Changing table

splaster79 · March 2014

I'm having my father in law make our crib and probably changing table. I dont want him to make a changing table if I'm never going to use it.
Did you use your changing table enough to justify someone making it?

eortman · March 2014

We have used ours every day. Used it for just about every change with a newborn/baby. We use it less now with a toddler, but still daily. Wet ones I'll do on the couch or floor so as not to drag her to her room everytime, but poopy diapers still get changed on the changing table. This is the fourth year we have used ours straight and unless there is a miracle and my DD starts using the potty soon, we'll be using it for at least two more. Worth the investment!

hcsmiley417 · March 2014

I'm on my 4th kid and have never used an actual changing table. I'm lazy. I refuse to have to walk upstairs from let's say the family room in the basement to change a diaper. I just threw a changing table contour pad on top of the dresser and that was a make shift one. I throw a blanket under baby if I'm anywhere else to catch whatever may miss the mark.

Kohler2009 · March 2014

I also just used a contour changing pad on top of a dresser and plan to do the same this time around. Our PnP also had a changing station so we used that too. Or the floor. Whatever was most convenient

LyndseylovesHugh · March 2014

We use a changing pad on top of a regular dresser, but I use that everyday. I hate trying to change her in the floor, she just tries to escape and run away.

pfeilele · March 2014

It's the only thing we use. We use cloth which probably makes a difference, but I also don't like clutter and random stuff all over the house.

pfeilele · March 2014

Oh and what pp said. He can't run away.

sxymamakat · March 2014

If you're having it made, why not make it something a little more useful? I've seen a few changing tables on the market that look sort of like the Ikea cube units where you can put baskets in the shelves and there is a slight "surround" on the top to help keep the changing pad from scooting. This way, you can use it as a bookcase or shelving unit long past the changing phase and it's not just a piece of plywood on four spindly legs with a weak shelf beneath it (which seems to be the theme for a LOT of changing tables I see). Just a thought!

DinabethL · March 2014

We used one with DD but we don't plan on unpacking it for this baby. We always do diaper changes on the floor. You can get a mat to put under if you are really worried.

We have limited space so the changing table is just something we don't have extra room for. We probably will put the pad we have now though on a dresser.

tourqeyes · March 2014

Yes. We got our money's worth out of it.

chelsey33 · March 2014

Used it for every change until he got too big. Lol definitely pulling it back out again for this one.

ddubzz · March 2014

We have a changing pad on top of a dresser in DS's nursery, which we used every now and then. He slept in our room for the first 6 months, so it was much easier to just change him on top of a waterproof pad on our bed.

Soon2BMrsN · March 2014

Every day. I am another one who likes to contain poop to just there and not risk getting it on my bed, carpet, couch, etc.

zellatrix · March 2014

I like the storage capacity of mine because of the baskets. Do you think he could make a dresser instead? It would be useful longer and you could put a changing pad on top.

lynnyrd80 · March 2014

I use mine every day. We have a one story house, so it's no big deal to go to his room to change him. He also is more likely to stay put on the changing table. He immediately goes into alligator death rolls if I try to change him anywhere else.

TexasGirl81 · March 2014

Everyday. All day.

allardr · March 2014

Everyone will be different. For us Every Change Every day. However we are a small two bedroom one level house so it's quicker to just walk into her room. If you have two floors you may be less likely to walk all the way upstairs to change. IMO regardless it's nice to have that OR a dresser with pad in the room for late night changes.

lindslalala · March 2014

We used it every day and still do for poopy diapers. Ours was just a changing pad on a dresser though.

splaster79 · March 2014

We have a dresser already for the lil one and the changing table will have shelves on it as well so it will be great for storage.

hcsmiley417 · March 2014

So I'm confused. If you already have it then why did you ask for opinions if you already have your mind set?

alyssa719 · March 2014

I used it with DS constantly (I had one that was similar to a dresser so it had 3 drawers and a cabinet on the side). This time, I bought an awesome vintage dresser and will use it with a pad on top (will have DH figure out a way to secure it to keep the slippage down).

zellatrix · March 2014

hcsmiley417 said:
So I'm confused. If you already have it then why did you ask for opinions if you already have your mind set?

