What Is In Your Diaper Bag?

I am sure a lot of my fellow mommies (and daddies!) out there often wonder what in the heck is in the diaper bags of other parents?
Well, if you don't I sure as heck do!
I don't know how many times I have been at the grocery store and have caught myself staring at other mom's diaper bags wondering how they manage to fit everything they need into such a small bag, or how they can find anything in that massive black hole of a bag? Or my favorite one yet, "OHMYGOSH! That is the CUTEST bag ever!! HONEY!! Where do you think she got her bag?!?!" No, my darling husband never gives me the answer I am looking for (he almost always shrugs his shoulders).
If you are anything like me, you want to know these things!
So, my best friend (who has been my partner in crime since middle school) and fellow blogger, Aubrey and I came up with a fun feature for our blogs, "What is in your diaper bag?".
We plan on asking our fellow momma friends what is in their bags with a series of questions:

Your name:

Your blog's name (if applicable):

How many children and their name and ages:

1. What bag do you use?

Do you love it?  Would you recommend it to a new momma?

2. The "goods"? (I.E a brief description on what is in there and what it is for).

3.. What must you ALWAYS have in your bag?

4. What is the most random thing you carry in your bag?

5. Any diaper bag mishaps? 

6. Dirty secret? 

Alright, to kick this off I thought I would start you off with a look at what is in the Felda diaper bag!

Well, I hope you all know my name, but in case you don't...my name is Chelsey! And I am Mommy to Avalyn, who just turned eight months old.

1. 

Alright, I have two diaper bags that I often switch between depending on the type of trip/outing we will be having. The first (left) is my fabulous Thirty-One Retro Metro Tote; which is used for road trips, over night stays, and outings that will last longer than five hours; such as a day trip. The second (right) is my Petunia Pickle Bottom Boxy Bag; which is used for those shorter trips. 

I would definitely recommend both bags! I love, love, LOVE my PPB but once my little bug hit six months old and started to require more things when we would leave the house, it was just not big enough. I also LOVE my Thirty-One tote because of all of the room I have! My favorite thing about the PPB is the detachable changing pad! I love how I can just take it out of the PPB and stick it in my Thirty-One bag!

2.  The "Goods":

1. Face wipes because let's face it, babies are messy. ;)

2. A pen, Wet Ones, and Pacifier/Toy Cleaning Wipes: I keep a pen in the bag because I always need one when I don't have one in it, the Wet Ones are for those dirty high chairs and carts, and the wipes are pretty much self explanatory. 

3. Baby food, travel spoon, formula/formula dispenser, baby juice, and my Thirty-One thermal pouch to keep it all in.

4. Baby Mum Mum's, a granola bar for Mommy (or Daddy!), spare/emergency formula, and baby snacks (teether biscuits and puffs).

5. Wet bag and cloth diapers.

6. Bottles and a sippy cup. 

7. Teether toys!! I would DIE without these!!

8. Wipes holder with cloth wipes inside, diaper creams, and hand sanitizer.

9. Mommy's wristlet, Kleenex, and chap stick: the Kleenex because it is allergy season and the chap stick because Brian is always asking me for some. 

10. Pacifiers (always carry a spare!).

11. The "Med" Bag: in it we have things like gas drops, Tylenol, baby chap stick, teething gel, amber beads, etc. 

12. A big and a burp cloth because Ava always seems to spit up when we don't have them.

13. Spare clothes in their own wet bag.

14. Some crazy light up spinner Cinderella toy...not sure why that is in there...

3. What must I always have in my bag?? That is a tough one since without one thing we almost always need it; which is why I carry so much! I would have to say that right now the one thing I must ALWAYS have in the bag is a pacifier and the wet bag...without the pacifier I can't distract her from her hunger in the even that I forgot the bottle, formula, or BOTH; which has been done before. And without the wet bag, well, let's just say we have one STINKY diaper bag without it. 

4. The most random thing in my bag is definitely that Cinderella toy...I think I stuffed it in her bag when we were traveling to Georgia a few weekends ago...not sure why...

5. My biggest diaper bag mishap was when Brian told me not to bring the bag since we would only be gone for no more than 20 minutes as we ran to the store and for whatever reason I listened. Well we ended up being gone for over an HOUR and poor Ava was hungry so we had to buy her a pouch of baby food to hold us over until we made it back home. Parent of the year award goes to....

6.  My dirty secret is that I am guilty of having forgotten to take the dirty diapers out of the wet bag...oopsy! I should also swap out the spare clothes since I am almost positive they are from two months ago...guess that means we are lucky for not ever needing them! Now watch, we will need them and the clothes will be waaaaaaay too small! Ha! 

And I bet half of you are wondering how in the hell that all fits into the bag?!

Just like this!! ;)

So there you have it! That is everything currently in our diaper bag; I am constantly swapping out the toys so little Ava does not get bored or tired of looking at the same toys. I also always have her Wubbanub in there as well, but it was not pictured since it is tucked away snugly in her arms as she is asleep in bed. 

Make sure to check out my dear friend, Aubrey's blog as she features her friend's diaper bags! Soon we will all know the answers to our questions..."what is in that diaper bag?!".

And make sure to keep an eye out because Aubrey's diaper bag will be coming soon!!