Making "Negative One" Father’s Day count- June 20, 2010
Remember how dumb diaper bags used to look? They were puffy and had blocks spelling out the word “Baby” surrounded by Baby Mickey or Baby Pooh. New parents lost cool points instantly with these quilted, nylon, dirt magnets with broken zippers.
Diaper bags are so much better now! I can’t wait to buy a PPB, Fleurville, or Ju-Ju-Be. Maybe I’ll rock it traditional with a Coach or Kate Spade. Oh heaven! They’re great big purses! (PPB may be the front-runner. More posts on this to come i’m sure!)
The Dad diaper bags are pretty nice too.
We woke up and I asked Greyson to take Ginger for a walk because I had a little “First” Father’s Day surprise. (Well, “Negative One” Father’s Day.) I was so excited. I had looked for the perfect Dad’s diaper bag online and finally found one at the store. I had two options for this gift. His undergrad alma mater or his grad school alma mater. Grad school won because it was a bigger, and better quality bag.
Okay, I did not intend for this to be a shopping post. Let’s get to the story.
Greyson: “What’s this?”
Me: “Your Father’s Day present.”
Greyson: “Oh! It’s great! A Carolina bag.”
Me: “Yeah, but what kind of Carolina bag?”
Greyson: “A computer bag.”
Me: “No, what kind of bag might it be?”
Greyson: “Like a baby bag?”
Me: “Yeah, a diaper bag. A diaper bag for dads. I figured you wouldn’t like the girly one I want.”
He loved it! But, he did look a little overwhelmed as I showed him the pockets, wipe dispenser, and changing pad. I explained everything that would go in there when he had our daughter out-and-about.
Greyson: (A little laugh, runs his hand through his hair) “I guess I have a lot to learn.”
You do. We both do. But, that’s okay. We have time to learn. It’s “Negative One” Father’s Day after all. You’re going to be great Grey. I knew when I met you, you were the only man I’d ever met strong enough, and good enough to be the father of my children. I’m so proud I get to be the mother of your daughter. I love you.
We took our current “little girl” for a hike around the lake later in the morning. We’ve learned what to pack in our little backpack. It has everything Ginger needs on a hot day at the park. I guess we’ll figure out what to put in a diaper bag.
Beautiful Ginger looking out the window in the car, ready to get to the lake.
My whole heart walking around Lake Lynn in Raleigh together with a fully stocked backpack.
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PPB are a pain to clean. I have had friends that have basically gotten rid of theirs within a couple of months b/c it got dirty so quickly. (And these are anal folks that take meticulous care of their things.)
Bags that have light colored fabric on the inside are great– it makes finding things so much easier. Make sure it completely closes at the top, I can't tell you how annoying it is too lean over and have half your bag's contents spill out.
Both Coach and Kate Spade carry their diaper bags in their outlet stores. I can't tell a difference between them and the regular store ones. (I just remembered that something really annoyed me about the Coach ones, I can't remember what it was though.)
We have a SkipHop and I love it. Tons of pockets, easy to clean, durable (I don't worry if I have to set it on the floor) and it easily straps onto all our strollers. Pravin was going to get me any bag I wanted, after checking out every bag on the market I decided it was the best for us. The OiOi ones were very close runners up.
This site has tons of reviews of almost every bag: http://www.diaperbags.com/
Thanks Jennifer!
Good tips! I'm not sure what I'm gonna go with. I like the OiOis too. We'll see. Good…I'm gonna check out the site!
Amy
Stopping by from SITS. Great blog. You had me laughing and remembering things from my own pregnancy. Good luck to you and your new baby girl!