Baby Packing List: Vancouver

I have mentioned this before and I am sure I will mention it again and again but it never ceases to amaze me how much stuff one tiny human being can have! Packing for a short week in Vancouver I realized that I would have basically needed the same amount of stuff for a shorter or longer holiday! I think I actually had more stuff than Hawaii (Click here for that packing list).

Sleep:

• Pack and play: my dad actually brought this as he drove and they have an extra one at their house!
• Sleep sack
• Noise machine: I am sure this is one of the only reasons she slept sometimes!
• Elmo and Bunny
• Goodnight Moon: because we read this every night before bed! (one of our must have board books)

Eating:

I knew I could get anything I wanted there (and I did), but I brought a couple things just so I didn’t have to go anywhere if I didn’t feel like it for the first day

• food pouch (just from the grocery store)
• baby cereal
• spoon (I just find H prefers a plastic one)
• sippy cup
• food mesh thing: I put chopped up strawberries in it, sometimes frozen bits of fruit for teething. We have a couple different kind, but I seem to use this one the most!
• Phil and Ted’s Lobster Chair: I borrowed this from a friend thinking… yah maybe I’ll use it… two days after getting home I have one of my own… it was awesome!

Entertainment:

• her favorite toys including (but not limited to) her chewy banana, rattle ball, a wooden car, and a little piano things.

Other:

• car seat
• adorable outfits including her pjs, hat and little Adidas shoes
• umbrella stroller (and rain cover)
• carrier
• baby toiletries
• diaper bag
• diapers/wipes: similar to the food I knew I could get things there but I just brought them as they don’t weight much and then I didn’t have to run out and get anything else

Things I brought that I really didn’t need to:

• pea pod tent: I threw this in at the last minute just in case I needed to try eliminate light to help her sleep… If I didn’t have access to a play pen this could have been a good option
• so many toys… Why I brought so many toys I don’t know… above are really the only things I should have brought with me!
• Way to many Pj’s… seriously they can wear them two nights in a row, if there isn’t any compromised diapers!
• An entire box of baby crackers… did I seriously think she would eat an entire box of these things? And then to bring them home I couldn’t empty the box or they would all break… silly me!