It goes without saying that you pack an extra change of clothes pretty much every time you leave the house with a toddler. If you're thinking worst-case scenarios, you'll probably pack two. Not to mention clothes for whatever possible weather change might happen. Whenever my parents take Ez for a day trip to Disneyland, I usually send him off with a duffle bag full of "essentials" and they question how long I expect him to be gone for. This weekend we took a mini family getaway and spent one night in San Diego. One night and Ez wound up needing 5 pairs of pants. Five pairs! How is that possible, you may ask? (Though I'm sure you already know, if you've got a toddler.)
The first pair gets soaked in poo less than halfway through a two-hour drive. Along with the carseat, of course. After a make-do wipe down of the carseat, and a new pair of pants you're on your way again. Check into the hotel, smell poo, check diaper, and find poo creeping out the diaper and up the back. Now down 2 pairs of pants and 1 shirt. Not to mention having to handwash the carseat cover in the hotel sink and dry with a hair dryer.
The next morning, while at breakfast, there's another poo explosion, which means we're on our last pair of pants for the trip. With the way things have been going, we don't want to gamble on that last pair of pants lasting the whole day, so we stock up on two pairs of clearance pants at Target.
Next stop: the zoo. About twenty paces away from our car, on the way to the zoo entrance, Ez dumps a full cup of water all over himself. Now we're onto one of the emergency, recently-purchased pairs of pants, as well as another top. So, to sum it up: Ez has worn 5 pairs of pants and 4 tops in 24 hours, and we're down to our last emergency pair of pants. Thankfully the clothing catastrophes stopped there, but the amount of clothing changes that kid went through was unreal. We kept joking that he thought he was presenting at the Oscars or something.
Here's my basic list for Ez and I. I thought for sure I was overpacking on Ez's part, and it turns out we needed more!
Probably should also mention that parents are often caught in the crossfire with these poo explosions, so Joe and I should have brought an extra change of clothes as well. Live and learn. How much do you usually pack on a typical outing with your kid(s)?
Despite all the crazy messes, we really did have a great time! Expect lots of zoo and food pictures in the near future.
Wow, he really knows how to keep it interesting!!! haha! This a good reminder for me to check my outfit stash I keep in the car and check the size. I'm sure it's too small. Luckily we don't have many explosions. :)
ReplyDeleteoh gosh, packing for a toddler sounds like a job! hope it gets easier for you soon (before you have 2 to pack for)
ReplyDeleteI think for awhile it will be super crazy, cause then we'll have 2 in diapers! I try not to think about that too much ;) Once Ez is potty trained though I'm hoping things will get easier.
Deletehahaha, oh man so fun! I was being idiotic and only packed Aria one back up outfit when we took a trip to St. Augustine almost two years ago. So I mean it was probably our first longer day trip, I didn't realize that meant all sorts of chaos is bound to happen. Anyway it was also cold. Aria poo-sploded before we got to our destination and her only back up outfit was some sort of short sleeved jumper onesie thing. I had to borrow a sweatshirt and I bundled her up in that all day. And, when we go to Disney I pack at least 3 outfits. When we went yesterday I packed 4 because I wasn't sure if it was going to be chilly or hot.
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