There are many posts, YouTube videos and such on what families have been doing to stock up for our nation’s COVID-19 outbreak and state of “social distancing.”
I wanted to share what our family decided to stock up on.
I already had a 72-Hour Emergency Kit prepped in case of a power outage. I followed this video by Do It On A Dime.
Now you can modify it to your families needs of course. Although my husband and I are going through a separation, we decided to stock up as a family of five in case. He is still working, but my work officially closed Monday afternoon.
I’m only including the dry/ [mostly] non-perishable items that I stocked up on for the family. This should last us about two weeks. 
I do plan to go to the grocery store one last time today to make an official last run to the outside world (plus I had to pick up from check from work).
After that, I plan to stay home with the kiddos until “further notice.”
What We Had:
- 8 Gallons of Water
- Water Bottles (Case of 40)
- Emergency Kit (again see video for what is mostly in it)
What We Stocked Up On:
- Soup (10 Cans – Tomato, Minestrone, Chicken Noodle & Chicken w/ Rice)
- Annie’s Macaroni & Cheese (4)
- Wheat Bread (2 Loaves)
- Beans (6 – Baked, Black & Chickpeas)
- Canned Fruit (8 – Mandarins, Peaches, Pineapple)
- Canned Veggies (4 – Corn, Peas & Carrots)
- Minute Rice (6 – Jasmine & Brown)
- Cracker Goods (6 – Peanut Butter Crackers, Goldfish, Ritz & Triscuits)
- Veggie Sticks/ Snapeas (3)
- Apple Sauces & Apple Sauce Pouches (16)
- Raisins (12 Boxes)
- Peanut Butter & Jelly (2 PB, 1 Jelly)
- Pretzels (2 Bags)
- Yogurt Melts (6 Bags)
- Granola Bars (15 – Cliff, Nature’s Valley, Kind, Quaker and a few others)
- Boxed Milk (2- 2%)
- 100% Apple Juice (3)
- Cereal (5 – Rice Crispies, Special K Protein Ancient Grain & Cinnamon Life)
- Muffin & Cake Mix (4 – for fun)
Non-Food Items:
- Laundry Detergent (2)
- Diapers (144 Count)
- Pull-Ups (27 Count)
- Baby Wipes (6 Packages)
- Dish Soap (2)
- Ibuprofen/ Pain Meds (1- Adults & 1 – Kids)
- Cold & Cough Meds (1 – Adults & 1 – Kids)
- Probiotics (2)
- Vitamins (2)
Kid Essentials [To Not Go Too Crazy]:
- Stickers (10 Pacakges- like ALOT)
- Play-Doh (8)
- Markers & Crayons (2 Each)
- Coloring Books (4)
- Notebooks (4)
- Bubbles (4)
I did buy our fresh basics at the supermarket such as milk (3 Gallons), eggs (24), butter, fruit, veggies and such but I expect those to only last 1.5-2 weeks. Hence why I plan to do a run today for some of those items.
I also made sure to get plenty of nuggets and a few frozen pizzas to have on hand.
There are many schedules going around if you have kids in a school age group. My feelings on those are 50/50 and I’ll just say this; don’t stress it.
We plan to use ABC Mouse with my oldest (who’s in PreK), worksheets, plus we have “Blizzard Bags” with assignments that we got from school.
I am thankful to be in this house with a spacious backyard, because if we still lived in our apartment, I definitely would be losing my marbles.
That’s just the truth.
I hope this list helps anyone out with some ideas on what to stock up on as I didn’t see much for parents. 
Something as simple as stocking up on stickers and coloring items is a fantastic reminder for when having to spend a lot of time indoors (like in too cold/ hot weather).
Stay healthy everyone. ❤
