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If I don't win a diaper bag, DH says I have to carry the baby's stuff in a grocery bag!

Posted by BrookeNicole09    Thursday, June 12, 2008 2:35 PM

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I left the house without bottles or formula for my twins.  Twice!

Posted by tuesdayef    Thursday, June 12, 2008 2:45 PM

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Our very first trip out of the house with our son, to his first pediatrician visit at 5 days old, we didn't bring any extra clothing with us.  We had diapers, wipes, changing pad, etc., but no extra clothes.  The doc's office is a quick five minute walk from our house, we wouldn't be there very long, why would we need extra clothes?

Well, first he pooped out onto his onesie.  The outer layer was still intact, though, so we changed him, took off the onesie, and put his clothes back on without it.  Then he peed through that diaper and his clothes were wet!  Thank goodness we were so close to home - although we cringed, we put his wet clothes back on him after the doctor saw us, wrapped him up tight in a blanket, and got home as quickly as we could.

Needless to say, I have never left the house without at least one change of clothes for him since!

Posted by doublejen    Thursday, June 12, 2008 2:39 PM

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Diapers!!! Really..... I had to go visit a friend who was leaving the country and I drove 30 miles to her house without diapers. We ended up going over to the store to buy some and while we were gone her mom babysat my son and he pooped his diaper. She went next door and "borrowed" a diaper from the neighbors. She is soooo blind and wasn't wearing her glasses. She wiped his butt with a lysol wipe. When we got back I was mortified. She said she could't find the wipes. Turns out I forgot those too.....

Posted by lwcat2323    Thursday, June 12, 2008 2:52 PM

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I have forgotten the whole diaper bag once when we went out of town to visit with my relatives.  DH had to go to the store and get diapers, formula, bottle, and a change of cloths.  My Dh and I have never forgotten it since.

Posted by rabgirl    Thursday, June 12, 2008 2:55 PM

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I've carefully packed my diaper bag a number of times, but still managed to leave home without the baby bottle. As a result I've got a nice collection of random bottles left at aunts, uncle and grandparent homes in two states.

Posted by Mommy Irby    Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:09 PM

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Henry's grandmother bought tickets for us to go to the circus when he was 14 months old.  When we were home getting ready, Henry brought me a diaper and handed it to me.  I thought-how nice he wants to help by bringing me a clean diaper.  We load into the car and arrive at the circus.  We picked up my son to find that he was sitting in a pool of wetness.  My husband took his outfit off and realized he had NO diaper on.  It suddenly dawns on me that the diaper Henry was trying to hand me at home--was actually the diaper he had on and then took off.  He rode 30 minutes in the car—diaper free!  We had no change of clothes and the circus was about to start.  My husband ran on foot to the mall across the street and bought a new outfit for him and then promptly ran back.  We missed the opening act!  We both vowed never to forget a change of clothes again and to pay attention when our son hands us a diaper.  

Posted by MommytoHenry2    Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:10 PM

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Henry's grandmother bought tickets for us to go to the circus when he was 14 months old.  When we were home getting ready, Henry brought me a diaper and handed it to me.  I thought-how nice he wants to help by bringing me a clean diaper.  We load into the car and arrive at the circus.  We picked up my son to find that he was sitting in a pool of wetness.  My husband took his outfit off and realized he had NO diaper on.  It suddenly dawns on me that the diaper Henry was trying to hand me at home--was actually the diaper he had on and then took off.  He rode 30 minutes in the car—diaper free!  We had no change of clothes and the circus was about to start.  My husband ran on foot to the mall across the street and bought a new outfit for him and then promptly ran back.  We missed the opening act!  We both vowed never to forget a change of clothes again and to pay attention when our son hands us a diaper.  

Posted by MommytoHenry2    Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:10 PM

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We went up to the lake for a nice quiet evening and forgot bottles.  We had the swimsuit, two changes of clothes, diapers, formula, the whole nine yards.  Even plenty of toys.  We were only going to be gone for 2 days.  The worst part was we were having so much fun in the water that my DH didn't stop to eat until she was starving.  I started running the warm water, reached into the diaper bag and there was not a bottle in sight.  We took her crying and us barely dry and ran up to the nearest grocery store, 10 miles away, just for a bottle.  

Posted by steen05    Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:07 PM

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Well, I don't have a baby story yet, but the diaper bag would be awesome for my husband!!  

