If you are a mother like me or a have a bundle of joy on the way then you know that a baby bag is an essential must have.

Even if you aren’t a mom there will come a time where you will be invited to a baby shower and will have to gift a baby bag.

Who says that because you will be packing newborn goods into your diaper bag it has to be infantile? Last, I checked you are caring the bag not your kid.

I can not take full credit for coming up with this idea. My mother gifted me a "non-traditional" diaper bag for my shower. I have been using purses as baby bags since.

Sorry Winne, but you don't quite "go" with today's outfit...

With that being said, here are a few bags that I picked that can function as a modern efficient take on the diaper bag; I find that large totes and satchel bags work the best for this purpose.