My diaper bag used to be a hot mess. I’d find smashed fruit snacks, dirty spoons, and stained onesies Sunday morning 5 minutes after we should have already left for church. When I got pregnant with my third, I wrote a post on what was in my diaper bag and it continues to be one that gets traffic monthly.
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I want to show you the diaper bag organizers I use and then give one away! I contacted sugarSNAP myself because I’ve used their diaper files for two years now and love them. I actually use them in my diaper bag and my purse because, you know, sometimes your purse becomes your diaper bag. 🙂
The files all hook on a ring (not shown here, but you can see it if you go to the store), are sturdy, come in various sizes, and have cute little labels.
I put travel size oil, powder, diaper dream, and lotion in the “Lotions and Potions” file, my wallet, phone, and change purse in the “Me and Mine” file and, obviously, diapers and wipes in the “Dipes and Wipes.” I put spare clothes, shoes, and undies in another one and then keep one in the diaper bag and another in my purse.
Family Tidy Routines
Things to keep in your diaper bag.
- diapers
- wipes
- spare clothing
- diaper cream
- pacifier (if you us one, here are the pros and cons of using a pacifier)
- hand sanitizer
- diaper bags (or a wet bag if you cloth diaper)
- snack
- sippy cups
- sunscreen
- emergency information
To enter for a chance to win your own diaper files just leave a blog comment telling me what the weirdest thing in your diaper bag is, and then fill out the Rafflecopter widget below.
I have a few glow sticks in my bag for when I need to keep the kids quiet and entertained.
Oh that’s a GOOD idea!
I don’t keep anything weird really. But I do keep mommy snacks and chapstick for myself.
I never keep my own snacks, great idae!
I keep a wind-up chicken toy in my diaper bag. The kids love it, so I use it as a distraction if it’s taking a long time for our meals to come at a restaurant, etc.
Ha, wind-up toy. That’s a great idea!
I have seen these on Pinterest and always thought how this could truly be so helpful for when I am changing bags a lot. I love the organization and it could be helpful for daddies too.
Yes… my husband likes to know exactly what’s int he diaper bag if he takes them out. He’s a prepper 🙂
The weirdest thing I have in my diaper bag is a roll of tape. I don’t even Know why it’s in there. Lol
Hahaha!
We live overseas so I keep crayons and hand sanitizer wipes (to clean high chairs) none of which are provided when we go out to restaurants.
And because it’s very hot here and my kids sweat a lot i use baby cologne that they sell here to help my kids smelling fresh during the day
It’s not all that weird, but I keep a baby spoon and bib in the diaper bag because I always forget them when we do a short day trip. I’m pretty sure lanolin and breast pads need to go in the mommy pocket!
I always have a handful of pens for my older kids to stay busy with.
Love this! I’m not planning on using an “actual” diaper bag with bay #4, just a cute tote bag instead, so these would be perfect!
The weirdest thing is probably an exercise rope that I carry around to give my son something to bite on when our errands or travels get frustrating. I also carry around Japanese Yen and Japanese snacks. I’ll bet not too many people have those in their diaper bag 🙂
Lauren
Ha, you win with the Japanese snacks 🙂
The weirdest thing I found right now was a bird shaped whistle. Didn’t even know it was in there and I just cleaned the diaper bag!
I carry around a pink satin pillowcase. Even with all of the lovies and baby toys we were gfited, my son still decided that a pink sating pillowcase from the linen closet is the best thing in the world.
Ha, Kimberly, how cute. I love satin pillowcases too.
nothing weird yet 🙂 still waiting
Nothing too weird, but I do keep a empty, clean pillbox in there for putting toddler snacks to make them last a little longer. Cheerios and goldfish work great and you can break other items like pretzels to make them small enough to fit. Kids love open the tabs for each day of the week and I love that it took them 10 times longer to scarf down the snack.
Cami, hahaha, that’s a good idea. They can’t just shove it all in at once!
Crafting scissors that have a cover on them. Spray bottle, water pitcher. My kiddo has some special needs so some of these are used when she is changed (ileostomy)
I had to look up what ileostomy was, bless you mama and your daughter!
I have a plastic fork in my diaper bag. Not exactly sure how it got in there but I keep it just in case we need it. You never know.
That’s a good idea atcually because I’ve had to feed the baby before and not had a single utensil.
I also use my diaper bag as a purse and I keep finding crumpled up reciepts among the pampers and wipes, plus lollipop sticks etc.
I double up too a lot of times 🙂
No weird thing yet. I am a new mom
Just give it a few years 😉
The weirdest thing in my diaper bag is probably leftover eggs from Easter- that was pretty bad
Haha, were they plastic?
The wierdest thing in my diaper bag is an orange handy “squeeze” juicer that my daughter would enjoy and it would keep her busy through all my grocery shopping. It fits into oranges and is a great healthy natural option compared to juices.
Sabrina, I’ve seen those. Do they work easily? I really dislike buying the kids juice, but oranges are hard to eat!
Well, with my first son I carried a fake wax apple in my diaper bag because he loved to play with it.Right now I am pregnant and my diaper bag is full of newborn clothes.
Wax apple. Ha! Love it 🙂
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Smart one!
I don’t have a diaper bag setup yet as I am pregnant right now, but these diaper files look amazing!!
I would LOVE to win these organizers! The weirdest thing in my diaper bag is noise canceling headphones for my babe for when we go to church- it gets LOUD in there!!
Ha, I bet your baby looks so cute!
i’m pregnant with my second and these files are going to be a must have!! I’ve never seen them before! Thanks for sharing!
It’s not too weird, but I always keep a bathing suit, swim diaper, and wet bag in my diaper bag during the summer in case an occasion for the kids to get wet arises.
It’s summer girl, great idea 🙂
Working on better diaper bag organization since I now have two kiddos! Nothing too weird in my diaper bag, I don’t think, but we often use a small boys undershirt instead of a bib, so there is one of those in there, and my daughter loves to play with cards, so there is an old store rewards card in there. 🙂
Jackie, just this morning I thought I needed to use a shirt instead of a bib because my baby holds it and shoves it in his mouth. Ha!
I’m expecting my first born in November, so nothing weird in my diaper bag yet! However, my mom used to carry around crazy glue for whenever we broke something and a refillable slushie cup from seven eleven (so we could get a discount!).
I found my headphone which I thought I have lost it for the longest time. I need more organization!
My 6yo picks up little ‘treasures’ while we’re out and about that somehow always end up in my diaper bag to be carried around and then requested sometimes weeks later. Right now I know I have at least a handful or paperclips, a broken earing, and a carwash token to a carwash in a town we’ve never been.
Haha, love the carwash token. He should keep at it, I had a family member who used to find money all the time on the ground and she always said, “Well, you just have to look!”
Nice collection of diaper bag. This is the best way of organize your things at the best way.
Hi Rachel,
Your advice is amazing and incredibly helpful! Thank you for sharing your gifts with others!❤
I am interested in purchasing the files by Sugar Snap but they are not available on their website and are listed for $200 on Amazon. I am wondering if they might still be available at a more reasonable price! Thanks so much!
Warmly,
Kristen O’Donnell