Posted by diverco    Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:08 PM

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What haven't I forgot?  Diapers, extra outfits, milk, spit up cloths, and wipes.   The best was when I only had one outfit packed and my daughter managed to blow out on both of them.   I had to try and wash the pants by hand and matched it with a terrible top for my SIL's baby shower.  

Posted by smiles4ya    Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:21 PM

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I've left the house with out diapers and wipes a couple of times.  The time that was the hardest was when I was taking my son to his doctors appointment.  It was a very long trip to the doctors, between the wait in the waiting room 1st.  Then we moved to our room and we were in the room waiting for the doctor to come see us, for quite a while.  Ethan was in need of a diaper change and I realized I didn't bring any diapers and wipes.  His diaper was full and I wanted to clean him up before the doctor checked on him.  I stuck my head out the door and asked a nurse if they had any diapers in the office.  They did but the largest they had was a size 3!  I had no other option but to use it so he wouldn't leak all over his clothes.  He wears a size 5 diaper.  Since we were at an appointment I just couldn't pop into a store really fast and buy a package of diapers.  I felt awful.  As soon as we left I took him directly to get changed.  

Posted by Jessesgirl33    Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:29 PM

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I actually left home without diapers!  A whole diaper bag full of everything else you can imagine, but not 1 diaper!  I thougth DH put some in there, he thought I did. . . turns out, nobody did!  DS had to wear a burp cloth home as a diaper, but we made it without any major accidents! :)

Posted by CasieNC    Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:35 PM

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This just happened to us two days ago! We left the house to have dinner and walk around at an outdoor shopping mall for a few hours. Oops! Forgot the main thing...a stroller!! duh.

Posted by burbankqt    Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:41 PM

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I have actually left the house without diapers and wipes, I have a small diaper bag and my hubby had been watching my son the day before and I didn't think to check to see if my normal "5 diapers" and wipes were in the bag, I had to buy a pack of diapers and wipes from a gas station due to my son having a "poopy"!  Those are pretty must have, especially sinces its the main essential to having a diaper bag!

Posted by Lovingheartmommy    Thursday, June 12, 2008 4:21 PM

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Left home without extra pants, and of course that was the only time my son had a blowout at church. Thank goodness the pants he had on were ones that dry quickly so I put them on the little space heater in the nursery after hand-washing them at the bathroom sink... They were mostly dry by the time church was done- thank goodness because it was the middle of winter!

Posted by Raineth    Thursday, June 12, 2008 4:21 PM

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I've left the house without diaper wipes, boy did I need them later!

Posted by sara1817    Thursday, June 12, 2008 4:32 PM

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Can't say I've left home with anything....I'm due October 1, 2008. This will be my first baby. Let's just say...I  hope to get this bag, so I don't have a horror story to share...I sure don't want to experience forgetting something...:)

Posted by Mrs.Buchanan    Thursday, June 12, 2008 5:15 PM

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I sent my husband and mother to my son's 1st pediatrician visit.   And though I sent them with a diaper bag, it didn't have a blanket in it (who knew I needed one!).  The nurse asked my husband to remove the baby's clothing and he did.  My husband tried to keep him warm by laying the baby's clothes on top of him, but it was summer and the AC was on.  The baby was so cold,  he peed on my husband.

To make matters worse, by the time the doctor came in, the baby was screaming.  He must have been hungry.  My mother says was sucking on his bottle, but still screaming.  Turns out the nipple didn't have a hole in it.  The doctor had to use a syringe with a needle to puncture the nipple.  

Eventually, it all came under control.  But I had to hear how I sent them to the doctor without a blanket, with a nipple without a hole, and without a change of clothes for my husband.  After that, you'd think I'd never forget another thing...but not so.  Maybe this new diaper bad will help organize me!

Posted by toniann804    Thursday, June 12, 2008 5:28 PM

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Two must-have's I've left home without...my son't pacifier and teething tablets to help with the irritability of teething!!!  Poor guy :(

Posted by ashlo    Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:36 PM

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Ive left home without a bottle. I freaked out. I drove 45min away from home, got there, went to pull out the bottle to give to Finley and it wasnt there. I swear I put it in, but I accidently left it on the counter, then realized I left the formula on the counter too. I had to run to the store and get both. I felt so bad and like such a bad mommy.

