Number 1 reason to pack a change of clothes

No.1 reason to pack a change of clothes in your nappy bag

Following on from Total Bag Envy's 15 Nappy Bag Essentials blog, I had some people ask why it’s so important to have a change of clothes in your nappy bag. Well, do I have a story for you!

 The only time (and I mean the ONLY time) my friend forgot a change of clothes still makes me cry laughing. She was dropping me off very early one morning at McDonalds to meet up with other friends for a road trip I was going on. We were sitting outside while her 2yr old little boy played in the playground when the most horrendous smell filled the air and put us off our breakfast! It was a shocking smell and we were trying to figure out where on earth this smell could be coming from. We were laughing while we blamed the gardener (thinking he had put out fertiliser), the bins, even the other family near us (only to ourselves but still not our finest moment) and then even made jokes about one of the kids having an ‘accident’ down the slide.

We were thinking we were pretty funny when her 2yr old son came walking over like a cowboy, holding himself, all upset and just looking at us saying “yuck, yuck”.  My friend (who was trying to toilet train) was pretty happy with herself thinking he was telling her that he needed to go to the toilet. We then realised the reason he was walking like a cowboy was because he had poo running down both his legs! We had found the source of the smell! Well, this wasn’t just a poo, it was a poo explosion in a class of its own and we were crying with laughter as we had no idea what to do next. He was all upset because she wouldn’t pick him up for a hug and we were trying to get him into the parents room to get him cleaned up.

 Well, it still didn’t stop there! We were trying to get him to lie down to change him to which he put up a big fight. Once we finally lay him down we found out the reason he didn't want to lie down, there was poo all up his back as well! This really was the poo explosion of the century. It was all over his shirt, on his shorts, even his shoes – the poor kid was covered in poo and all his mum and I were doing was wiping away tears of laughter! We managed to clog the toilet, put water everywhere and smell the place out while trying to figure out what to dress him in (the clothes were binned- there was no way she was taking them home) as she had forgotten to put a change of clothes into her nappy bag.  Seeing it was so early there were hardly any shops open and the only boys clothes we could find were boys size 7-8 pyjamas. The poor kid looked ridiculous as we could only put the shirt on (we didn’t even contemplate the pants) and even though he was little then, I still don’t think he has forgiven us. We also haven’t been back to that McDonalds as we also realised after the fact that we didn’t check the slide!

 I don’t think I will ever forget that day and I sometimes still crack myself up with tears of laughter just thinking about it (which is a little strange when I’m getting groceries). They say that you learn something every day but I think what I learnt on that day is something I will always take with me. ALWAYS have a spare change of clothes in your nappy bag!

 

 

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BABY AND TODDLER SHOW

                                         BABY AND TODDLER SHOW - SYDNEY 2012

We went to our FIRST expo the other weekend in Sydney! The Baby & Toddler Show from the 28^th-30^th of September 2012 was our first venture into expanding the Total Bag Envy brand.

Kym and I were in high spirits as we got off the plane in Sydney and made our way to the exhibition centre to set up our stall. We thought that we had this down pat and that we could walk in to the expo, set up our stall and be out in half an hour, leaving plenty of time to explore the city. So, dragging two huge 23kg bags as well as another 20kg in satchels AND our own bags AND all of our eftpos and banking stuff we made our way from one end of the exhibition centre to the other end (as our driver had dropped us off at the wrong end). Still in high spirits albeit a little sore, we got our bright yellow vests and went to walk through the door when we were told we weren’t allowed in! What???

Apparently we hadn’t read the brief properly and we were wearing the wrong shoes!  We were supposed to be wearing closed in shoes and we hadn’t even packed any. Luckily, they let us store our multiple and heavy bags so we could go to the closest shopping centre. Can you imagine? We HAD to go shopping in Sydney for shoes! Why didn’t we read the brief properly? Two hours later we emerge from the shops, shoe bags in hand (plus others) and make our way back to set up our stall thinking that if that was the worst that could happen, we were laughing. We laughed too soon…

 Finally being allowed in the doors with even more bags in tow we arrive at our stand to find it completely empty. Ummm, they were supposed to have had it set up two hours ago! So a couple of phone calls later we found out the truck had broken down! Of course it had! Plus, they didn’t know what was on the truck, so if we hadn’t have rung them, they would never have showed up! Clearly not the best recording systems they have there. Two long hours later, they arrive and set up our stall in record time and leave. We had our shelves for our stall up and the set up could begin.

 That is, of course, until we put one bag on the shelf and the whole wall nearly came crashing down! Apparently they hadn’t put them up right! So after bribing guys with lollies, they fixed our stall (and the others that were affected) for us so that we wouldn’t have to walk in the next day with the entire row on the ground. I could just imagine the faces on everyone if that had of happened!

Finally, we could set up our stall with everything we needed there and no chance of anything falling down. Luckily for us, nothing else went wrong for us that weekend. And we can now safely laugh about it! Our first expo was a success and we had such a great time at it, we plan to do it all again next year! We just have to remember our closed in shoes… or do we???