Nappy Bag Recommendations?? - Baby + Toddler

When DS1 was a baby a had a "nappy bag", but as he has gotten older, I've just started using a Bob the Builder backpack with all his stuff in it. He loves this bag & often asks to carry it himself (although it's pretty heavy!). DS is 2.5years & nearly toilet trained (in undies full-time, except for sleeps) , so his bag has mostly clothes, snacks & a few little toys for when we are stuck in waiting rooms etc.

DS2 is due in August & now I'm wondering what to do about bags. DS1's backpack is already full with his stuff - I don't think I could fit baby stuff in there too! But, I don't really want to lug 2 bags around either.

I'm interested to hear what others have done when moving from 1 to 2 kids (especially when there is a bigger age gap - mine will be 2 years, 9 months apart). Any recommendations of bags that accommodated both? Suggestions of how I can convince DS1 that it would be great to just have 1 bag, rather than continuing to use his Bob bag??

could you just get a nappy bag then put most the stuff out of the bob bag into the nappy bag so the bob bag is lighter then if DS wants to take the bag its not too heavy for him? just an idea, ive just got all our stuff crammed into one nappy bag...its not too bad :)

We got a big wide Ryco one. It has a front pocket with compartments, a bottle warmer hole, a big slide zip and a change mat attached to the back. DD1 was only 21 months when DD2 was born so it meant lots of nappies. I think I just got it from Target or Kmart and it has plenty of room for 2 kids stuff. DD1 still uses her Barbie bag whenever she goes somewhere by herself like daycare, so I just keep a spare change of clothes and a couple of nappies with a small pack of wipes in it.

I dont have 2 kids but instead of spending heaps on a "nappy bag" we just bought a slazenger sports bag for $20 (reduced from $40 :dance:). It's huge and fits plenty in, the only problem is because there's so much room I put in more stuff than we need :doh:
RE your DS's bag: you could just let him take it with a couple of things in it and if he doesn't want to carry it, it'd probably fit inside the other bag. Or use it as a lunch bag?

I have found it to hard to take nappy bag with 2 as I have phil and ted pram and it hits 1 of them in head and is just in way, so I have just put change mat, nappies for both, wipes, DS1 drink bottle and snacks in a canvas bag and shove under pram.

my age gap is only 21months so we've still got a way to go with both in nappies, so I got myself a bigger bag - its an oioi one and fits cloth nappies for the pair of them for the day, but then i normally take a little esky with snacks for dd.

maybe keep the bob bag for your DS, and then just get a smaller bag for the new baby - when it was just DD, I got a gorgeous petunia pickle bottom tote bag, which was spacy enough for a couple of nappies and snacks. The other thing you can do is cull what you actually keep in the nappy bag to make it less bulky - I remember when I went from a bigger nappy bag to the smaller one with DD, I cleaned out the big one and the majority of the stuff in there never got used.

I think the others have a good solution here - let DS carry as much as he can in his little bag, and carry the rest in a bigger nappy bag. I wonder if there are bags where a little backpack can zip on and off? That would be ace.