My New Diaper Bag

I have a bad habit of obsessing over purchases. And having E has only magnified this tendency because there’s so much baby gear out there to choose from nowadays. The first diaper bag I bought was a Skip Hop Dash. I liked it: it had tons of pockets and wasn’t frilly looking. But after 20 months of wear it finally gave out: the lining is thrashed and it’s stained and ratty-looking.

I took a look around online and ended up getting another Skip Hop bag, this time a Duo Deluxe bag. After a day of agonizing over patterns (cherry bloom or blue camo? Argh!!!) and pestering N for his opinion (“The camo pattern reminds me of G.I. Joes I had as a kid”) I ordered the camo. I liked the pattern and it certainly didn’t hurt that it was on sale for $42 (list price $54).
It came in the mail this week and so far I really like it. This deluxe version of the duo is larger than the previous version and it’s bigger than the Dash model I had before. It’s quite sizable and you can fit a ton of stuff in it. There are plenty of pockets for all the random things I carry around with me (sippy cup, E’s Epipen and allergy medicine, cell phone, diapers/wipes, a book, water bottle, wallet, etc…).

My only gripes with it are 1) the lining of the two zippered pockets is made out of the same thin synthetic material that wore out on my previous bag. I don’t want the lining to wear out before the rest of the bag again and so I’m leery of putting my clunky wallet and keys in those pockets, but there’s really no other convenient secure pockets for a wallet. It would have been worth it to upgrade that fabric. 2) There’s no key hook sewn into one of the pockets like there was in the Dash bag I had. I liked not having to dig for my keys.

But overall I like the bag quite a lot. And you can get it on Amazon with free shipping, which is how I like to roll.