Any bag will do!! Anything big enough to hold your purse, water bottle, a few nappies, bunny rug, (bottles if FF)
I stressed and stresseed over which bag to buy, and then I got given a normal handbag, not even very big, and it's got plenty of space even with everything in it! I'm pretty sure the bag cost $15, and when it breaks, I'll just buy another $15 bag.
I bought an OiOi bag for $140 I think and I loved it! I used it for the first 10 montsh and now its in the cupboard as I just bought a gorgeous bobbleart childrens backpack for DD. I use that to take out now as her bag. DP doesnt mind carrying it and he didnt mind carrying th OiOi bag. Its totally up to you but just letting you know there is the bak pack option too. You could get a cute Thomas one or a dinosaur one and people will know its DS's bag
i have an isoki bag - love it - it's open inside (has some little bags that you can throw in with bottles or whatever in them) - it was more exxy, but i looked at the size and how neutral it is to look at - yeah, it's a nappy bag, but as bub grows up, there is no reason why it can't be used as an overnight bag or a beach bag. it's a bit weighty as it is made sturdy - and heavier still cos you can easily pack a lot into it - but it is great for us as i usually go out for at least 8 hours if i leave the house - with a power chucking, cloth nappied baby, i have to pack a bit for that amount of time! when we go into shops, we tend to put a puke rag and bib in the pram, put a clean nappy in a wetbag and head off, so we don't lug a lot around the shops with us - the nappy bag does more time int he car. when we go to friends for an arvo/dinner, we can pack enough clothes, toys, nappies, rug etc forher including jim jams and stuff for her to change into before we go home.
a nappy bag is a REALLY difficult decision. look at what you will need to pack, where you'll be going, whether you'll be carrying it or under the pram, whether you'll be a baby wearing parent, whether your partner is content to use it etc. mine is reversible and fairly neutral colors so DH is happy to use it - but some of them are far more feminine and a lot of man won't use the same one!
I have the same bag as BG and I love it.
It is heavey but a lot of that comes down to whats packed in there and when its full of cloth nappies thats always going to add to the weight.
But, I'm rarely carrying it as its normally on the pram handle.
I had a GR8X that i paid $70 or so for with my first son and it fell apart.
DH doesnt like my isoki because of the weight factor. He uses a crumpler satchel.
I was convinced I wanted the Oroton nappy bag, but inspection it turned out to be pretty average. So mum bought me a kapoochi backpack - it was ok but the zip broke by the time DS#2 came along. So we now use an Adidas satchel bag and I'll continue to do that for #3. Really, all you need is a bag...a mate of mine swears by green supermarket bags!
There's a online bag company Rushfaster. They have every type of bag you can imagine. Most are discounted.I have got some great bags at bargaing prices. Good luck. I think bags are really a personal choice thing.
LOL I have to say I am giggling at some of these posts. WHAT ON EARTH are you ladies doing to your bags to have them not last? I bought a $30 bag from Kmart or Big W I think, just a cheap one, and it is still going strong. And I didn't have my license for the first 20 months of my daughters life so unless my partner was home (she worked full-time, 5 days a week, for the first 18 months) I relied on public transport to get anywhere. I just hung if off the pram. My nappy bag did get a work out, I'd cram as much into it as possible. But still no rips or tears, no sign of aging really. The only way I'd get a tear or rip is if I dragged it behind me!
Having said that though, I only own one 'handbag' which I've hand since 2005. My sister (who worked in a few high quality handbag shops, and she owns about a million and I don't think thats much of an exaggeration) says I should never give bag advice.
I posted recently about the bag I use, and still really like it, but now with 2 have found myself mre and more, reaching for any ol bag, shoving clothes & nappies etc in it and going out,
I just bought myself a cute $30 cloth/string back pack from our visit to the zoo yesterday, I'm hoping this will be the one, it's got an appliqued elephant on it.
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