Using dresser as changing table?

reginapaige1 · August 2010

We have a nice dresser in the room we'll be using as a nursery. I'd really like to put a changing pad on top and not buy a seperate changing table. Has anyone done this? Any issues?

LadyB01 · August 2010

This is what the people at BRU told me to do when I was furniture shopping!

MrsDe2008 · August 2010

We just ordered our baby furniture from BRU and that's exactly what it is.

https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3162256

jessr510 · August 2010

We did it. The changing pad slides sometimes, but it's definitely usable. Will do the same with # 2.

Mt2G1012 · August 2010

I haven't no kid yet, but this is what we are doing. We are just securing the pad to the back of the dresser so it doesn't slide around.

poolrat00 · August 2010

Just lurking...this is what we do, and I love it. Our nursery is very small and it fits well to have only the one piece of furniture that LO can use for many years.

lilmgirl · August 2010

This is what we're planning on doing as well.

carrie204 · August 2010

This is what we did still do and will be doing for the next few years.. lol

Molluskwrangler · August 2010

heatherm818:
I haven't had kids yet, but this is what we are doing. We are just securing the pad to the back of the dresser so it doesn't slide around.

This.

reginapaige1 · August 2010

Thanks everyone!

lulu3061 · August 2010

This is what we're doing also. I just cut some of that non-slip rug stuff to go under the pad to keep it from sliding.

Mrs. K in TX · August 2010

It should be fine. That's what we're doing. We're buying a new dresser that matches our crib, but just because we don't have one we can use already.

Some tips from the salesperson at Buy Buy Baby-

First, attach the pad to the back of the dresser. The pad should have straps with snaps that will snap onto the back- you have to drill a hole to attach the back part of the snap.

Second, get one of those mats for that goes under rugs to keep them from slipping. The ones made for runners are the perfect width, and then you just have to trim it to the right length. It helps keep the pad from moving around.

virgomom · August 2010

lulu3061:
This is what we're doing also. I just cut some of that non-slip rug stuff to go under the pad to keep it from sliding.

This is what we do...works great! We will do the same for the next baby.

TexasLadyBug · August 2010

We did this with DS and we are doing it with DD. To help stop the sliding we bought some of the rubber drawer liners.

Looks like this, it comes in different colors. I got brown at Target, it was in the section with the Iron boards I think. It works great, no sliding.

moonfaerie · August 2010

Lots of people do it with no problem. We have a changing table, but that's cuz it was handed down to us with the crib. (They were my niece's.) Otherwise we would have done the same thing.

KTH919 · August 2010

That's what we did with DS. I wanted to be able to use all of his furniture as he grew, so I didn't feel like getting an actual changing table was practical.

Siffee · August 2010

We used the dresser for baby number 1. We set a nice cozy changing pad on top. It worked perfectly. We will do the same with baby number 2.

PunkyBooster · August 2010

Everyone has recommended that we do this. We bought a dresser that doubles as a changer. It has 3 drawers, so it's the right height for me.

CoffeeGirlJ · August 2010

That's what we plan to do as well!

bndenton07 · August 2010

haven't done it, but we are planning to from the suggestion of my mom because she did it with all three of us kiddos and no problems.. she said it was really convenient cause everything you needed to change diapers and clothes was right there