Posted by Jhil26    Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:01 PM

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On our first outing to the doctors, i packed everything for my TWIN boys but nothing for me, not one menstral pad OR breast pad, so needless to say i was leaking from both and had to use paper towels from the restroom and remained uncomfortable until we got back home. Us mothers need to also remember to bring our own necessities as well. I hope i win so that i have more room to pack stuff in this diaper bag, with Twins one is never enough!!

Posted by g-art    Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:06 PM

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I've let home without food

Posted by HAB12345    Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:27 PM

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I was at Walt Disney world with my son, who was about 13  months old. I did not pack enough diapers for the day and by miday was totally out of diapers. I had to hang around a bathroom to hopefully find a mom who could spare a diaper and one around the same size.  How embarassing!!

Posted by tammy_p99    Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:31 PM

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I won't need the diaper bag until October, but I love this design!! And I am the type of girl who's locked her keys in the car on occasion, so I'm sure I'll have plenty of stories to share in the future.

Posted by caesarsmom    Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:06 PM

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I left the house without any diaper or wipes thinking that nothing would happen while I got a pedicure, I was so wrong.  My son 5 weeks at the time had a runny bowel movement that leaked all over him and myself.  It would be nice to have a diaper bag so that I do not forget them ever again.  No one likes a mess.

Posted by smatiritas    Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:23 PM

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I left home without baby wipes and burp rags.  Imagine a reflux baby without burp rags and dirty diapers without wipes...YUCK!  Luckily I did that on two different occasions, or else I would have been a stinky wreck by the time we got home.

Posted by Beaniesmommy    Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:27 PM

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baby isn't due until Oct but I could imagine leaving  a lot behind -this will be our first baby.  Love the diaper bag!!!

Posted by mstsept06    Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:43 PM

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I left the house once without DIAPERS, for my then 5 month old. I had to take my DH to the doctors and while we were in the waiting room, of course, she had a horrible, explosive poop- you know the kind... the one that's eeking towards the edge of the top of the diaper every seccond, that EVERYONE can smell. Yah, the receptionist was turning GREEN. I, of course, hadn't realised that i forgot to re-stock the diapers and pulled the one off of her, cleaned her up and went for a fresh diaper. To no avail. I had to leave my sick DH at the doctors while I packed her up in her carseat and went to buy more diapers from the CVS down the street. I stuck a birp cloth in her pants as a "diaper" but it wasn't a diaper style birp cloth- it was the towel kind. That was fun.  Another time I forgot her bottles- we were going about an hour away for the day and I prepared all the bottles we'd need, and left them sitting on the counter. We didn't realise it untill we were half way there- so we had to stop and pick up a couple fo bottles, formula and bottled water! We came home to find the bottles sitting on the counter- but we had to throw them out since they'd sat out all day!

Posted by snowbride011004    Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:48 PM

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Yep..... left without the entire diaper bag.  It was just me and the baby on a 4 hour road trip.  Two hours into the trip.... when I really needed it... I discovered  I had left it at home.  With screaming baby in hand, I found the closest Wal-Mart and begrudgingly bought e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g all over again.  ugh.

gkstratos @yahoo.com

Posted by gkstratos    Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:29 PM

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Left without diapers, need I say more?

Posted by agordon10    Friday, June 13, 2008 5:07 AM

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Yes.  I had left without wipes in my diaper bag and didn't realize it until they were very much needed....if you know what I mean.

Wonderful giveaway.  What a pretty bag.  Thanks for offering this.

Posted by peg42    Friday, June 13, 2008 6:03 AM

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My husband meet me and didn't bring the diaper bag because he had just changed her and was only going to be out of the house for 1 hour.  You all know what happened, she had a nice poop.  Luckily I had a plastic bag in my car with a diaper, and wet paper towel did the trick.

Posted by simba1344    Friday, June 13, 2008 7:46 AM

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i love these bags.

Posted by vboackle    Friday, June 13, 2008 7:45 AM

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I left the house without diapers once and had to use paper towels from a dispenser at the grocery store, stuffed down this poor kid's pants until we got home. I RUSHED that day, let me tell you.

Posted by cre8tveminde    Friday, June 13, 2008 7:46 AM

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My sisters once brought my niece over for me to babysit, with a raging case of diarrhea and only 2 diapers.  I felt so bad that her last diaper she had to stew in until my sister came back (I tried setting her on the toilet, but it freaked her out).  After that instance I don't think I can EVER forget diapers.

