Here are some important things I carried over in my mega trip. They are not everything I carried. But some important one's that made life easier.
Graco baby bag. There were two off those. One had all her nappies, related things, spare clothes (thin cotton stuff with a string to tie behind), bibs to be used while feeding, literally all the linen that was carried. The other one had her flask, feeding bottles, her cerelac stuff, the electric heater and other feeding stuff.
Apart from this we carried a bag of her toys and books.
Foldable baby bath tub. When unfolded, a baby can sit in comfortably or even lie down (one end has a way of holding up at an incline so that baby sits in position like an easy chair). Fill with warm water for baby to take bath.
When folded, it becomes so small that it corresponds to two dvd players stacked above each other. That's a big space saver.
Apart from this, she also has a plastic bath tub (bigger) which we left back at home. Now she takes a shower directly from the bucket!
Morphy Richards electric boiler! It's not washed in the photo. Very handy. Vijay sales sells it around 1000 bucks. Boils water/ milk in under 10 seconds. Connect to any socket in any road side dhaba. No one will refuse when they see your baby!
The complete stainless steam makes it odorless, easy to clean and hygenic unlike the earlier plastic stuff which has danger of melting. This came with auto cut off. When things boil, automatically power is cut off. Added safety feature.
Amul Taaza double toned long life milk. She took a liking to this and we stocked it. 12 liters before we set out to Udupi. Was helpful. Every stop we cut one pack and boiled milk using the electric boiler. Filled 1 bottle for use after 2 hours. filled one for immediate consumption. Rest gulped by me and wife. Best part was early morning, we had milk to have and didn't need to order at hotel where we stayed. Plus if one carries coffee/ tea bags, they can wake up to wonderful bed coffee or bed tea. Every time the supply went down to 2 liters, I'd buy 10 more packs. Best part is that we need not refrigerate till we open it. Once opened, one pack was consumed by us.
In car bottle warmer. Connect it to the cigarette charger in the car. Doesn't boil things, but warms to a degree the baby feels good to have. very useful on the drive, when you quickly want to warm the remaining milk in the feeding bottle. Bought it in reliance mart for 200 bucks or so.
Baby changing mat. When you want to change nappies, spread this out as in photo on the car seat. Baby lies on the white part and you pull out nappies and wipes stored on the side compartment as in photo and do the clean up job. Refill as and when the nappies and wipes get exhausted. It's good and will ensure that baby poo and urine don't spill over to your seat!
And when folded, the changing mat can be attached to your pram like this. Not just in car, take it where ever you go. Any remote corner, you can change this. Dispose of used nappies responsibly in proper dust-bins.
Thermos. Used to store boiled water for use on the way. Boiled water is a must. Especially in preparing cerelac/ ragi etc.
Hotpack to store feeding bottle filled with milk. We never stored milk for over 2 hours. And if it's not warm enough at the time of feed, I finished the milk and drove to the nearest plug point to boil fresh milk for baby. But worth having this as this keeps milk hot for a couple of hours. Bought this in UK.
Cold water Sterilizing tablets from Mothercare. When one doesn't have facility to boil water, use these tablets. 1 tab in one container of water can be used to sterilise water, which can be used for 24 hours. Pop in one tab in water then immerse utensils to be sterilised for an hour. Take them out using the sterilised tongs and rinse with distilled/ bisleri water. Water can be reused for 24 hours. A pack costs around 300 bucks and comes for 2 months of sterilising.
Sterilising tub and pair of plastic tongs. This container when filled to brim took one tablet for sterilising. Can accomodate 3 feeding bottles in one shot. It's a must to ensure that the bottles, nipples and caps are completely immeresed with no air bubbles trapped to ensure complete sterilisation.
Washing stuff. They went in a separate bag. Vim liquid and Scotch brite mainly.
Portable dvd player. This was a bonus. In extreme cases when daughter got cranky, I played her favourite video so that we can manage to the nearest plug point or rest area! I spent 1600 bucks changing the head to make it not skip over the famed karnataka pot-holes!
Her favourite dvd number 2. Bambi and jungle book!
The cult which always had a calming effect on her. The movie called Thillana mohanambal. Now she's trying to dance as well when I put it at home!
Another thing I found in my initial drives. She got cranky after sun set. So I had to go for this reading lamp and costed me 400 bucks to get it fitted in my ikon. Initial days we had to switch it on when it became dark so that she could continue playing with her toys or reading her books. A light is a must for babies during initial days. This with a flexible long stalk ensured that it didn't interfere with my driving and was pointed down in to her car seat where she sat!
The travel system. Graco pram and Graco car seat. Another 3 months I will have to upgrade to the next level of car seat. We don't use the pram much nowadays. She is walking small distances. But it's a big boon walking around pushing it. She sits and watches and we don't need to carry her!
Apart from this the ikon held my big samsonite, small cabin baggage of mine, 2 suitcases (cabin baggage size) of my parents, 2 - 3 duffel bags, 1 laundry bag, baby's bed and loads of plastic covers!
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