Peak in the Diaper Bag(s)

I am one of those people who love those “peaks in your pursue” type of posts.*

What can I say? I’m fascinated by what people carry around with them. We all have different things that we love or consider essential or, um, horde.

Which reminds me, I tossed all used tissues and dirty diapers before writing this post. (You’re welcome.)

We recently switched diaper bags. My sister originally bought us the Skip Hop Versa Diaper Bag, Black, but almost immediately the plastic zipper broke. What a bummer!

I contacted Skip Hop and they were awesome about it. They immediately issued me a gift card for the bags full retail price (which was more than she had originally paid since we bought it on sale) to use towards whatever bag I wanted on their site.

Enter the Grand Central.

It’s larger, yet less awkward and much easier to carry on my shoulder than the other bag.

And it holds so much more.

Before we could just barely fit this much into the Versa Diaper Bag:

Now I’m carting around this much stuff in the Grand Central with space for even more:

We easily fit:
a changing pad, change of clothes, sun hat, too many socks, fleece booties, wipes, cloth and disposable diapers, blanket, teething bracelet, sunscreen (for the girls, not the baby), mama’s purse (with wallet, cell phone, and keys), camera, gum (again, for the girls), deck of cards, stuffed animal lion and cat rattle.

Not pictured but usually in there:
Baby K’tan carrier, mama’s water bottle, silicone teether, baby jacket, wet bag.

(In writing this I realized we don’t even own typical diaper bag “essentials” like bottles or pacifiers.)

Do I really need all of the items pictured above? Probably not, but such is life. We can’t help but carry around extra baggage, whether we mean to or not.

* (Have you seen this series of diptychs? Love them.)