Posted by courtney1682    Friday, June 13, 2008 10:42 AM

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I've actually forgotten the baby bag for my 3 and 1 year old...ofcourse they decide to poop together while we were out and about!  =(

Posted by homemama    Friday, June 13, 2008 10:57 AM

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I had both of us ready to go to town for the day.  Presley and I were going to get my nails done and then tovisit daddy at work for lunch, then to the mall for some shopping.  I had the fdiaper bag loaded for the day.  When we got to the salon, which is 25 minutes away from our home, (we live in a small town, so we have to drive the next town for mall shopping),  I realized that I had forgotten the entire diaper bag!  We went straight home afte rthat.  Luckily, Presley had a sippy cup of milk with her in her seat!

Posted by valpal123180    Friday, June 13, 2008 11:15 AM

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Diapers of all things to forget to refresh in the diaper bag.... Thankfully I found an old one (a tiny bit tight) but it worked at the time... But the worst was when we went to one of his check ups and in a cold cold cold room the dr left us there to "check" something and the next thing we know pee went everywhere.... clothes socks etc all in neat pile soaked... Hubby grabs blanket to cover the little guy.... I grab the mess of clothes and clean up the rest of the mess but then as I go to grab the change of clothes my hubby informs me "OH I forgot to tell you yesterday I cleaned out the bag and forgot to put clothes in there" <shaking head>  All I could do was pray and hope that wee man didn't decide to weeee in the blanket...

Posted by Wohic    Friday, June 13, 2008 11:13 AM

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I thought I had baby wipes in my bag but when I went to change my son there were none to be found. I ended up using paper towels, which was not to my son's liking.

Posted by ooodaisymaeooo    Friday, June 13, 2008 1:14 PM

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Hmm... there unfortunately has been more than one occasion in which I forgot something!  When my little man was only a few weeks old, we went to church and I forgot his bottle AND his pacifier.  Well of course he got hungry during service so I had to use my God-given pacifier, my fingers.  With some rocking/bouncing and lots of fingers, I was able to keep him calm until I could feed him.

Posted by lizzybeff    Friday, June 13, 2008 1:17 PM

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Yes we were late for a doctor's appointment and ran off and didn't get a bottle of milk to take with us. Boy were we sorry about that and we never ever did it again.

Posted by kygirlx2    Friday, June 13, 2008 2:05 PM

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Since I'm expecting my first, I have yet to have such an experience, but I'm sure I will have plenty to come!!!!!

Posted by judirae    Friday, June 13, 2008 2:04 PM

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My mom left without an extra outfit once.  It was a great time to learn about watermelon allergies.

Posted by ps9906    Friday, June 13, 2008 2:25 PM

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I've actually left the whole diaper bag at home before. lol And it never fails, that when I go on my "quick" jaunt to the store, the baby chooses that moment to pee/poop thru their outfit, projectile vomit everywhere, or sneeze a nice long snotty trail.

Posted by mcapel4444    Friday, June 13, 2008 2:45 PM

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Yes, left home on a long walk without diapers.  My little boy chose his time to poop perfectly when we were farthest from home.  Luckily, I knew a neighbor who had children and knocked on her door for a diaper.

Posted by tiffie555    Friday, June 13, 2008 2:54 PM

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Ever been on an 18 hour long airplane trip from NJ to Singapore without a pacifer for the child who must have it at all times? I have. Not once, not twice, but four times! AHHHHHHHH!

Posted by rentie    Friday, June 13, 2008 7:47 PM

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Hello!  We didn't leave home without an item, but how we traveled was kind of unusual!  Our oldest son will soon be 20 and we first traveled by car when he was

3 months old.  That was before all of the car seat laws. We had this small Isuzu

car. My husband took the front passenger seat out and I sat in the back with our son. Mistake!!!!!   My husband built a special wooden diaper changer place for me. That way, we could travel longer without stopping. Please enter me in your wonderful drawing. Many thanks, Cindi

Posted by windycindy    Friday, June 13, 2008 8:51 PM

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Just this morning. Out without diapers, swim diaps, or change of clothes. And it is fountain season for my exhibitionist guy. Sorely lacking cute bag.

