Originally Posted by
Melaine
TwoBees, maybe I need a tutorial from you. I got the Versa for Christmas and loved it until the baby came. It was perfect for my stuff and the girls miscellaneous items. And I loved that I could take it to girls' night no problem. Now I'm sort of indifferent. Still really love the way it looks but I'm not loving the way it packs. Or more specifically the way I pack it. I think I am just a disorganized slob (in fact, I know I am!). I feel like it is hard to get to the bottom with the stuff in the pockets and as big as it is, it doesn't hold as much as I feel like it should.
Melanie: I didn't get the Versa until DD was about a year old. I had the Studio Tote before that. I'm not sure the Versa would have been sufficient for me during the infant stage. The pockets are a bit too "flat" for bottles, and I'm a chronic overpacker. But for an older infant - toddler and beyond, I think it's perfect. I love it even more now because I have less of DD's stuff to carry and there's more room for my things! LOL.
Here's how I typically pack mine. Remember to expand the center if you need more room. With the back in front of you the way you would carry it (changing pad pocket closest to you):
Changing pad pocket: Changing pad, disposable changing pads, book of 8x11 color wonder paper, sometimes a book/coupons/papers
Back left pocket: diapers (4 or 5)
Back right pocket: wipes
Front left pocket: tissues, boogie wipes, cereal bars, wetnaps, sometimes a spoon or fork
Front right pocket: wallet (large, checkbook length)
Center zipper pocket: cell phone
Left zipper pocket: hot or cold food (2 yogurts or chicken nuggets wrapped in foil. Spoon)
Right zipper pocket: my small personal things case (cosmetics, nail file, etc). 5 color wonder markers
Left and right small front pockets: purse hook, tube of hand lotion, teether, whatever other junk I have thrown in there
Main compartment: change of clothes (place in a gallon ziploc baggie and press all of the air out), roll of diaper disposal bags, drink cup, snack trap, various snack items, tiny (think 3X3 inch) board books, a few small figurines, 2 sippy grips. Sometimes it doesn't all fit though in that center compartment, and I often don't zip the bag closed. It really depends on 1) how much food I need to bring, and 2) how many extra clothes I have to bring.
LOL. Now you know where everything is in case you want to raid my bag!
ETA: Alexa, BBB has a great return policy, so you could take the bag home and see if you could fit all of your stuff in it. Put all of the items you think you would need on the floor, and then see how much you can get in the bag!
ETA2: I just reread my post and HOLY COW I carry a lot of stuff! I think an intervention might be needed.
Last edited by TwoBees; 07-05-2012 at 09:39 PM.
Mom to a spirited, red-headed, former 28-weeker 10/2009 and a more mellow monkey 12/2013.