Embarrassed of your diaper bag, Dad? Grab the Om Brown Faux Suede Diaper Bag from Diaper Dude ($120), and problem solved. This beauty is NOT the cheese looking piece-of-crap bag that your mom carried around. No, this has YOU all over it, from the aged retro look and hand-stamped Om incantation symbol to the metric crap-ton of pockets, pads, clips and ergo comfort. Did your mom’s bag have a pocket for her cell? Didn’t think so. Goodbye embarrassment, hello Om.
You won’t get these moments back, so you’d better document them. Baby Tales from Tiny Tales ($30 and up) tracks the entire first year of baby’s life, from first tooth to first word to first diaper blowout. (Okay, maybe not ALL of the first year.) It’s got two 4×6 notepads (25 sheets each), four dividers (one for each three months) and an acrylic box with flip lid. Classy and priceless.
Yeah, it is a diaper bag. But the Diaper Dude Dad Survivor Kit ($110) will make dad forget he’s carting around diapers and wipes. It’s much more messenger bag than diaper bag, at least in design. It’s sleek black-and-gray polyester finish earns hipster cred. But yes it is a diaper bag, and it has all the pockets and compartments you‘d expect. Hey, being a dad doesn’t mean you have to look like a father.
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You’ve already got one, but your messenger bag is only carting around the latest Maxim. Step up to the Diaper Dude Messenger Bag. ($135) This pleather bag is totally sharp, not to mention manly. And it’s totally loaded: huge main compartment, pockets for bottles, wipes, snacks, cellphone, bib & utensils, changing pad, even a dad checklist. Wear this and you’ll look like you’re carrying around something really worth reading, instead of Maxim. (Shhh…we won’t tell.)
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You’ve heard many times that you’re a tool. Well, now you can have the (diaper) tool belt to prove it! Diaper Bag for Daddy’s ($50.95) is perfect for all diaper repair projects. There’s plenty of room for diapers, wipes, powder, bottles and everything else you’ll need for a nasty blow-out. And the manly tool belt design will only help your sense of masculinity. Hey, you could be called worse than a tool, right?
Tenzing Norgay would totally love the Baby Sherpa Diaper Backpack ($84.95) if he weren’t dead. This bag is in keeping with the Sherpa spirit. It carries more than a pack mule, and makes you look great in the process. You’ll never climb Everest, but at least you’ll be able to carry your diapers, cell, specs, snacks and drinks, toys, camera and breast-pump and fit it all under your seat or in the overhead bin.
We already LOVE the Dadgear Cargo Jacket. Accessorize with the Dadgear Dad Diaper Bag. ($92) It’s designed like a hiking backpack, but it’s all about urban street cred. Oh, and convenience: we’re talking quick-access wipes window, two bottle pockets, changing pad and the revolutionary diaper hammock (keeps diapers up top) convenience. But really it’s all about your street cred, with fourteen styles to choose from. Convenience and hipness. It’s the best of both worlds for dads.
You don’t even know where your car keys are, you punch-drunk sleep deprived new dad. How about your baby’s bottle? Yeah, didn’t think so. (Okay, you are sleep deprived.) Good thing there’s the Baby Care Timer from Itzbeen. ($25.99) Set it and you won’t forget it: the Baby Care Timer lets you know when it’s nap time, feeding time and medicine time for baby. And it’s got a nightlight! So you can find your keys…
You love your messenger bag, but the cargo sucks! Chuck all those spreadsheets and Altoids and carry around baby instead, with the JJ Cole Premaxx Baby Carrier. ($49.95) It’s crib, stroller and messenger bag all in one. The carrier keeps your baby next to you, where they belong. It’s just an added bonus that it also keeps your cell next to you, along with bottles, pacifier clip and Altoids.
No. Freakin’. Way. That’s all we can say about the DadGear Cargo Jacket. ($92) Yes, it’s an incredibly cool jacket. But. IT’S ALSO A DIAPER BAG. Yes, this jacket is a diaper bag. Seriously. It converts from messenger bag diaper bag to jacket with pockets for everything from diapers (duh) to wipes to bottles to cells and MP3s. How unbelievably cool is this? We can’t even say.