Posted by bisonchq    Friday, June 13, 2008 10:03 PM

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We went for a trip to my in-laws for dinner one night when my son was just over a year old.  I didn't pack a change of clothes.  In the quick 15 minute drive to their house, my son managed to have about 4 episodes of projectile vomiting and we stopped in a grocery store parking lot so that I could go in and get a onesie and other things needed to clean up his mess.  It was horrible!  I learned after that to make sure I had lots of extra clothes!  As his vomiting issues continued, I also learned to pack an extra shirt for myself!

Posted by snickelfritz    Saturday, June 14, 2008 12:30 AM

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I've left home without baby wipes which could've been a real disaster had I not been going to the grocery store. See, I didn't realize that I forgot them until my son left me a present in his diaper. Wow, that could've been a really bad deal! lol

Posted by dawnofday04    Saturday, June 14, 2008 9:24 AM

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Yes!!! I left home without a pacifier once and my son cry the whole 30min drive home!!!

Posted by 123connie    Saturday, June 14, 2008 12:21 PM

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Not yet!  I'm due in October, so it's helpful to see what is important to remember!

Posted by sarahbethe    Saturday, June 14, 2008 12:49 PM

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We had a "doo doozy" of a time waiting for our tire to get changed at Firestone! First, my son pooped through his clothes onto me while I was nursing him(first time nursing out in public too I might add-haha). Then, I took him to the public bathroom there & realized they did not have a changing table. I also realized our portable changing pad was not in the diaper bag! Well, I ended up having to change him on the bathroom floor using a lot of paper towels under him.  I will never leave home without the changing pad again!

Posted by mscoffee77    Saturday, June 14, 2008 2:11 PM

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I left home without diapers and ended up making an ingenious diaper out of a maxi pad and some napkins lol

russellkids6@gmail.com

Posted by russellkids6    Saturday, June 14, 2008 4:48 PM

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I don't have any baby horror stories yet! :)  Awesome diaper bags...

purposedrivenlife4you AT gmail DOT com

Posted by freeinHim    Saturday, June 14, 2008 5:47 PM

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Two weeks ago we went to church and forgot the ENTIRE diaper bag!  That means everything!  We remembered my aunt, the dish of food we were bringing and my husbands guitar, but left the diaper bag!  Needless to say we didn't stick around for lunch!

Posted by bucbratt    Sunday, June 15, 2008 12:39 AM

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As a mom of three I've been seasoned enough to habitually go through the checklist before leaving the house.  One day we (my 3 kids and I) had a full schedule and so I preparred everything before we left, or so I thought!  I had pulled out a stack of diapers (2 sizes for the baby and toddler), refilled the wipes, the juice cups, bottles, formula...you know, the house!  We were running late so I hastely packed everything up and off we went.  We ate at the mall for lunch and immediately afterwards, "the fog" hit.  I knew one of my kids had pooped.  I went to do a sniff check and realized that both my baby and the toddler had pooped and they both reaked!  We headed to the bathroom to  detox the babes!  I opened the diaper bag and realized that I had forgotten the diapers and wipes!  Not to worry though, I had done this enough times to have a backup plan!  I kept an emergency stash of diapers, wipes, and clothes in my car for such event!  We went to the car to recover the goods.  Unfortunately, I had not refilled the backups!  No diapers, no wipes, no clothes...that we now needed because the baby's poo had begun to leak out of the side and was on her onsie!  Now panic struck!  We went back into the mall where I had to search for moms with children that seemed close to my kids' age and ask if I could buy a diaper and a few wipes from them.  The moms were definitely annoyed and gave the "you should know better looks", but were all generous and gave me my needed supplies!  I ran out of wipes after the first diaper change because she had it EVERYWHERE!  I used wet paper towels for my toddler!  The baby rode home in just a diaper and my toddler talked about his yucky "mud" all the way home.  Now I have a backup backup!  I have diapers and wipes in my glove box, first aid kit, and underfloor compartment in my car!  Now I just need to remember to keep those stocked!

Posted by fitnessmama    Sunday, June 15, 2008 10:20 AM

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I took everything but a change of clothes, and of course that is what I needed!

sajdakota@yahoo.com

Posted by anaheim44    Sunday, June 15, 2008 1:18 PM

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I travel light, after having four kids I only keep wipes and diapers in the car but occassionally when babies are very young and they have those crazy "where did that come from" poop blowouts and you're stuck, in public with mustard-y poo on both the baby and you! After that happened for the first time I also an extra set of clothes and a clean shirt for me in the diaper bag.

