I ordered a backpack for Andrew, my 1 year old. With a 3rd baby due to arrive in just a few short months, I love the idea of Andrew toting around his own diaper bag.
I did the same thing when I was pregnant with Andrew. Izzy had her own little backpack, which she loved. It contained all the usual trappings of a diaper bag: A diaper or two, maybe a change of clothes, a sippy cup, and a snack. We still use her backpack now, to keep toys on car trips or as a "busy bag" when we go places. My sister bought an adorable Stephen Joseph backpack for her, and even at three, Isabelle loves getting to carry her backpack. I love having one less thing to carry.
So here's the Little Life backpack I ordered for Andrew.
Designed to look like a turtle's shell, it's completely adorable. It has a small hood that looks like a turtle's head, for when it rains. It also has a "leash" attachment that I can clip onto the backpack so that I can keep up with my little toddler, who will be 18 months old when his new little brother arrives.
But what can it hold?
- Andrew's Epipen set and Benadryl, which he must have with him at all times (thank you, peanut allergies).
- A short sippy cup.
- Two diapers. Disposable, not my usual cloth diapers.
So weigh in, por favor. Too small or just fine?
I'm afraid I already know what the answer is, but I just don't want to have to return the thing.
Landon carries a little bitty backpack from Pottery Barn to places such as church, playdates, etc for his Epi, but its plenty big for a change of clothes, etc. It wasn't very expensive and they have them on sale a lot. It also has 2 side pouches for drinks. Tyler actually loves to wear this backpack and it fits him awesome (just to give you an idea of the size) I will send you a link..
ReplyDeleteThat sounds perfect! I still wish I could find a backpack with a leash, but I'll probably have to give in on that one.
ReplyDeleteIf you get the nylon strapping from Hancock's or Hobby Lobby you can make a leash to attach to any backpack by just sealing the ends and sewing it into a loop on each end. Then it will loop onto any back pack or even little man's belt loop!
ReplyDeleteYou're at the stage where I began carrying a backpack purse for myself--it contained one diaper in two different sizes, a small pack of wipes, and had spots to stick a sippy or two. Hands-free!
ReplyDeleteWe kept extra clothes in the car.
I do love that cute turtle!
That's really smart, April. If I'm going out somewhere, I usually do something like what you're describing and carry one bag for both kids (though Izzy needs nothing nowadays--she needs no diapers, has no accidents, and drinks from a "big girl cup" most of the time). The main glitch is when I go somewhere with childcare, and then each kid is in a separate room, requiring separate bags, and some situations even ask for a change of clothes. For us, that's MOPS twice a month, Church on Sun/Wed and Bible study on Thursdays.
ReplyDeleteCatheryne, you picked the winning solution! Damian finally had a chance to analyze it with me last night and he said the same thing. He's the problem solver at our house and he said 1) it's awfully small and not a good idea. 2) just make my own leash. My only problem with that was locating the supplies, but you just solved that problem. Thank you, ma'am!
Another thing we did while still in the "extra clothes" stage was fill a gallon zip-loc with the necessities for each child, label with a sharpie, and dole those out to the respective rooms at church or wherever. I just thought of that!
ReplyDeleteThen you could just stick the bag(say, a reusable lightweight shopping bag)into your purse and be on your way to MOPS!