Nappy changing bags

[hub2dee]

DW rather likes this OiOi , or possibly this

Now, I can handle those designs as changing mats , they're kinda funky, but the bags aren't exactly neutral or manly, are they, and I guess I'm in for my fair share of the brown stuff... Soooo... may I ask the laydees here:

1. Are nappy bags a stupid waste of money - just use a regular bag and throw everything in...

2. The best thing since sliced bread... love the Petunia Picklebottom in red brocade

etc.

Could you recommend anything that didn't make dh puke, that perhaps you both could wear - maybe one that was v. well designed and clever (I like things that are well-designed and clever) ?

PS - If you'd like to see me with one of those nice floral prints, please be advised that I doubt my metrosexuality is up to it.

I'd have a change bag each actually. I get sick and tired of checking the bag when dh has been out. He's good at taking out the wet and smelly stuff, but the dry and clean stuff eludes him completely.

Having an extra packet of wipes on the go and two sunhats instead of one is a small price to pay.

PS and I do think that specialist bags are a waste of money, just get something you like that is large enough. For a while I just popped a spare nappy and my purse in the sling with ds. Those were the days.

Thanks bobbybob and eidsvold... I was thinking last night that it would be infinitely easier to run two bags... and LOL at bb's dh on the clean stuff ! (I agree with him - if it's clean, then leave it there for the next trip, save the packing !!!!!!)

he he jojo - however sad you think you are, I'm infinitely worse - my goodness! I can't make any decisions at all now without consulting the internet information highway for a stupid amount of time first Great though isn't it for us inquisitive souls! Lol at your compassionate doggy! Mine just sighs loudly as he sinks his furrowed brow into his front paws!

I do like the camo bag I mentioned earlier - I think a unisex bag is the way to go for us - I could never trust dp to sort out his own bag so I'd only have to do that as well as my own....

Just bung it all in a carrier bag, and stick the carrier bag in teh bottom of the buggy.

They've got some nice change bags/travel bags at vertbaudet

not spent money on a changing bag yet at 37+ wks and keep talking myself that it is something I will 'need'. Since I started decluttering I rediscovered a cotton freebie handbag from a teacher's conference. Being the cheapskate that I normally am, I have looked at it smilingly and smugly decided that it is a fine compromise between a plastic shopping bag and that patent leather burgundy horror that h2d found on the net.

DH can use his £80 hiking rucksack as a change bag if he objects to sharing my choice.

You didn't like my reccommendation. Must admit I'd like the bags more if they came in just one colour as opposed to the patterny thing... Still think you should get dw a bag from that website though.......

I've found the Kipling Basic Baby L Bag!!!!

lovely shop in paris is ordering it in for me and will cost around £60.

Lunavix - if you're looking for a good alternative, try the Kipline Basic Ellis L. it looks almost identical to the baby bag, has 2 large main compartments and large pockets at the front. Handles as well as a shoulder strap.

hope you find your bag soon

the second compartment of my changing bag will be a large freezer bag!

No I meant putting clean stuff in to replace the wet dirty stuff. After 2 trips dh is going out with an empty rucksack!

I should really search archives for this, but is this thread a:

Reusable wipes crowd

or a

Disposable wipes crowd

?

As my time is nearing, I witnessed a nice brown nappy change today. Changed by my dw's friend's dh with flushable liner. Seems nicer to flush the paper than to do the rinse-in-bog-water thing....

Disposable liners

or

Reusable liners

?

(As I said, should really start a new thread, but thought I might canvas some opion from the gliteratii of the bag world)

you changed your dw friends dh !!

flushable liners on days out, fleece ones for home or short trips out.

atm am using disposable wipes as i stocked up before dd3 was born, but have washable wipes as well.

misdee - although the sentence structure is only of average quality, I can confirm i did not change the bloke, just WITNESSED his changing of his ds !

Do you find using the reusable liners all a bit yucky or are you totally immune to all things yucky now ? !!!!

immune to all things yukky. once you've put your hands out to catch sick you can cope with anything!!

Night misdee, off to bed. You got to. You must be bushed after the last few days you've had.

one last feed about 11pm then bedtime for me!!

When dd2 arrived we started using dd1's old school bag which is a rucksack type from Gap. It's pink and beige, but has handy little pockets on the side which are great for putting any cups or bottles in that you might need. A few nappies, nappy sacks and some wipes inside and you're all set to go.

With dd1 we had a nappy bag that matched the pram it was navy from Mothercare. It had a little changing mat in it but to be honest I don't think we ever used it as when you go to baby changing areas they have changing mats there already.

Oh and dh doesn't mind that dd2's bag is pink as it hangs on the back of the pram and nobody really notices it anyway.

But I do love the red bag that you linked to, if I could have afforded that I would have bought it

We bought a fleece throw from Ikea for 2.90, and made a zillion reusable liners out of it. We have a roll of disposable ones too, and I'm ashamed I'm not clever enough like misdee to use the disposable ones out (never occured to me!) I agree a mix of both is best.

We've started using reusable wipes (flannels, 10 for £3 from ikea.) and tbh it's a lot of faffing around! But we're persevering. I have backup wipes though ( also have back up disposable nappies!)

reusable wipes, nappies and liners for no2 and reusable wipes for no1. Liners - fleece using pattern from one purchased and then the rest cut out of a metre of fleece - got about 20 or more.

can't really buy flushable liners here - can get disposable liners but they have to go in the bin and not down the loo.

Can I please ask what fleece fabric you use for wipes and liners? the fleece stuff I've seen I'm sure is a man made fabric, so I'd've thought wouldn't be absorbant? I'd love to buy a big length and make some wipes and liners now.

charleypops, the liner is not supposed to be absorbent. The wee is supposed to pass through the liner and into the nappy, leaving a nearly dry layer between nappy and baby's bottom. Hence why fleece is a good thing to use as a liner. Any fleece will do. I have done as someone else here and bought a fleece blanket from IKEA which I will cut up to make liners.

Hi hub2dee! Since changing to cloth we use fleece liners and washable wipes. Bought a metre of fleece in John Lewis and chopped it up. Have over half of it left. Need to cut some more because I keep leaving them soaking in the loo (the idea that the poo come off dead easy is a myth!) and I forget and flush them away - oops! Wipes are faceclothes from asda - 25p each. These are great for us because ds reacts to wipes if I use them too often so we used cotton wool and water/lotion previously which was an enormous faff.

Bags - I change mine regularly. Present fave is a purple cord one which was £12.99 in Next. Ds has a bob the builder one which daddy uses (though dh doesn't mind using mine if they're out in the pushchair as bag is hidden underneath).

Heated wipes are a joke. You can warm them in your hand for a second for when your dd is very teeny...

Great thread by the way.

actually, where can i get flushable wipes for days out? less mess to carry about.