The Great nappy Bag
February 10th 2008 10:31
Seems to me that the proverbial Nappy Bag should come with a bottomless errr bottom. It often looks like ours is going to bust at the seams at any moment. Actually our first one has done that already (and it was $129 if I remember correctly). Our second seems a little sturdier.
After strolling through Bay Kingdom the other to look for our new one I can't help feeling that the "Nappy Bag" phenomenon is driven more by fashion and people liking little compartments for everything than true practicality.
Most only come with one shoulder strap making them heavy to lug around. If you're lucky to score one with a backpack like shoulder strap arrangement (if it doesn't cost you your first born!!) isn't really that comfortable to wear on your back being too short and placing all the weight directly onto the top of your shoulders.
Which brings me to wondering...
Why not just use a decent backpack? Sure it's probably not as fashionable for the ladies but it at least more comfortable and looks after parts of your body that are more important (your shoulders and back which you will be needing for a while yet).
A decent backpack will set you back anywhere between $50 - $100 which is still far cheaper than a lot of Nappy Bags. They're more comfrotable specifically being made to sit properly on your back (Everest and Black Wolf are excellent). Have plenty of room in the main compartment which you could seperate by using different coloured plastic bags if you had to or just use it for the nappies and use the smaller pockets for nappy wipes etc. There are plenty of backpacks that come with oodles of zippered pockets, or even a laptop backpack could be more appropriate. Plus they come with lifetime warranties on the zips (which self repair if they break) and some are waterproof (good for those rainy day occasions when bubs needs more than a few changes!).
And what's in our Nappy bag?
- 3 -5 Disposable nappies
- 2 cloth nappies
3 - 4 Changes of clothes
- Nappy rash cream
- Nappy wipes in a sealable plastic bag
- Portable changing mat
- Plastic cover for mat
- 10 Nappy Sacks
= 1 Bib
1- 1 Face washer
- Small bottle of water
So what would you prefer to carry? A specifically designed Nappy Bag or a generic Backpack? And what do you carry in your Nappy Bag?
After strolling through Bay Kingdom the other to look for our new one I can't help feeling that the "Nappy Bag" phenomenon is driven more by fashion and people liking little compartments for everything than true practicality.
Most only come with one shoulder strap making them heavy to lug around. If you're lucky to score one with a backpack like shoulder strap arrangement (if it doesn't cost you your first born!!) isn't really that comfortable to wear on your back being too short and placing all the weight directly onto the top of your shoulders.
Which brings me to wondering...
Why not just use a decent backpack? Sure it's probably not as fashionable for the ladies but it at least more comfortable and looks after parts of your body that are more important (your shoulders and back which you will be needing for a while yet).
A decent backpack will set you back anywhere between $50 - $100 which is still far cheaper than a lot of Nappy Bags. They're more comfrotable specifically being made to sit properly on your back (Everest and Black Wolf are excellent). Have plenty of room in the main compartment which you could seperate by using different coloured plastic bags if you had to or just use it for the nappies and use the smaller pockets for nappy wipes etc. There are plenty of backpacks that come with oodles of zippered pockets, or even a laptop backpack could be more appropriate. Plus they come with lifetime warranties on the zips (which self repair if they break) and some are waterproof (good for those rainy day occasions when bubs needs more than a few changes!).
And what's in our Nappy bag?
- 3 -5 Disposable nappies
- 2 cloth nappies
3 - 4 Changes of clothes
- Nappy rash cream
- Nappy wipes in a sealable plastic bag
- Portable changing mat
- Plastic cover for mat
- 10 Nappy Sacks
= 1 Bib
1- 1 Face washer
- Small bottle of water
So what would you prefer to carry? A specifically designed Nappy Bag or a generic Backpack? And what do you carry in your Nappy Bag?
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