On the Search for … the Perfect Diaper Bag
August 28, 2009
Onto a more frivolous topic, yay! I am a bag-a-holic. I love to purchase purses and bags and am always in search of the perfect one to organize my belongings. Before I gave birth to DD, I bought a fancy Petunia Pickle Bottom diaper bag, but after almost a year, I think I’m ready to retire it. It’s very pretty, but there are some faults, namely:
1. It’s like a big bucket on the inside and I can never find what I’m looking for without sifting through my stuff forever. And I always find stuff on the bottom that I had forgotten I put there.
2. The fabric is almost too pretty and hard to keep clean, especially when it gets put on the ground (which it does/will all the time). PPB has a waterproof fabric that I wish I had gotten instead.
3. The velcro, the velcro! It’s just loud, it wakes up sleeping babies, and when your baby is awake and you need something to give to her in the middle of church/wedding/etc, you need something quiet!
So this week, I went web-surfing for a new diaper bag. And I think I found it: the Skip Hop Studio Diaper Tote. It arrived today and I will update this review once I’ve used it. But I’m most looking forward to these attributes:
1. It’s a tote. So there’s no fold over flap to mess with, or velcro for that matter. And because it’s a tote, it’s relatively shallow and it’s got 7 interior pockets, and several more outer pockets so everything has its place.
2. And another benefit of being a tote, is that it’s easy to put stuff in when you’re on the run. In addition to my PPB, I also carried a canvas tote bag that held all my running-out-of-the-house-sippies-and-whatnot. I would like to consolidate.
3. It’s black and water resistant. I used to live in New York. Black is good. Bag looks stylish as well. In fact, they should make all purses like diaper bags, with 14 organizing pockets, and insulation. Hm, maybe I’ll use it for work instead.
