changing tables

KVGiovanelli · January 2014

I am first time mom doing my registry, I am curious about how useful a changing table is. If you are second time mom how often have you used yours and do you think they are worth the money?

sunflowermama42212 · January 2014

I'm not a STM but I was a nanny to an infant and the house had two levels with the nursery on the second level and his parents and I all went up to the nursery to change him. I liked that better then changing him some where else. I just bought a changing table/dresser so it's not just a changing table so if I never end up using it I can just take the top off and use the dresser. Or my SIL just put a changing pad on top of the dresser.

softservecity · January 2014

STM here. We're using the dresser with a changing pad on top. I feel that due to space and money and not being able to multipurpose the changing table make it not worth it for us.

baloneydisc · January 2014

We bought a changing table on Craigslist for $20 and used the changing pad we got as a gift for it. We still use that one upstairs (DD is tiny, 32" almost 21lbs at 24mo). Downstairs we used the bassinet of the PNP when she was tiny and then just started changing her on a towel on the floor when she outgrew that. Both places work fine. If you have a dresser or someplace else to put a changing pad I don't see the need for a changing table, we only got one because it was cheap.

cMichelle0423 · January 2014

We never bothered with getting a changing table. We couldn't see paying all that money for one when we could just change DS on a bed or even on the floor on a blanket.

jessicarene09 · January 2014

my crib is a 2-in-1 with the changing table & storage on the side. I'm not due till August, but I'm sure it'll be somewhat helpful. I just don't see the purpose of buying a stand alone changing table, esp since you'll probably be doing most changes on the go -- laying a towel or mat on the floor or bed works just as well.

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JessaPrimate · January 2014

We got a crib and (separate) dresser/changing table set from a box store. The dresser is on the 2nd floor, but it's the only place in the house we change diapers. For us, it has been very worth it.

frasey · January 2014

we didn't even use the pad on the dresser. we had it, and used it maybe twice. If we were upstairs, we changed her on the bed or floor, and on the floor or couch if downstairs.

Everyusernameistaken · January 2014

HatchetFace said:

savannah_girl said:

I used the dresser with a pad on it.

This is what we're doing.

This is what we did and what we'll do again!

veetveet · January 2014

We had one with my first child. It was convenient for middle of the night changes and acted as extra storage. With naby #2 - using a change pad on top of a dresser.... his room is a little smaller.

KVGiovanelli · January 2014

Thanx for everyone's feed back, it was all useful!

SaranJonathan · January 2014

We just put the pad on the bathroom counter attached to her room. We have a jack n Jill with a dual sink option but only one sink so plenty of room.

Tassie06 · January 2014

I'm a STM and you're really better off just getting a changing pad and putting that on a dresser. We had a really pretty vintage change table for our first and It was great until he got too big for it. And It really takes up way too much room. We're just going to put the pad on the dresser this time.

Chichigo · January 2014

I also use a changing pad on the dresser. My husband prefers to use our bed.

pinkpigeon · January 2014

for our 1st DD we didn't buy a changing table. we did buy a dresser that was wide enough to strap a changing pad to, and I think that was the most useful way we could have spent the money. the dresser is still in her room.

cnchavez69 · January 2014

This is my 2nd go around and honestly I don't think they are worth the money. You get so busy and many times you just have to change those diapers wherever you are in the house. I kept a few diaper caddy's with changing pads in a few different rooms. Saved a lot of money and space.

khaalid00 · January 2014

FTM. I will be using a changing table. Reasons: the dresser in the nursery is to high. We won't be using the floor and our bed to change the baby, not an option for personal reasons. The changing table that I picked has storage and a hamper. Plus I can creatively convert the table into something else that is useful for the room when the baby outgrows it. Not a waste for us. Thinking carefully for a small space and budget.

Scottwswife · February 2014

I'm really tall. Changing on the floor is awkward and painful for me. If I had enough counter space in the bathroom I would forgo the changing table, but we don't so I need a surface. We are getting one that serves as a dresser in the future, so it's not a complete unitasker.

seells · February 2014

I'm pretty sure I used the floor the most. (With a blanket underneath of course) Sometimes I used the changing thing on my PNP but that was more when she was a newborn. Also did a lot of changing on the bed.

NADA-H · February 2014

I'm getting a regular size dresser with a changing pad on top. money and space saving and that dresser will still be put to good use way after my baby is potty trained.

WashingtonQueen · February 2014

With both of my babies we have used the changing table 100% of the time.

Cosmolove · February 2014

I'm a first time mommy but watching my brother and his wife and their three kids I learned a lot. I don't know why but my sister in law was SUPER against using changing tables (and high chairs for that matter). It always seemed like maddness in her house. There were diapers and wipes stashed everywhere in her house just to make it easy for wherever they were changing the baby. When we would have one of the babies over at my parents house (this was back when I was living at home still) we set up a diaper changing station. It was in our guest room and although we didn't have an official changing table we had a night stand with all of the essentials and we changed them on the bed. The only down side was our backs, having to crouch down and change babies all day did a number on my back, and that was when I was younger!

It was so much easier to have everything right there within arms reach but it was still a downside to have to use the bed.

That's exactly why I registered for a really nice dresser/changing table combo. I really wanted a separate changing table and dresser due to not having storage in our starter home. I do not doubt that we won't still change Landon on the couch on occasion but I will be beyond happy to have my changing table in the nursery.

brooklyngirl46 · February 2014

I like the idea of the pad on the dresser, if only because it seemed easier when the baby needed to be changed into a new outfit. I figure diapers etc could go in one drawer, clothes could go in another, and it's all right there.

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