTheRainbow88

Sun hat Sun lotion Colder hat Rain cover

For a day; I would look at the weather forecast and decide

Never known anyone to take a first aid kit or piriton out before

When I say first aid kit, I mean plasters, tweezers, gauze, sting cream, germolene etc in a small pouch. Piriton because we know she has an allergic reaction to something and GP prescribed piriton to have in case it happens again.

@Cupoftchaiagain

The high chair seems unnecessary? You’ll get it whittled down once u start getting out more. Some things you might leave permanently in the car, or at your mum’s.

Only the highchair at the moment as Mum has a new carpet so we're not allowed to eat in the living room and the kitchen is too small to sit on the floor with her. I feel like once carpet is a bit older it'll be a free for all 😆

@Easterbunnyishoppingmad

Day out or week away??

It's for a day out but feels like a week, hence why I'm asking for opinions. I'm a first time Mum, don't have any Mum friends to compare with/ask and asking for advice as not really been out for a proper day out before unfortunately

I have an eight month old and also haven't done many days out, but I'd say:
Hats/rain cover etc depends on weather forecast
Carrier or pram, not both
I don't carry a first aid kit but maybe I should
I think NHS advice is no snacks before 1yr

I don't take a highchair to my mum's, just sit DD on my knee and get messy, but then my parents are very tolerant (and have hard floors).

Some really good advice, thank you all ❤

@FlashBathroom

I have an eight month old and also haven't done many days out, but I'd say: Hats/rain cover etc depends on weather forecast Carrier or pram, not both I don't carry a first aid kit but maybe I should I think NHS advice is no snacks before 1yr

I don't take a highchair to my mum's, just sit DD on my knee and get messy, but then my parents are very tolerant (and have hard floors).

All advice EVERYWHERE is no snacks before 1....our little is underweight despite being healthy and eating like a horse. HV's advice was she burns off a lot and to add snacks for a while and see how she gets on. Snacks are literally just cut up fruit and veg, usually more veg than fruit because I'm mindful of her little eight teeth 🥰

You can get a little seat that clips round a normal chair to make a high chair, they are really useful. Alternatively does your mum have space for the ikea high chair? Save you lugging one about.
With my pfb I was all about the home made food, ds2 got an Ella's kitchen pouch! They are so handy to store in a changing bag.

If you go to your mum’s fairly regularly, consider buying some cheap bits to leave at hers? A couple of bibs, a cup, a couple of bowls, some cutlery, a shower curtain or messy mat for the floor, a small portable high chair like a Chicco Pocket Snack? You could even throw a couple of easy meals in her freezer?

I’d tend to just look at the weather and pack accordingly rather than packing everything!

I'd recommend starting up a changing bag with the essentials and just replenish as soon as you have used something. (my baby is 13 months and we always have nappies, nappy bags, wipes, nappy cream, changing mat, spare vest and baby grow, muslin, bib, savory food pouch and Ella's kitchen fruit pouch, teething granules) It makes it so much easier as you can then just add any particular things that you need for that particular day.
It will help having a bag like this ready for when things start to reopen as you can simply grab the bag and head out/to baby classes etc.
Hope this helps

When do you need to use tweezers with a 9mo? Are they into woodworking?

Agree about having a few bits stored at your DMs if you are there regularly - both sets of GPs have a few plastic bowls & plates, little cutlery set and cups, all just cheap things you can get from supermarket or B&M type place but it means we can just turn up and they've got everything.

I always have our changing bag ready to go with the basics - nappies, wipes, changing mat, spare clothes, hand san, small sun cream from spring onwards, a couple of toys/books, bib, water cup, few easy snacks (things like bread sticks or an oat bar), milk & bottle and then add in extras as needed. For a full day I'd be taking more food, probably an extra set of clothes, check the weather to see what clothes/rain cover/snooze shade etc you might need. If you've got the basics ready to go adding in extra stuff isn't too hard. I keep things like rain cover in the basket of our buggy full time, there's always a blanket in the car too.

I don’t take much out for 11 months old. Just basic change of clothes and nappy stuff. Beaker of water. Add food if longer. Allergy stuff here fits in tiny pouch.

If your going to your mums often I would also leave feeding stuff, high chair if using, and basic basket of spare outfit and nappies to save taking so much each time.

Ah ok - sorry if that came across as preachy. Hope your little one's weight starts to pick up soon.

I can't say I've ever taken a first aid kit out. I think my 2.5 year old has had a plaster once in her life, can't imagine what a 9 month old would be doing to get an injury requiring antiseptic and a plaster. Or tweezers.

But if it makes you feel comfortable then have it.

I have the first aid kit as it says on NHS web to have one to hand and never having had children before, decided to follow that advice. Seems like in reality it's probably not needed. I have used the tweezers when I noticed a splinter in her finger and I have used thr plasters for myself a couple of times! It's literally no bigger than a mobile phone.