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My car always has: blanket, snow shovel, ice scraper (can you tell I live in New England?), umbrella, and some sort of emergency car thing (it has something to slice off seat belts, pop an air bag, and break a window).

My purse also always has a flash light and epi-pens. And when we're going somewhere for more than a couple hours, I bring the diaper bag which always has: pull-ups, spare clothes for kids, a couple pouches, epi-pens, Children's Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, inhalers, and Prednisolone (inhalers and prednisolone are for asthma).

Jumper cables and a can of fix a flat.

I keep a reusable shopping bag with a change of clothes for each kid (old stained ones since they almost never get used), extra diapers and wipes (these would probably dry out in the heat though), hand wipes, paper towels, a some plastic grocery bags for trash. The hand wipes are what get used most.

In the back seat with the kids I have a basket between the car seats with some toys and books for them to play with in the car, plus a couple of blankets.

I don’t bother keeping food in the car and I have read it’s bad to keep water bottles in a car that heats up (can’t actually remember why!). So I just grab snacks and the kids water bottles and my regular diaper kit on the way out the door.

@erinbaderin: I keep sand toys in my car in the summer (in a big garbage bag) in case we go to the beach.

I have a car emergency kit from AAA. Not sure exactly what is in there besides jumper cables.

I always keep extra blankets and a towel (a towel for each family member in the summer)

A bag with a spare set of clothes for each kid plus diapers, pull ups, wipes, etc.

A bag of toys that stays in the car (mini etch a sketch, magna doodle, cars, music toys for baby, etc.)

First aid kit

Paper towels and wipes

Plastic grocery bags

Stroller

A beach/picnic mat

In the summer I always keep beach toys and spare bathing suits so we are always ready for trips to the beach or pool. Also sunscreen!

I keep a combo glass breaker/seatbelt cutter and a life straw in my car. Right now I also have wipes/diapers and a change of clothes for myself and T.

I’d recommend several gallons of water and some granola bars. DH has a grab bad since sometimes he is hundreds of miles away for work with cold weather clothes, boots, a sleeping bag, several days of food and water, first aid kit etc.

We have a few things:

1) First Aid Kit...which as I am typing this I realize I need to re-do with all toddler age medicine. Its got your basics. We each have one in our car.
2) Snack Center: Only in my car, full of snacks, drinks, etc.
3) Other: I always keep an extra blanket or two, plus the girls sleeping spots (cot and pnp), this is just bc of how frequently we go to grandparents.

As for a "go bag", I keep a diaper pouch for DD2 (almost 2 years). Some diaper oils, diapers, wipes. I used to keep a spare pair of undies for DD1. In the summer, I keep our pool bag "ready". Swim Suits, Towels, Sunscreen all in it and ready to go so getting out the door for the pool is less cumbersome!

I keep a first aid kit, some bottled water, bungee cords, a flannel picnic blanket, ice scraper and the brush part of a broom (for sweeping off snow) in the trunk. In the glove box I have a charger and all my coupons, as well as hand sanitizer, gum, and some change... and a heavy plastic bag in case of nausea (I get carsick ).

When we are driving somewhere, I grab my "travel diaper bag", which is a large wet bag with diapers, wipes, scented plastic bags and a change of clothes for DS. When he was younger, I also kept powdered formula and a bottle in the trunk.

We keep basically nothing in our cars because we live in south Florida and it gets to be about 1,000 degrees inside of a car and so everything melts/falls apart/dries out. I just bring a diaper bag everywhere we go with LO.

My husband does daycare drop off and pickup (daycare is at his work) so he usually has some random toys that LO left in there, maybe half a box of raisins, etc.