A diaper bag is most important asset while traveling. If you are a new mother, you might not know what are the essential things that a diaper bag must have. Prepare a checklist of all those things your baby would need. This way, you can be at ease with your baby and can be rest assured to enjoy your travel. Your baby would also not be cranky as he/she gets everything handy.
Here is a comprehensive checklist of the things that your baby’s diaper bag must contain:
1. Diaper
It perhaps needs no mentioning that diaper is a must in a diaper bag. Buy a diaper that is suitable for your baby. You will get the clear idea of the suitable size of the diaper of your baby by his or her body weight. Diapers are made according to the ranges of a baby’s body weight. Remember to keep extra diapers as your kid can urinate or poo more than once.
Moreover, with diapers, you can remain carefree whenever someone holds your baby. You need not ponder and worry about the embarrassment you may face, when the person hands your baby back to you in no time for spoiling his/her clothes.
2. Cleansing wipes
This item is very essential for the health and hygiene of your baby. Whenever you change a wet diaper, you must wipe the damp area with a clean wipe. This will prevent infection and rashes in your baby’s sensitive skin. Therefore, keep at least 10 wipes if you are going out for a short distance while make it double if your tour is for the whole day.
3. Hand sanitizer
Maintaining your own personal hygiene is as important as that of your baby. So, keep a liquid hand sanitizer in your diaper bag that will be of great help in places where you might not get water and soap to wash your hands every time you change the diaper. Even your family or friends who are traveling with you can make use of the sanitizer and keep their hands clean before holding your baby.
4. Disposal bags
Include a bunch of disposal bags made from biodegradable materials in your diaper bag. Whenever you need to throw away used diaper, you will need one disposal bag. Keep on dumping your baby’s garbage in it so that you can finally throw off the bag in a proper disposal area when it gets filled.
5. Feeding bottles
This is next most crucial thing the baby’s diaper bag must contain. Babies have smaller stomach as compared to adults. So, they can be fed very little at a time. Hence, they feel hungry very soon. Thus, you need to keep necessary arrangements of liquid baby food or processed breast milk in that feeding bottle. Together with it another feeding bottle containing drinking water should also be there.
6. Solid baby food
In case your baby is no longer new born and has started eating solid food, you must ensure that the diaper bag must have some solid eatables which you can give to your baby whenever he or she feels hungry. Keep some biscuits, fruits, munchies, etc. inside your bag that is recommended for babies.
7. Extra clothing
The diaper bag must contain extra clothing, excluding the one the baby is wearing. In situations when the baby spoils his/her clothes by spitting, drooling, peeing or poops, the extra clothing will come to your aid and you can change the soiled one immediately. This way, your baby would also feel comfortable.
8. Deodorizers and talcum powder
Every time your baby urinates, poops or pees there will be a fowl smell all around that will be really embarrassing for you. So, ensure that your diaper bag has enough supply of baby powder, mild perfumes and deodorizer that will keep off the bad odor.
