{"id":36641,"date":"2020-07-15T13:37:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T20:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=36641"},"modified":"2020-07-15T13:37:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T20:37:53","slug":"whats-in-my-bag-mom-outing-essentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/whats-in-my-bag-mom-outing-essentials\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s in my bag? \u2014 Mom Outing Essentials"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is\u00a0<\/em>Part 2<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0of a special What\u2019s in my Bag? issue. Last week Camille shared her\u00a0<\/em>Kid Outing Essentials<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Camille Hartsell<\/strong> has honed her question-answering, book-making, and odd-jobbing skills over many years of working as research librarian to Kevin Kelly. Since the arrival of her kids (now 3.5 and 6.5), and especially COVID-19, she is mostly a stay-at-home-parent, which makes her substitute teacher, camp counselor, art facilitator, life-guard, and mediator of many feelings and disputes.<\/p>\n

About the bag<\/strong><\/p>\n

Topo Trip Pack<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($44)<\/strong>
\nMy hands and arms have to be available at all times given my 3.5yo\u2019s penchant for random mischief. This is far and away my favorite backpack design. I like how narrow this pack is, while still big enough to accommodate the usual essentials, including my laptop. The double zipper offers versatility, and the fact that it only zips \u00be of the way to the bottom means it doesn\u2019t easily spill contents everywhere when unzipped by an overzealous toddler. This is NOT a schlep-it-all diaper bag, it\u2019s MY bag \u2014 another reason I love it.<\/p>\n

What’s inside the bag<\/strong><\/p>\n

MyWalit Double Flap<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($119)<\/strong>
\nI\u2019m a sucker for loud colors, and I\u2019ve been using wallets by this company for 15+ years. Before kids, I used their super minimal card case, which was great for the essentials. But once I started needing to haul around larger bags full of crap for other humans, the tiny wallet kept getting lost in the shuffle. I upgraded to this maximalist style and can pretty much always find it now. Even when I\u2019m carrying my smaller backpack (above), it\u2019s nice to be able to reach in and grab it in a split second without even looking. Not that we\u2019re visiting these days, but it has plenty of room for museum membership cards, plus spare earring backs and bobby pins, etc.<\/p>\n

Migraine kit:\u00a0<\/strong>Chewable Ginger Tablets<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0+\u00a0<\/strong>MigraSoothe Roll-On<\/strong><\/a>
\nI get hormonal migraines on a pretty predictable schedule, so I always have a little kit of tools for managing their onset. It includes small guns like Tylenol as well as my last-line-of-defense presciption medicaiton (Maxalt). My two clutch items are ginger tablets (Ginger Rescue) and a peppermint oil roller ball (MigraSoothe, formerly Mygrastick) to help keep nausea at bay while I plan my exit to a dark quiet room. When I feel a headache coming on, I chew a couple tablets and apply a bit of the oil to my temples right away. The peppermint smells good, feels cool and soothing. Both steps are a way to signal to myself that I\u2019m taking care of myself, I have tools available, and I\u2019ll get through whatever comes next.<\/p>\n

Papa and Barkley 30:1 Releaf Tincture<\/strong><\/a>
\nI use this non-intoxicating CBD oil in a kind of similar way to the peppermint rollerball above. If it\u2019s been A DAY, and I want to transition into recovery mode, I\u2019ll take a bit of this sublingually. Even though the amount of THC in this formula is extremely low, I do find that within about 15 minutes, I feel more relaxed. Psychosomatic? Quite possibly, which is fine by me.<\/p>\n

Dr. Jart+ Cicapair Color Correcting Treatment<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($18)<\/strong>
\nI tend to have a fair amount of redness around my nose and a couple other spots on my face. I don\u2019t wear makeup on the regular, but I like being able to ameliorate this redness. I tried another product that was kind of like a concealer, but found it to be overly drying and hard to blend. Then I got this tiny trial pot from Sephora and I really like it. It\u2019s lightweight, blends easily, and even contains SPF. You can apply it to your entire face, but I just use it in the areas I\u2019m targeting for redness.<\/p>\n

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What’s in my bag? issue #58<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2303],"tags":[1553],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36641"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36645,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36641\/revisions\/36645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}