![]() ![]() She designs the bags with beautiful vintage-inspired fabric and what is left is a diaper bag that is indistinguishable from a stylish purse. Timi & Leslie was created when Leslie Newton needed a gift for a friend’s baby shower and decided to create her own lovely bag. I was given the chance to review this gorgeous Timi & Leslie canvas messenger bag, and I could not be happier with it! Then, once the thoughts of “oh gosh, we are adding to our family!” died down, I started thinking about all of the great shopping I could begin to do □ I am an accessory fanatic, and I knew my diaper bag would definitely be the one item that I carefully chose, not only for style but for functionality as well. When my husband and I found out we were expecting our second baby, I had the usual feelings of excitement, a bit of apprehension, and joy you feel when you find out you’re pregnant. Some of those options are a definite no-go for me.Can’t wait to fill this with baby items soon! But that's only been maybe twice in 18 months! Generally, if it's an emergency, I'm in the city, I can find what I need pretty much anywhere I am. Have there been times I've wished I had a change of clothes and more than one diaper? Sure. It also really depends on the baby, but I've only had to carry lots of snacks, one or two small toys, water, a small changing pad (I keep it rolled up on the bottom), a small pack of wipes (multi-purpose), and 1 spare diaper. My must-haves for any bag that needs to carry baby stuff are: it has to stand up on its own (you WILL rifle through it at some point with one hand while trying to hold on to a wriggly baby with the other) it has to have an easy-to-get-to zippered pocket for MY stuff - wallet, keys, chapstick it has to be easy to open and close (like with one hand) AND look good if I leave it open so it has to be deep enough to hide all the stuff I've got in there (there are a lot of times when, after said rifling, I forget to close the bag up) and it needs to work with all of my outfits. I never bought a diaper bag and opted to use one of the many large purses I had lying around. ![]() Ok, spill the beans! Any diaper bag recommendations? (Or great bags that can easily double as a diaper bag?) ![]() Especially if it checks all the boxes of being functional, durable and gorgeous. All of these are under $300, which I realize is still a stretch for a lot of us (so there are a few here that are under $100), but for me I’m comfortable paying a bit more for a bag that is going to be heavily used for a couple of years at least. Now if you happen to be in the $400 – 500 price range and up, there are quite a few super stylish diaper bags, but that’s just not going to work for me. I’m not too concerned with it being a diaper bag by name so long as it’s functional and also looks like something I would carry even if I weren’t toting a cute little baby around with me. Over the last week or so I’ve been on the hunt for a great bag. Most of them seem to be made of plastic-like nylon and even more of them are plastered with juvenile cartoon and floral prints that just don’t cut it for me. An alternate title to this post would absolutely have to be, “10 Diaper Bags that Don’t Suck.” Because, honestly, diaper bags in general definitely seem to suck.
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