Here is a list of the crap we carry around and pack up on a daily basis:
- food bag
- freezer ice pack to keep food cold
- one yogurt
- one applesauce
- roll of Ritz crackers
- tiny Ziploc of Cheerios
- one package of Mum Mum crackers
- Sippy cup with water or milk
- Extra mini carton of apple juice (when constipated)
- diaper changer
- diapers
- wipes
- a handful of small toys to entertain you wherever we end up
- small board book
- a hoodie sweatshirt since putting it on under your snowsuit is too hot
- snowsuit
- winter hat
- winter boots
- stroller winter sack blanket
- sunshade
- wind shade
- pacifier or two
- lately a stuffed animal of some sort
People ask me sometimes how I lost the baby weight. I can honestly say it might be the 110 times a day I run up two flights of stairs in the morning several times in a row with you screaming your head off at the bottom as I yell, “I’ll be right there!!!!!!” to retrieve several of these items because I forget them even thought I do this every day. Not to mention the fact I ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS leave the house forgetting my important items such as my:
- wallet
- keys
- phone
- lipstick
Sigh.
I wonder if I lived in suburbia and had a car – if this would still happen?
Would you like the good news for your future? Here’s what I carry with a 2.5 year old, if I remember (and honestly, at this point it’s as much for me as her!):
Water bottle
Snack
If we’re going out to dinner, she likes to bring a little purse full of toys, and sometimes a coloring book. Everything we ever bring fits in my purse.
It would be easier if you had a car, but then when you opened the door, an avalanche of crap would fall out. Once, we arrived at preschool only to find out it was crazy hat day and us with no crazy hat. My sweet little 4 year old girl’s face dropped and I ran to the car o’crap to figure something out. I dug a straw cowboy hat, a pink feather boa and some tinsel out of the trunk, and viola….crazy hat! I still remember her face when I came running back in and popped a super girly crazy hat on top of her head. I was truly Super Mom at that moment in her eyes. So… all you people who look at me funny when the avalanche opens up when my children climb out of the car at school…take that!
I totally agree with Ashley… it’s not suburbia vs. city, it’s the lack of a car. That’s got to be tough. But my truck is piled high with crap that goes in, but never seems to make it back out.
And yeah… you’ll only be lugging all that around with you for maybe 6 more months. Now? I bring a drink for my 4 year old (which she is responsible for carrying around), and a drink for my 2.5 year old (ditto). Nevermind the single diaper and a few wipes that I throw in a baggie and shove in my purse (no more diaperbag!!!) cuz the little guy is no where near being potty trained.