Changing bags - what to carry in them

[DaisyLand]

Hi
Due in April but bought the changing bag yesterday as was in discount. It comes with a changing mat

What do you normally put in it?
Nappies - how many ? 2-3 day for a full day out
Changing clothes 2-3 for a day trip out
Wipes
Hand sanitizer
Nappy rash cream
Bottles If bottle feeding

Anything else you would not live without ?

Yes to antibac wipes!

I generally had:
5 nappies
Travel changing mat
Wipes
Nappy sacks
Feeding cover
1 muslin
2 changes of clothes for baby
A couple of small baby toys, rattle soft book etc
Wallet, keys, phone for me.

DS1 was a VERY sicky baby so I'd often take a change of clothes for myself and keep them under the buggy, a whole kitchen roll to clean up, tissues to dry my eyes and a bottle of water for me as breastfeeding used to make me so thirsty!

I tend to have:
6-8 nappies (newborns go through alot of them)
Wipes
Travel changing mat
Unscented nappy bags (there isn't always somewhere to dispose of the nappy where you are changing them)
Portable battery (for charging phone) with cable
Toy to distract child
Dummy for when you cannot take them out of the pram to soothe them
Formula/bottles if required
Muslins
change of clothes or two for baby
Keys/purse so I don't need a handbag

I put everything in separate sealed sandwich bags for ease of finding.

For baby:

4-7 nappies (each in a nappy bag so the nappy bag was to hand when dealing with poonamis)

Spare nappy bags for putting destroyed clothes in that needed soaking

Wipes

Spare clothes set and spare babygrow

A couple of Muslins

A blanket (useful for putting baby down in, wrapping up in, additional "clothes" if baby has gone through everything else, acts as sun shade on buggy)

Nappy cream, calpol, teething gel, sun screen

Clips for attaching muslin/blanket to buggy

Spare hat in case of sun

(Feeding stuff if not breastfeeding)

(Raisins/snacks once weaning)

Disposable changing mat (there will be some places where you don't want to put your changing mat down)

For you:

Bottle of water

Straw for when hands are full

Paracetamol, spare contact lenses, hand cream, sanitising wipes, spare top of baby going through sicky phase, snack, keys, something to write on and with, emergency £20, keys on a string (so you can always find them), packet of tissues. (Mobile charging battery unit for phone)

I would suggest you always put the same things in the same pocket so you can find what you're after in your zombied state or direct others to what you need.

I'd say about 5 nappies
Antibacterial hand wipes
A proper size pack of baby wipes (don't bother with the 'travel packs' you'll always find you're on the last one when there's been poonami in Costa!)
2 changes of baby clothes (each in a zip lock sandwich bag)
Nappy bags
A toy/rattle they find mesmerising
Large muslin/scarf for covering up when breastfeeding or when on formula
2 or 3 cartons of ready made milk and bottle if bottle feeding. I also had a microwave sterilising bag thing for emergencies - only need to carry one bottle then.
As many muslins as can fit in

For me
Snacks (a couple of Cereal bars that don't matter too much if get squashed)
Water
Sanitary towels (you never know when AF going to strike in first few months!)
Paracetamol
Nipple cream
Bottle of water
Spare tshirt
A spare £20 and door key to that never leave the bag

Buy there's never enough room for everything. Definitely have a strict pocket system or use zip lock sandwich bags or organisation or you'll find half the bag taken up with old junk and not enough space for what you need!

Oh and I used a folding changing mat with pockets that had the nappies, wipes, bags and one change of clothes in it. That then went in the changing bag. All together then so don't have to always take whole change bag with you to change nappy. And don't need to bother with disposable change mats.

I bought a load of incontinence mats and use them as portable change mats, been really useful when baby wees mid change!
Also my favourite Muslins are primark and Aldi, they're by far the softest I've got!
5+ nappies (as I'm paranoid of running out), wipes, nappy bags, cream and sanitiser.
Small toy (teething ring, rattle etc)
Water bottle and snack for you (if breastfeeding)
2-3 spare outfits (my baby had explosive nappies!)
Blanket
Dribble bibs - useful when teething
Plastic bag
My purse, keys and phone
Teething powder/bonjela
Hat/mittens -just in winter
Snoozeshade - for naps in the pram
Bottles/formula (if formula feeding)

On top of the other suggestions : a bib and a dummy, and a spare house-key. Oh yes, it'll happen to you too 😊

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Decent zip wet bags for clothes, muslins or cloth nappy if you use them. Bargain and save so much disposable plastic nappy bag waste

Small changing mat.
Pack of wipes (or cotton wool and small container to put water in )
Muslin cloth
3-5nappies
Nappy sacks
Baby-gro and vest

Nappy rash cream/bottle of water/anti-bac hand wash if I though I was going to need them

I BF, but obviously enough formula and sterilized bottles and a flask of hot water might also be needed.

Spare sterilized dummy if you use them.

A Milton dummy sterilizer.

They are about a fiver but well worth it or just use Milton wipes for anything dropped etc.