Posted by HSlater351    Sunday, June 15, 2008 10:52 PM

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Oh I sure have! When I had my first two kids I was always very careful about packing the bag. With my 4th child I totally forgot to refill the wipes and diapers! The baby ended up having a nice little messy diaper while we were at a party, good thing there were other moms there who had some spare diapers and wipes to use and they laughed with me because they had done the same thing before!

Posted by the mama hood    Monday, June 16, 2008 6:05 PM

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Yes, I have. I didn't have a cloth diaper or burp pad with me and I was in the drugstore with my little baby and she spit up, I mean REALLY spit up all over my shoulder and it just ran down my coat and sleeve. Then, she did it for a second time. I had nothing with me to clean it up so I just quickly left the store and went to my car to deal with it. It was horrible and I never made the mistake of not having something with me again.

Posted by bluevioletof2    Monday, June 16, 2008 7:16 PM

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yes indeedie I have. Namely diapers. Nothing like running into a store for diapers with everyone around surely thinking" oh my goodness...that poor baby"...I figure if they have kids, they understand. If they don't have kids, they can't possibly understand!

Posted by imabrat    Monday, June 16, 2008 7:36 PM

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We went to the airport to pick up my mother in law.  My Daughter was crying when we got there and I took her out of the carseat, when I picked her up I realized she had soiled herself all over.   I did not have a change of clothes so she ended up in only her diaper and a small receiving blanket at the airport.  I never leave home without a change of clothes anymore.

Posted by jryamada    Monday, June 16, 2008 9:43 PM

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I just found out I am expecting.

Posted by eli_2k4    Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:43 AM

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Well since I just got the good news that I am pregnant with my first baby, no. But I'm sure that I will one day!

Posted by lspies    Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:12 PM

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I left without wipes.. I had wipes but right befor leaving my dughter needed her pants changed so lazy me instead of going up to the changing area I took a diapper and wipes out of the packed and ready to go Diaper bag ( my current diaper bag is a reusable canvas grocery bag because I try to save cash were I can... )After the quick chang grab my bag and two kids and off we go While in the car on our way to our destination I smell the dreaded poopie.. so we stop to do a quick change I undo the dipe and realize oh poo the wipes arent here in a bind I go for the bottle of water in my cupholder and napkins in the glove box. Fun Fun!!

Posted by Lil&Richardsmum    Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:12 PM

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Our daughter was only about a week old. we decided to take a little trip to see Grandma and Grandpa. they live about 15-20 minutes from us. I thought that i had everything that we needed. We ended leaving the aspirator. I didn't think it was really something we needed. I will never do that again. I got ready to feed her but she kept pulling off and i realized it was because she couldn't breath. Big hands and a little nose just don't match. We even tried a Qtip. By then she was really screaming. Her dad decided to take one for the team and he sucked the boogies out of her nose. After that she was happy and could eat. Way to go Dad!

Posted by Nunas24    Tuesday, June 17, 2008 7:49 PM

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I have forgotten everything.  With six kids I've forgotten diapers, formula, bottles, heck.. I've even forgotten car seats in a car as it was driving away when I needed it in my car!

Yea... all of it.

Posted by LilithSilvermane    Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:01 PM

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diapers ! thought I put them in the night before , but after a while every day seem like yesterday and of course he had diarea I used a shirt and a plastic bag to improvise till we got to the store no fun.

Posted by climbband    Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:24 PM

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I was breast feeding and we went to the store and I forgot to put the pads in my bra. Here I am in the store and I knew I better get going because it was feeding time. Well, here I am cashing out and my shirt is starting to get wet ,very wet ,boy was I embarrassed

Posted by Peggy1116    Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:25 AM

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I've left home without diapers, wipes, the diaper bag, milk...aaahhh!!!  It seems like I ALWAYS forget something for my son!

jasonncaryn at yahoo dot com

Posted by sweetnlow121    Wednesday, June 18, 2008 2:17 AM

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I have left the house without an extra diaper and realized after a GIGANTIC poop.  I had to scrape the poop out of the diaper and fill the diaper with toilet paper to cushion my baby's butt till we got home.

