Top tips for leaving the house with a new baby. Share with ASDA Little Angels - £300 to be won! NOW CLOSED!

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With the responsibility of having a little person to clean, dress, feed and keep happy, getting out of the house with a new baby can prove an unexpected challenge. ASDA would love you to share your top tips for leaving the house with a new baby.

Here is what ASDA has to say: “There’s nothing worse than being caught short when you’re out and about, so we’d love to hear your stories about what being ‘fully prepared’ on the go means for you and your little angel!”

Did packing a bag the night before help you to get out and about without a hitch? Maybe eating breakfast on the go was the only way you were able to eat breakfast at all. Do you recommend recruiting your nearest and dearest to lend a hand on those first tricky trips? Or, perhaps, you finally realised that swapping the over-packed pram for a sling was the answer.

Whatever your top tips for leaving the house with a baby may be, please share them below and you will be entered into a prize draw to win a £300 voucher of your choice (from a list).

Thanks and good luck!

MNHQ

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Make a list of everything you need, then you can use it as a reference every time you go out. It makes life a lot easier.

Allow lots of extra time and bring spares of all clothing as well as more nappies than you'll think you need.

Just take the essentials for that trip. Pack the changing bag, and load the pram/buggy with what you need.

I keep ready-made "bundles" for nappy changing - 3 or 4 soft cotton pads + 2 sheets soft kitchen roll + disposable nappy - roll them together, making as small as possible - then place into disposable nappy bag - lightly tie the handles (don't knot until wet/soiled nappy in situ).

If you need to be somewhere at a certain time give yourself at least 20 extra minutes to deal with the explosive poo/sick incident that requires a full change of clothes and invariably happens as you try to leave the house.

Having a "go bag" with everything fully stocked, leave this somewhere easy to get to and reduce the stress involved by knowing you have everything you are going to need without having to gather supplies last minute

Pack a bag in advance if you can so you're less likely to forget anything. Always good to keep spare baby food in your bag incase you stay out longer than you intended to. Start getting ready early than you think as it always takes longer to get out of the door

I just had everything I my ever needed all in a bag ready to go and whenever I used something I would replace it as soon as I got home

Have a helper!

My tip is just forget about leaving the house for 3 months. Haha just kidding.
I found walking and catching the bus much easier than getting in and out of the car !

To get out the house with as little stress as possible i would always try and prepare as much as i could, i would make sure my baby bag was always topped up with nappies, wipes, hand sanitizer, spare dummy, teething gel and a snack and just prepare any drinks before. However as it can be alot to carry I always had a bag in the car for emergencies such as spare clothes, nappies, wipes, blanket and medicines. This has saved me on s many trips out! Organising is key :)

Prepacked nappy bag with spare clothes, Pram in car. Still took quite a while. Was easier by no. 3.

Be prepared, wipes, nappies, snacks, you name it!

try and keep a little bag already packed

The first time I left the house with Oscar, I had my mum with me...I was so nervous about going out with him for the first time and having an experienced mum with me really helped reassure me!

Also, make sure you take a blanket just in case the weather changes, and check they're comfortably warm. Take more nappies than you think you need, and a change of clothes...and a change of top for you. I've been sick on in public before without a change of top and wasn't able to go home and change for hours afterwards!

Allow plenty of time, you need space too, lots of it for all the stuff you need for baby! :)

Keep it as simple as possible it you try to pack for every eventuality you will never get out of the house. Nappies, wipes, change of clothes, a feed if not breastfeeding and definitely a dummy

Stay calm and give yourself plenty of time. Get the pram and bag ready first and then yourself and then baby!

Always factor in an extra five or ten minutes in case of last minute poo explosion!

On the night before the day you go out, pack a bag with some baby wipes, nappies, some spare clean clothes and snacks. On the day, you won't have to rush as you have already prepared your bag the night before.

Keep a backpack ready stocked.
Don’t listen to the people who say you just need to “shove a nappy in your pocket”. You can guarantee if you do that your child will produce a massive poonami at a really inconvenient time!

triple up everything , be prepared and make sure baby is fed, changed and is ready for asleep during the outing. Above all dont panic.

take plenty of nappies and spare clothes then relax and enjoy being out

Take a set of spare clothes and an emergency nappy, packed in a resealable ziplock food bag. Then if you get a poonami, you have everything you need to deal with it, plus a waterproof bag to put the dirty stuff in. Also check the bag every now and then as if you don't use it, your emergency stuff ends up being size 0-3 months whilst your baby is size 6-9!
Oh and take snacks for yourself 👍

Don't worry about what anyone thinks of you. My daughter used to cry and cry with colic and I suffered lots of dirty looks and muttering that she was 'too hot' or 'too cold' or 'hungry'.