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My Nurse Practitioner suggested I get a backpack big enough for my Diaper bag as I had to have a new assessment done I needed to sort out all the plastic-backed samples as Australia is no longer getting Bambino as well as I had to resort to using an added overnight booster (Distributer stopped with Bambino due to quality).

Also, do you have any suggestions for a portable change mat?

I need to hold a portable change mat as I can not twist and turn to change in a small restroom if no disabled restroom is available (quite often in Australia) as I don't want to either be in agony twisting and turning or sitting on a filthy public toilet.

iPad
Multiple Mega Mermaids (out of all the samples, this was the best fit, and it had velcro tabs) as I have issues with my hands as well as a wetness indicator
Plastic pants
Clothes (Shorts and onesie)
Wipes
Trash bags
Portable charger
Nintendo Switch

Medications
Portable Ventolin Spacer

Etc

Something that can also swing over a Mobility Scooter

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You need to learn to change while standing up. I find it's easier than changing while laying down, especially when out in public. It's a necessary skill too, as anyone who's traveled can attest. Especially with dingy public restrooms, or worse in a tiny train/plane bathroom.

Do it by opening the diaper and holding it up to the back of your waist. Then slowly back up against a wall or closed door to hold the diaper there. Bend forward enough to grab the front of the diaper, and pull it up to your front waist. It's the exact same motion you have to do while laying down, so if you can do it there you can also do it while standing. Next, reposition the diaper as needed, and stick on the tapes in the same place you always do. And as long as you already know where the tapes are supposed to end up you'll get the same exact fit every time, lying or standing.

 

As for a good diaper bag, pretty much any backpack, laptop bag, or briefcase will work. Unless you're bowell incontinent, skip taking along all of your supplies everywhere with you. You can easily skip getting extra clean and dry once or twice a day. So all you really need is a couple of clean diapers (never have just one on hand as failures and defects sometimes happen).

Also, keep an emergency go-bag in your car or at work, but leave it there. This bag will have your extra supplies, including the changing mat, diaper cover, a pair of pants/shorts and socks, and of couse a few more diapers. Only when you get a catastrophic failure do you really need all of this extra stuff. Which as you get used to being diaper dependent this will happen fewer and farther in between.

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16 hours ago, Slomo said:

You need to learn to change while standing up. I find it's easier than changing while laying down, especially when out in public. It's a necessary skill too, as anyone who's traveled can attest. Especially with dingy public restrooms, or worse in a tiny train/plane bathroom.

Do it by opening the diaper and holding it up to the back of your waist. Then slowly back up against a wall or closed door to hold the diaper there. Bend forward enough to grab the front of the diaper, and pull it up to your front waist. It's the exact same motion you have to do while laying down, so if you can do it there you can also do it while standing. Next, reposition the diaper as needed, and stick on the tapes in the same place you always do. And as long as you already know where the tapes are supposed to end up you'll get the same exact fit every time, lying or standing.

 

As for a good diaper bag, pretty much any backpack, laptop bag, or briefcase will work. Unless you're bowell incontinent, skip taking along all of your supplies everywhere with you. You can easily skip getting extra clean and dry once or twice a day. So all you really need is a couple of clean diapers (never have just one on hand as failures and defects sometimes happen).

Also, keep an emergency go-bag in your car or at work, but leave it there. This bag will have your extra supplies, including the changing mat, diaper cover, a pair of pants/shorts and socks, and of couse a few more diapers. Only when you get a catastrophic failure do you really need all of this extra stuff. Which as you get used to being diaper dependent this will happen fewer and farther in between.

I sit to change

I do occassionally suffer with bowels

I am planing to leave it in support workers car if we going shopping etc but long days eg public transport or a large distance from car eg expos etc is when I will take bag with me

 

Thanks

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5 hours ago, sjaeger172004 said:

I sit to change

I do occassionally suffer with bowels

I am planing to leave it in support workers car if we going shopping etc but long days eg public transport or a large distance from car eg expos etc is when I will take bag with me

 

Thanks

Ah, that does "change" things a little bit. So yeah, it sounds like you would need the whole "kit in a caboodle". Though I still recommend trying to learn how to change while standing. The link @valentinestuff gave is a good one, I have something similar to it myself. Though really, just about any bag or case can be used as a diaper supplies bag, but it does help if it has multiple pockets.

 

(Fyi, A caboodle was typically a wicker basket with a lid and carrying handle. They were often used for picknics and would hold an entire kit, including a blanket, utensils, food, drinks, etc)

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