Posted by brookedny    Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:25 PM

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I ran out of wipes at church in the nursing room. I was changing Noah, and he started pooping on the floor! He pooped all over his clothes and I had nothing to wipe it up with!

Posted by nbunn    Wednesday, June 18, 2008 5:25 PM

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this would be fab to win, expecting number 2 next month!

Posted by abymom    Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:14 PM

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mine is the worst story of all. i had a nightmarish trip with 2 sets of twins. my younger twins were about 9 months and sick. they had the runs and i ran out of baby wipes. so here we are on this tiny plane with no bathroom. it stunk so bad and while changing them "it" went all over the plane on the floors. oh god it was so bad. the poop ppl on that flight.

Posted by dementeddoll    Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:31 PM

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I left home without a spare setr of clothes and my toddler had a total blowout at a resturant and had to use my sweatshirt to cover him.

Posted by pwhite98270    Wednesday, June 18, 2008 8:54 PM

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When my son was 3 months old, I left home without his pacifier. It was the kind they give you at the hospital that can't be found in any store. He was incredibly attached to his "nookie" and once he woke up and started whimpering, my darling 8yr old daughter started searching in his bag for his pacifier. The "mom it's not in here" sent shivers up my spine. We were already across the state line on our way to see grandma and I had no clue where to stop and buy another one. My husband got off every exit for 15 exits before we found a store that even carried pacifiers. My son didn't want to take it at first, I had to keep playing with it around his mouth and let him try it a few times before he quit spitting it out. He was whining the whole time, as if to say "why didn't you bring the good one?!" LOL. Now I'm not a new mom, I'm a professional mom with 7 kiddos. I don't leave my diaper bag at home, It's always other places. Like on top of the car, in the grocery buggy, in a dressing room, etc etc. There's literally hundreds of places that I have left one diaper bag or another. But a Good diaper bag always comes back to you. I have had some of the most embarrassing yet interesting meetings with people who have found one of my diaper bags and returned them after reading "If Found will you look for my mind next?! Apparently I've lost both. $10 reward for the diaper bag 678-xxx-xxxx"

Posted by loveydovey36    Wednesday, June 18, 2008 11:23 PM

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I have a son and a grandson that are 31 days a part so it was like having twins, I would always take both diaper bags well one day I decided to be lazy and only take 1 bag(my grandsons) needless to say both boys had problems and needed extra clothing and didn't have my bag with all the extras. so boys had to end up wearing only diapers and onesis till I got home. I felt so bad as I always keep too much in my son's diaper bag.

Now I'm expecting a grandson due in September and would love to win a perfect gift that both mom and dad can use as my son was just saying theirs tons of stuff for moms hardly any for dads.

Thank you for a chance to win.

Posted by camper223    Wednesday, June 18, 2008 11:47 PM

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we always forget something, now we've got an honest to god checklist on the inside front door

Posted by chromiumman    Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:00 AM

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I have left without the whole bag plenty of times and have had to come up with some creative strategies to work with that. I have also left with no wipes in the bag. That was horrible bc Jillian had a diaper rash and it just got worse!

Posted by jfg06001    Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:12 AM

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Well, I have had times when I ended up without something due to not packing enough of them.  

Posted by wgbc1446    Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:28 AM

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I thought I was really prepared for our overnight visit to see friends.  I packed a diaper bag with bottles, formula, juice, diapers, wipes, creams, lotions, and powders.  My usual diaper bag was packed with clothes, blankets, toys, and everything else I thought we would need.   When we arrived at our destination and unloaded the car, I asked my dh where the diaper bag was.  He pointed to our usual bag.  I asked where the other one was.... Uhhh... What OTHER one?  We had to go on a major shopping spree to replace all of the necessary items we needed.  There were no catastrophies, but it could have been a disaster on a longer trip!   Thanks for such a useful giveaway!

Posted by bndraldy    Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:33 AM

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I was doing private duty care work with an elderly lady while her care giver ran arrends one day. I was allowed to take my daughter with me.I got all the stuff to the car and must of laid the insulated bag with the bottles and formula on top of the car and rove off and lost it.Because Inever arrived with it and had to drive 2 a country store and buy a bottle and formula.. I never did find that bag. lol

Posted by jmahurin40    Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:17 AM

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I actually went to visit relatives out-of-town and left ALL of my bottles there.  I bought and used 1 new bottle over-and-over until I could get them back.  When I got them back, some of them had MOLD growing on them!

