This weekend we’re headed out of town for our first wedding of the summer, my brother’s, and we’re so excited!  It will also kind of serve as our summer "kick off", as summer officially begins on the calendar, and our calendar starts to get busier and busier.  So with all this running around, it’s important for us hip mamas to stay well equipped.  Here’s a few of the fab items that can be spotted in my Skip Hop these days.

As a nursing mama, I pretty much have to be able to whip one out everywhere I go.  With my first child, I was so timid about this that often I’d avoid going out just so I wouldn’t have to confront the situation.  Either that or I’d spend all this time pumping (which I hate doing), then coming up with ways to keep the bottles of breast milk chilled until I was ready to use them, then having to find a way to heat the bottles up for feeding; the whole ordeal just seemed more of a pain then it was worth.  So this time around, I made sure I was well prepared to nurse in public.  My go-to nursing cover is from a fabulous company, Tot-To-Go.  It’s perfect.  When I nurse using it, I feel so discrete and it has this great neckline that allows me to keep an eye on Ireland.  Plus, the fabric is nice and lightweight (perfect for summertime) and really beautiful too! 

Visit Tot-To-Go.com to purchase and enjoy $10 off your purchase with promo code: peekaboo

Another company I love for nursing cover-ups is Peeky-Boo Baby.  This hip company makes a line of nursing blankets that are so adorable and functional too!  It’s basically a beautiful baby blanket with a removable corner weight.  The weight allows you to drape the blanket over your shoulder and nurse as well as a ton of other uses.  What I love about this product is that being a blanket, it is very discrete, and because it’s so versatile in it’s uses, it saves me from having to pack extra stuff.  I’ve got a nursing cover, extra blanket, play mat, changing pad and sun shade all in one!

Visit PeekyBooBaby.com to purchase.  Be sure to checkout the coordinating burp clothes too!

So how about those outings that you don’t feel like lugging your entire huge diaper bag around but still need the essential couple of diapers, pad, and wipes?  For these events, I’m loving my chic changing clutch from The Apple of My Eye.  The Original Changing Clutch comes in a variety of fashionable fabrics and holds 2-3 diapers plus a plastic wipes holder, but the unique thing about this clutch is that the changing pad is attached.  Obviously, a mom is behind this clever product!  It’s the perfect solution for any hip mom on the go.

Visit TheAppleofMyEye.com to purchase.  P.S. I’m loving their fab new fabrics!

1. Stephanie Says:
   June 17th, 2008 at 6:02 pm

   I never was much for pumping either…so many steps compared to just putting baby to breast.

   Thanks for sharing your on-the-go “picks.”