If you have a 2-story house...question re: changing table

CatDawn7470 · August 2010

In my house, the bedrooms are all upstairs and separate from the main living areas (family room, kitchen, etc.). Our nursery has LO's dresser with changing pad on top of it. All supplies are in the nursery, too. I'm contemplating getting a simple changing table for the first floor just to avoid having to do stairs everytime I have to change LO. Just curious what others are doing? Maybe I'm overthinking this...or being lazy trying to avoid the stairs.

THANKS!

~Flossie~ · August 2010

We have the same issue. We have LO's change table in his bedroom upstairs, and we plan on using the change thingy that came with the playpen when changing him down stairs.

Rangergal9 · August 2010

We will keep a PNP downstairs for napping during the day and we use the changer on that for as long as we can. Then we'll just use the couch or futon, but still keep all the supplies downstairs as well as upstairs.

kbram · August 2010

for the first few months I laid the changing pad that came with my diaper bag in our pack n play and just used that when we were downstairs. Then we just went to her bedroom when I felt well enough to do it all the time. It worked well for us.

Coleslawcat · August 2010

I know lots of people in this situation who set up a PNP with changing table downstairs to have 2 stations. That also gives them a bed for the baby downstairs.

triplea1819 · August 2010

we have an extra pack and play downstairs and put the changing table snap on. This way we have supplies downstairs and upstairs.

EMT12resq · August 2010

LO changing table is upstairs in his room bc it matches his furniture. We have a pack and play downstairs for when little one naps and we are downstairs and that has a changing table on it.

jastl32 · August 2010

Changing table is upstairs in the nursery, but I have a pack n play with a changing table that is in our living room/dining room area.

Mommy*Of*2 · August 2010

The changing table is upstairs in LO's room. We'll just lay a receiving blanket down and change her on the couch when we're downstairs.

rregneir · August 2010

Our house is the same. So we registered for one of those travel changing pads to keep down stairs. That way it doesn't take up room.

2xSurvivor · August 2010

A couple of options:

Set up a separate area downstairs (I wouldn't buy a changing table though). I had a small tub with a few diapers and wipes and a changing mat in our old house. The floor works just fine as a flat surface!

Have no other changing area and think of all those trips as good exercise to burn of the baby weight...your own free stairmaster.

erbear · August 2010

We put a changing station (really just a mat and diapers, creams, and a trash can) on each floor of the house. I had a c-section, so I couldn't do the stairs 12 times a day to change diapers!

jesmckenna · August 2010

~Flossie~:
We have the same issue. We have LO's change table in his bedroom upstairs, and we plan on using the change thingy that came with the playpen when changing him down stairs.

This. I'll just have a little hanging bag on the side of the PNP with a 2nd batch of changing supplies.

Teach84 · August 2010

I have the changing table upstairs and then will use the pack n play changing area downstairs. I'm sure I will eventually switch to changing diapers on the floor with a fold up mat of some kind.

JoannaJes · August 2010

We have a changing table on the main floor as well. No way am I hiking upstairs for 10+ diaper changes a day. Also, we cloth diaper, so I have it set up next to our washer and dryer. Very convenient.

conley77 · August 2010

I'll be using my pnp downstairs. I also picked up this caddy to keep supplies downstairs (and neat).

https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2943510

Jaimers375 · August 2010

We just have a basket with changing supplies downstairs, diapers, wipes, pad, butt paste.

moonfaerie · August 2010

We have a pack n play downstairs that came with a changing attachment. Also, you can use the sofa or a clean carpeted floor. With DD, I keep a few diapers downstairs for wet changes, and if there's a #2 we go upstairs for wipes and Desitin, if necessary. Thoguh she doesn't require as many changes as a newborn, so I will likely put a tub of wipes downstairs as well when #2 arrives. It's really not a big deal to change an infant's diaper on the sofa or floor - the majority of them are pretty easy, very few blowouts.

Brezzihuts · August 2010

a simple basket with supplies downstairs and the floor will work fine.

cpmich · August 2010

jastl32:
Changing table is upstairs in the nursery, but I have a pack n play with a changing table that is in our living room/dining room area.

Me too. I wanted to avoid running upstairs if I need to change a diaper.

nerdsbride · August 2010

I know I'm the minority here, but with LO #1 we always just went upstairs. Maybe it's just me but I don't like diapers being changed all over my house. I had a c-section with her and didn't move a lot at first, but DH was very handy in helping with diaper changes the first few weeks. With LO #2 I have a feeling this will change a bit. We will likely just put a waterproof pad down on the floor and change her there so I don't have to haul two kids up and down the stairs for each change. But for the first, even after DH wasn't helping as often, it was super easy and it kept my house decluttered of baby stuff.

MSC03 · August 2010

Our changing table is in the baby's room, but we'll also be using the changing table on the PnP in the living room. It has a diaper caddy that hangs over the side of it, too.

Temp984666312503071 · August 2010

For the first few months we kept DD's pack 'n play (which has a changing table attachment) on the first floor in our living room. They sleep SO MUCH those first months so it was convenient to be able to put her down there and to change her there during the day when I was doing things in the kitchen or hanging in the living room.

Now we still have a little stash of diapers and wipes in the family room. Mostly because lugging our 14 month old up the stairs has become tiring (especially now that I am big and pregnant). We don't have a table downstairs - I just change her on the floor now.

CinemaGoddess · August 2010

We have a changing station in the nursery (changing pad on the dresser) and a changing station downstairs in our living room (changing pad on an old (but safe) TV cart on wheels so we can move it where we need it.)

Changing station = diapers, wipes, lotions, etc.

Worse comes to worse, we also have a travel changing pad that I can set up on the couch.

smerka · August 2010

I have a changing pad on our washer and dryer in the laundry room on the first floor. It works great for us.

hailey1312 · August 2010

my situation is sort of the reverse... Our bedroom is upstairs, where we will have our baby sleep for the first few months in a pack and play. the baby's room is down stairs, which is where her changing table and supplies will be. So I am going to use the pack n play changer gizmo in our bedroom during the night and I am planning on keeping a basket of changing supplies upstairs in our bedroom for night time changes. Also I will have a rocking chair up there, for nursing in the middle of the night. I don't want to truck up and down the stairs at night just to change or nurse her.

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