Neither my husband or I used a diaper bag. We always put an extra diaper, burp cloth and wipes in a zip-lock bag, and it was all we ever needed. A diaper bag always seemed like such an essential when we were planning for our baby... but it turned out not to be. My beautiful diaper bag went completely un-used!! Is there anyone else out there that didn't use a diaper bag??

We have a simple black diaper bag that we share. Now that my son is older and only needs a change of clothes and some diapers/wipes - a backpack does the job well too.

I would think it would be a pain to have two diaper bags to keep stocked - and any decent dad wouldn't care about some diaper bag being on his shoulder while he's got a child.

There are few occasions where you have to WEAR it everywhere - in a grocery store you dump it in the cart, in a restaurant you put it on a chair, if you're visiting people it gets put by the door etc. If you're out doing a lot of walking, a backpack works easier anyways. I know people that carry EVERYTHING in those bags, but really, even when your child is an infant, you don't need THAT much stuff in it! It ends up being like people's purses, full of random stuff that just gets in the way when you need something useful.

I'm not a purse person either though - I haven't had one for decades. Too much crap to carry around and when you have a kid in tow, the last thing you need is more baggage clinging to you!

Note: It's a SMALL diaper bag - not one of those huge ones - otherwise I'd be with Lisamfb and not use it at all! It's waterproof which is nice, and since I don't carry a purse, it's good to have it be it's own bag or we'd ziploc bag it too.

The two diaper bags that we've owned were picked out with my husband in mind. He doesn't have his own diaper bag but we share, when we go out I'll often wear the baby and he'll carry the diaper bag. I thought it might be nice to have a diaper bag that he didn't mind carrying, I think if I had picked out something with flowers I would be the one carrying it a whole lot more. Right now we use a camo patterned skip hop diaper bag.

My husband uses a diaper since we commute by bus/Metro to get to daycare. Leaves it with all her supplies. It helps that the diaper bag looks more like a black and grey messenger bag.

Since we cloth diaper, we have to have a bit more space than just a ziploc bag tucked away in a purse. A few prefolds, an extra cover, a wet bag, and wipes and we are all set. When we go on outings, I wear the baby in the ergo carrier and my husband carries the diaper bag, but instead of buying a "diaper bag", we got a Kavu Messenger bag. And when we no longer need to tote diapers around, we'll still have a great bag to use for other things.

We both used the exact diaper dude pictured. We wanted one bag that neither of us found objectionable.

I had a super cute diaper bag, and my ex's cousin had bought him a stylish Tommy Hilfiger one. But XDH wouldn't even touch it. Said stuff about his manhood, not wanting a purse, etc.
Geez!! Just call it a laptop bag, or put an ipod in it; if it'll make you "feel" better.

My husband would carry anything - he *so* does not care. Our diaper bag is brown with pink piping around the edges (it's a SkipHop), and he's fine with carrying that when the need arises.

The other day we couldn't find an umbrella, and it was raining and we needed to walk to the train. He grabbed my daughter's ladybug umbrella (the kind with giant eyes sticking up from the top) and headed out. As I said, he *so* does not care. ha! Maybe some women would have a problem with that, but I love him for it.

I think most men use a diaper bag whenever they have the baby. In fact, I think they are more likely to use one since they don't have a purse to stick an extra diaper and some wipes in. Ours is a striped Skip Hop bag which would probably be a little feminine if it were not a diaper bag, but I don't think my husband feels the least bit immasculated when he carries it. The diaper bag just goes with the baby. I don't see what the big deal is and would certainly not purchase a separate, more masculine bag for my husband.

We don't use a diaper bag either... I did for the first few months... but really all I needed was wipes and diapers....it was easy enough to fit them in my purse... plus the diaper bag ended up being a bottomless pit full of things I never needed or used. And no, my husband was never a fan of carrying it etc...We do keep an extra set of clothes, etc in the car just incase tho. If my baby had been bottle-fed, I think a diaper bag would have been a must.

none of the above. i have a diaper bag/large purse that i always carry with or without kiddos. he has an army surplus canvas messenger-style bag with wipes/diapers in it that he grabs (and can stuff with extras) for his solo outings avec children.

but he does carry my bag when we are out and about together (red with floral pattern) and he could kinda care less what it looked like.

My husband's the stay-at-home dad right now, so he uses the diaper bag all the time. We have a generic unisex bag now, but when she was a newborn we used a bright red and white bag, and he never seemed to care.

yes, my husband used a diaper bag. we had the skip hop in blue. i also always recommend new moms to get a neutral looking diaper bag so the dad will be okay with carrying one.

My wife and I both use a brown Eddie Bauer bag from Target. It's not perfect, but was only $30, and we've yet to find another bag that we both like and wouldn't mind carrying.

Who makes the bag at the top of this post?

Neither of us use a diaper bag. Cloth diaper, burp cloth, and small wipes can be thrown into my purse. He just throws stuff into his backpack. Much easier with a walking toddler and sling-carried baby. We never use a stroller either.

