My wife and I are having a baby in a few weeks. I am going to need a bag to carry baby stuff. I figure it's a good time to get a decent BOB or get home bag. I have been looking at small raid pack and small hydration pack. I am leaning toward a Camelbak Talon.

Anyone with a baby or a good BOB have suggestions? I would like something useful but don't want to scare all the folks in the burbs.

Congratulations on the baby!

We got a duffle bag with enough room for changes of clothes, diapers, wipes, medicines, etc. on average new borns need diaper changes about 10 times per day...that's alot of diapers and wipes, onesies, bibs, etc. bottles,

I don't know what you're thinking but I highly encourage your wife to consider breastfeeding - not only is it free (as opposed to the $30 per can formula) it's also healthy for both baby and mother.

Our kids have virtually no allergies - thanks to all the good milk!

Congrats.

At first I thought you were going with the astronaut theory and wanted to wear a diaper so you wouldn't have to stop while on the move.

a normal diaper bag,,dont try and man-it-up. sorry,,  but if it has zippers,, and a shoulder strap its a diaper bag!.. i treid getting an  eddie buare bag,,,my molle bag,, a german flectran buttpack...... welcome to dad hood,,  where tactical has no place

Quoted: Congratulations on the baby! We got a duffle bag with enough room for changes of clothes, diapers, wipes, medicines, etc. on average new borns need diaper changes about 10 times per day...that's alot of diapers and wipes, onesies, bibs, etc. bottles, I don't know what you're thinking but I highly encourage your wife to consider breastfeeding - not only is it free (as opposed to the $30 per can formula) it's also healthy for both baby and mother. Our kids have virtually no allergies - thanks to all the good milk!

She is planning on trying to beast feed.  I need thebag to carry diapers, wipes, some bottles of breast milk.  Stuff like that when I have the baby and the wife is doing other stuff.

If you're going to have a bag for a baby/small child you will need to update probably 6 months or so, because they grow so quickly.

My wife and I have three kids, she  used an Eddie Bauer backpack that was designed as a diaper bag.  The one she has is beat up now but man did it ever last.

I would highly recommend it for all your baby needs.


By the way, CONGRATS.  

Remember sleeping?  

Shhhhhhhh. Guys! Let him discover on his own the joys of sleeping while a dad! hint, you learn to fall asleep in under 30 seconds

I am using the Maxpedition Versapack Jumbo for my baby daddy duties now.  I will admit it is a little small, but still very tacticool.
www.maxpedition.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=20&idproduct=6

Congratualtions!

Yeah, the ability to fall asleep in demanding conditions is one skill that you quickly surpass the real operators at once you become a dad.

In your prep's, you'll have to "lead" the diaper stores so that they don't outgrow 6 boxes of #2 huggies, or rely on cloth ones instead.

Breastfeeding will keep your kid super healthy - At least it did for us.

Don't sweat baby prep foods (once they eat baby foods) as much as you would think, they adapt well and starting around 6 months, or whenever you/your doctor decide, things like cheerios become both a fun activity and a lifesaver.  By the time expiration dates are hit on the "chicken and rice" or whatever, you're little one will be running around and asking for a hunk of your steak.

We use a "jeep" brand diaper bag that worked pretty well and was OK.  But get used to carrying lots of bags. ;)

We use a sherpani baby backpack, which ought to last until my daughter is in middle school as small as she is.  It's a little heavier than some of the other (they use a steel stay) but the construction and fit are way above the other carriers I looked at.  (It is the old kelty carrier, before it was bought from them).  If I pack tight, with mom carrying 20lbs of bulky stuff on her back, I can take the little one and enough for a backpacking overnight for the three of us.

My best friend is a new grandfather. He gave his daughter a Dillion Range Bag and it's the best diaper bag I think I've ever seen. Lots of compartments for little things and plenty of room in the main compartment for diapers.

It's also more manly.

We used one of these.

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It was the perfect size for all the kids needed.  But not too big to carry everywhere.  Because it was a lumbar pack and low we would clip it around out waist on the side or front and just sit a kid on top of it.  

The size is a big plus.  It's big enough for maybe two days worth of changes, but it's not big enough that you'll ever lose anything in it.  If you've got it in there you'll find it right away.
It's not big enough if you are going to do the bottle and formula thing which it looks like you aren't.  

We used it through two kids in diapers and now it makes the weekly run to the library for a pile of books.  It looks like it is brand new.


ETA:
The above pack is a old Mountainsmith design.  Patrick Stewart most likely designed it.  If you want the tacticool version get a Kifaru tailgunner.  Probably an even better pack tha n the one I have.
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Congrats on impending Dad-hood.

If you want a traditionally-styled backpack, you might consider the Maxpedition Pygmy Falcon......not too big, not too small......just right.

Mine carried many a diaper.

I got 3 kids........2, 7 and 9 yrs old.  My Camelbak BFM fits everything i need.  Clothes for everyone (even me).  Diapers.  Snacks.  Drinks.  First aid kit.  Knife.  Sunblock.  Advil.  And my XD 40 subcompact, extra mags and extra ammo

Name it, and i got it.  Pretty much a GHB, BOB, whatever for 4 people.

The BFM kicks ass.