She didn't say she already had it.

hcsmiley417 · March 2014

@Zarkaella if you read it carefully she said that the changing table will have shelves on it as well so it's great for storage. Her mind was already made up.

cakebatter27 · March 2014

I'm a ftm but we're not doing one. I nannied lots and never used one. It would be quite waste of space for me that I'd rather have for a bookcase or storage shelves etc.

abrazz · March 2014

We use ours unless it is during the night. Then I just change him on the floor so I don't have to go downstairs. We didn't have one for awhile with DD and managed just fine. We won't have one upstairs for the new baby and will just use the PNP like we did with the other 2 kids.

yurmom · March 2014

Another one for contour pad on top of a dresser. Changing her on the floor is much more difficult for me. I have to incorporate wrestling moves. At least the contour pad and the fear of falling off the dresser keeps her relatively in one place.

TurtleMonsters · March 2014

yes, every day.

Ours is attached to the crib/day bed, it's a convertible set. It's a little smaller then a regular table which I regret. however, it will become a little, free standing book shelf when it's done being a changing table.

We DID use the foor etc at times, but were usually using the table, so I didn't have to round up changing supplies in whatever room we were in. Plus DS was rather messy and explosive.

Stacigirl413 · March 2014

All the time, and still with DS (attempting to potty train soon but not pushing it LOL)

abundancenow · March 2014

Never used one, felt it was dangerous that he could falls off or too much of a pain to lift up and down. Used a changing table pad on the floor.

Skeemer · March 2014

Used mine every day until I got too pregnant to lift DS onto it. Now we use a blanket & the couch. I totally prefer the changing table because it doesn't hurt my back & I don't have to stoop or bend.

splaster79 · March 2014

@hcsmiley417 No my mind is not made up on having it made. My mind is made up on which one he would be making. I was addressing a prior post about it being great for storage.

purplekuda · March 2014

Do you need a rail added to dresser/ changing table pad ?

slensic · March 2014

We just used a contour changing pad on a dresser also. This works great for us, I used it for every change and never changed her on the floor or in another room, our house is only one story though so that worked for us. I like that now she is older I just took the pad off and was able to put accessories in the top drawer instead of diaper stuff. It will probably be her dresser until she leaves home. We will do the same with this guy. I actually purchased both dressers off of craigslist and then we paint them and change out hardware, his hasn't been painted yet but soon. I just couldn't bring myself to buy a changing table that we would done with and then still need to buy dresser still later.

Neighner20 · March 2014

We used ours for as long as we could. I did have one gripe about my changing table though. It had vertical wooden slats on either side of the baby that DD got her arms/legs stuck in. I sold that one and got a new one that is like the one that Zarkarella posted a pic of. No slats to get stuck in.

shanaynerz · March 2014

I'm with @BPaws. I only change DD on her changing table and she's 16 months. DH will change her on the floor, but it's easiest on the table. We decided to buy DD a new dresser with a hutch as her next changing table since the twins will get her old crib (and the one at my folks' place) and changing table. Everyone is different it seems, but we use ours all the time.

yurmom · March 2014

abundancenow said:
Never used one, felt it was dangerous that he could falls off or too much of a pain to lift up and down. Used a changing table pad on the floor.

This kinda makes me lol, Dangerous? You know you don't just leave leave the baby there and walk away right? And who doesn't have to lift their baby frequently anyways?

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Dutch Apple Pie · March 2014

I used it because we got it for free. I am not going to shell out for another one. We are getting a dresser, putting that rubber mat thing on it and calling it a day.

purpleXdandelion · March 2014

abundancenow said:
Never used one, felt it was dangerous that he could falls off or too much of a pain to lift up and down. Used a changing table pad on the floor.

It's more of a hassle for me to get myself on and off the floor than lift my baby onto a changing table. I love that he is contained and all the storage a changing table has within arms reach.

brittany&dain · March 2014

We just put a changing pad on top of the dresser

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