We only have one diaper bag and it's a "manly" one. We mostly use it for daycare or grandma's house. Otherwise we throw everything into my purse or a small messenger bag.

We have two diaper bags. One is pink and grey (and sort of manly except for the pink) shoulder bag and the other is a re-purposed regular grey backpack. I find my husband tends to prefer the backpack but generally likes backpacks over shoulder bags anyway.

What my husband has said he really wants is DadGear Diaper Vest.

Never had a diaper bag, just use a purse with diaper and wipes stuck in one of the pockets. I always also have snacks on me (since my kids are now almost-2 and almost-4). Sometimes I think I should have a diaper bag so that when I am away and my husband is the lone parent, he remembers what he needs and doesn't find himself stranded on an outing. :)

But that doesn't actually happen too often, because--One of the most useful things I have stowed in my car is one of those free diaper bags you get at the hospital. It is stocked with diapers, wipes, a change of clothes and underwear for each kid, a couple of plastic bags, and a few little emergency toys. I also keep nonperishable snacks in the glove box. Best advice I got when my kids were babies was to keep my car stocked and I'm sure I'll keep doing it. It also is easier on my back not to have to lug that stuff around.

I guess that will only be helpful for suburban parents like me. :) But I still try to minimize. I have now thrashed 2 cheapo Forever 21/Urban Outfitters type purses since my kids were born and am thinking once this current purse bites the dust I am going to go backpack all the way. There are some cute ones out there.

Also--something I did for awhile and may go back to now that my daughter is older was that when my son was a toddler he carried his own tiny little backpack and then all I needed was wallet, phone and keys. He was a pretty big toddler so it wasn't hard for him to carry and he LOVED it.

I've been a house husband for 18 months and wouldn't leave the house without one.

My husband always used a diaper bag -- a hopop in dark brown and before that came out, a red backpack style.

My husband is a stay-at-home/freelance-from-home dad and has been using our Diaper Dude bag for almost three years. We will probably be switching to a backpack as we've just had a baby and it's difficult to have the diaper bag stocked with the things a toddler/baby/nursing mom all need.

In the Stay-at-home dad's group my husband is a part of...a good portion of the dads use a diaper bag.

I use my DadGear bag all the time. My wife and I each received a bag as a gift. However, the DadGear bag has been more convenient (better use of pockets and space) so we use it nearly exclusively.

We have twins so I can't imagine going anywhere without a diaper bag.

We have a stash of diapers and wipes in the car at the ready, if we are out and about we head back to the car if we need to anyway... Our hands are full enough holding little hands rather than carrying bags of stuff around.

we have the same bag as @baumgak (brown w/ pink piping skip hop) & my husband & i both use it when we go out on a longer trip. we wanted something unisex & this one was seriously discounted at the time we bought it.

but we more often go the ziploc/diaper/wipes & sometimes bottle/snack stashed in my (smaller) bag route, or just throw same in the stroller. the diaper bag, although not large by diaper bag standards, is generally more than i want to carry and i don't really understand why we'd need it all of the time. then again, i never carried a big purse either.

in retrospect, the diaper bag was one purchase we didn't really need to make; we could have done just as well with one of the miscellaneous bags we already owned (backpack, messenger bag, etc.) but not a big deal.

Old Navy messenger bag. $5 on clearance. I got it six years ago with our first son, and I still use it all the time. I refuse to use my wife's Lands End tote bag.

We currently share a diaper bag (a gender-neutral canvas zip-top tote) but we’re going to switch to his and hers. My husband has transitioned to a SAHD. He didn’t mind carrying the tote before, but now that it’s an everyday accessory, he wants to use a leather messenger bag. When it was just to use on the occasional weekend family outing, he just wanted something that wasn’t emasculating. Now he understandably wants something that reflects his personal style.

When I was pregnant, I had my husband pick the diaper bag so he wouldn't cringe about toting it if necessary. He picked out a backpack style bag in very gender gender neutral colors and all was good. By the time my son was a few months old however, I realized that I could get by 99% of the time with a few diapers and a small pack of wipes in my smaller, less bulky purse, so I gave the diaper bag away. My husband balked at not having a diaper bag for the rare solo outings he does with our son, but we live in an area that requires us to drive most everywhere, so I just put a couple of diapers and a pack of wipes in the car for emergencies.
I'm all about traveling light, especially when traveling with kids!

We have diaper bags for each kid, plus one for when they're all together. We've always carried diaper bags -- both of us! -- because any time we haven't, we've ended up needing that extra change of clothes, sunscreen, coloring book ... what have you. But it does sound like the saner option is just leaving all that stuff in your car!

I have an Epiphanie Camera bag for a diaper bag. It looks like a brown leather handbag. It's somewhat feminine in style but my husband doesn't mind occasionally carrying it. Honestly though, he doesn't take our daughter places without me, so it's not like he needs his own bag.

It looks like a messanger bag. Someone was clever enough not to get one with flowers or pokadots.