Posted by paranoidokkida    Thursday, June 19, 2008 6:26 AM

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i cant think of anytime..i try to be prepared :)

Posted by kathypease    Thursday, June 19, 2008 7:51 AM

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An extra pair of clothes in the diaper bag.. you can only guess what happened that day!

Posted by gkran    Thursday, June 19, 2008 8:25 AM

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Realizing that I forgot to pack any diapers has always been a nightmare!

Posted by HelenWL    Thursday, June 19, 2008 9:33 AM

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I don't have a story yet, but I know that I will. I am quite forgetful already! I have had a friend that was actually prepared, but not enough! We were having a girls day out and she was visiting from out-of-state. She packed an extra outfit. Well, the baby had two diaper "blow outs." Unfortunately, the last outfit could not be cleaned enough. The poor little one went the rest of the day in a diaper (even to a tearoom)...thank goodness it was a warm day!

Posted by hillyg    Thursday, June 19, 2008 11:36 AM

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Well not yet, because I don't have the baby yet, but I'm sure I'll have a whole list of stories once our little one arrives! I do however love the diaper bag and think DH would dig it also!

Posted by alicia_angell    Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:48 PM

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I had a chiropractor appointment. It only takes like 5 minutes to get adjusted, and my chiropractor is amazing at getting his patients in quickly. Well, that day, I just left the diaper bag in the car, it wasn't going to be long! I was a bit early, and it just so happened that I had to wait about 10 minutes. In those ten minutes, of course, I needed the diaper bag as little girl spit up all over her clothes! Thank goodness my chiropractor is also a dad, and he cleaned up my little one for me. I definitely dig the Retro Stripe Diaper Bag, and it just so happens that my current diaper bag just took a poop today. The zipper tab on top broke and the liner of the outer pocket ripped away from the velcro closure. Please gift me with a new diaper bag. Thank you!

Posted by MommyPullin    Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:23 PM

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When she was a month and a half old we were halfway to Reagan Int'l Airport (which is three hours from our house) when I realized I had not brought the diaper bag at all.  No pacifier, no burp cloths, no diapers.  We were gone over six hours with nothing, we ended up having to stop at a Starbucks on the way home so I could breastfeed, again, no burp cloth, no blanket, nothing to appease her but my sister's index finger.  Clearly our diaper bag didn't stand out enough sitting in the middle of the living room floor, perhaps a newer brighter one would help!

Posted by elizaKD    Thursday, June 19, 2008 7:18 PM

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LEFT home without it, not really but pretty funny. I was gonna watch the new baby who couldn't survive without her binky. My Sister left the diaper bag, with diapers and bottles etc. but NO binky, well so I thought.  It was years since my kids, so was I suppose to know when she returned, I Said you forgot something really important, she would look at me walk over to the bag and take out this container..........yeah guess what binky container. Waiting on our first grandchild due in December!

Posted by judis121    Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:32 PM

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Well...this is my first baby and I'm sure I'll forget something someday, considering the lack of sleep I'm sure I'll be fighting.  However, this is the exact diaper bag that my fiance and I are planning on registering for...the green one!  I love the color and my fiance won't be embarassed hauling it around town.  I want this bag SOOO bad!  I've seen the demo on the BRU website about a hundred times showing it to everyone who comes to see what I've got on my wishlist.

Posted by 1gigglybebe    Friday, June 20, 2008 12:04 AM

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I am sure to forget something although this way my hubbie will be more inclined to carry it too!  This woiuld be great for us!!

Posted by beckyanddon    Saturday, June 21, 2008 8:19 PM

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Never forget the diaper bag!  We left home without it and drove 45 minutes to my sisters house.  We had no diapers, formula,  pacifier NOTHING!  My husband had to fly home while  we sat and listened to my little angel cry for her pacifier.

Posted by swaite1106    Monday, June 23, 2008 7:43 PM

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Oh dear. I left the house without wipes one night when the fam went out to dinner. I had to use an extra disposable changing pad and rip it to wipe size bits! The really difficult part was trying to figure out how to hold Fester while I ripped and wetted without getting poop on me! Boy would a travel size wipes case have helped then *wink*wink*!!

Posted by c_krit    Monday, July 14, 2008 4:57 PM