You can buy or put together emergency car kits or first aid kits, but I ended up wasting a lot of money stopping for snacks, buying sunscreen when I forgot to pack it and going home early or out of the way to grab bandages, tissues or extra clothes.
Here is what I have come up with to avoid these kid emergencies:
- Baby wipes or Wet Ones
- Shout wipes
- Hand sanitizer
- Tissues
- Hair ties
- Sunscreen
- Bug spray
- Bandages
- Neosporin
- Anti-itch cream for bug bites
- Tweezers (for removing splinters or bee stingers)
- Spare eyeglasses, if anyone wears them
- Socks (for unexpected stops at indoor playgrounds)
- Tylenol or ibuprofen (children & adult)
- A little cash (to avoid atm fees away from home)
- Extra batteries for cameras & kids’ toys
- Medicine, inhalers, epi-pen as needed
- Bottled water & snacks
- Diapers or extra clothes for babies & potty-training toddlers
- Anything else you have ever gone back home for or purchased on a trip
Toss it all in a tote, bag or tackle box, keep it in your car and you will always have what you need at your fingertips to avoid unexpected expenses or stops.
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