DIY First Aid Kit

When you become a new parent your motto is “be prepared…for anything.” When Maddy was first born her diaper bag was stocked with essentials and every time I left the house I would run through a check-list of things I needed ( diapers, wipes, bottle, blanket, etc). As she got older, I relaxed and learned to only carry the essential and my diaper bag became half the size then a quarter of the size it once was.

Now I leave the house with a diaper, wipes, a snack and a dyi first aid kit.

Maddy had a small tumble at the park a couple of weeks ago and scraped her thumb (nothing some soap and water couldn’t make better).  But it made be realize that I wasn’t ready for any accidents, and with a toddler I know that these types of falls are inevitable. So in my true nerdy mom fashion I started doing research on First Aid kits and decided that a do-it-yourself kit was the way to go.

What’s in my First Aid Kit

Home & Vacation Kit

This is the First Aid box that I keep in my linen closet and it super east to grab when we go to the cottage, on road trips and other local holidays.  Everything fits neatly into a small container with a handle that I picked up at the dollar store.

• Bandages – I have lots of colourful band-aids in different sizes and others with Maddy’s favourite characters on them (right now Paw Patrol or rather Puppies!).
• Sterile Gauze Pads – for when band-aids won’t cut it.
• Medical Tape – to secure the gauze pads.
• Natural Wipes – in case I don’t have access to clean water to help clean scrapes.
• Antibiotic Ointment – while I believe that soap and water is the best way to clean a scrape, I do trust antibiotic ointment to help with the healing process.
• Calamine / Anti-Itch Lotion – mainly for bug bites or other skin reactions.
  • I have two options I use:
    • Aveeno Anti-Itch: which is a calamine based lotion
    • Benadryl: for allergic skin reaction.

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• Natural Based Bug Spray – DEET bug sprays are not recommended for young children and natural sprays can be hard to find, so I keep this natural bug spray in our first aid kit just in case (also I has the added bonus that is smells really good, thanks to the
• Aloe Vera – to help with burns.
• Coconut Oil – coconut oil has some antibacterial properties and while I would not recommend using it as antiseptic I do find it helpful to keep skin moisturized.

On-the-go Kit

For the car and my purse, I also keep a small reusable baggie with the essentials in it including:

• Band-aids
• Polysporin-to-go
• Wipes

I hope this post will help your own family prepare for those small accidents in life.  This First Aid kit is also part of my Summer Essential for Toddler list.

Let me know what essentials you keep in your family first aid kit 🙂

-kate