Do changing pads need a tray?

cindybaf

We just bought a changing pad with a pricey wooden tray to anchor it to a dresser. Now that we're back home, I'm thinking that the tray may have been an optional purchase... It's just that the tray is really huge.

duckiegrl

We never used the tray. We just put the changing pad directly on the dresser.  The tray is so the changing pad doesn't slide off the dresser.  

Lux_Diva

DS is not squirmy now so we have put our pad directly on the dresser but we will eventually use some of that cheap bubbly shelf liner for extra traction (a tip I learned from mom's on this board). 

erpetdoc

The changing pad we registered for comes with an anchoring strap to secure it to the back of the dresser. We looked at another dresser at BRU that came with a tray, but it was almost 200 more than the dresser we bought from JCPenney.