diaper changer vs pack n play

minirella · October 2014

I was going to use a dresser and just put a changing pad on top as a changing table but that isn't going to work this time around, so I need a little baby changing station area. I've never been a fan of pack n plays, didn't use one with my first but I see these pack n plays with the baby changer and I'm wondering how sturdy it is and how long you are able to use it for? My thought is I could get one of those and place the one baby in the pack n play part while I change the other and then switch BUT I don't want to spend $100 if it is only going to last for 5-6 months before the babies become to heavy for the diaper changing area. Since I've never had either, I don't know if it would be better long-term for me to just buy an actual wood composite changing table or go with the pack n play idea.

Thoughts?

JenniCollins · October 2014

The changing area on my daughter's pack and play was seriously tilted. It was pretty much impossible to change her diaper on it because she would slide against one of the sides. We used it maybe twice before we just took it off an changed her on the bassinet part, but this also only lasted a little while before we just moved to the changing table in her room.

Talking to a few different friends I found many had the same problem with different pack and plays. Also, the size of the changing area is small, would only work for the first few months.

minirella · October 2014

Thank you. That made my decision.

MissEm15 · October 2014

Good question!

ballygirl · October 2014

I had a changing pad on their dresser in their nursery and then downstairs I had a changing table. I just kept the babies on the floor. They didn't crawl until they were about about 9 months, so those first several months, the babies would just stay put wherever they were - either in a bouncy seat, a play mat, propped in a boppy - whatever. Now that they are crawling, I have one room in the house that is 100% babyproofed. So either I keep one girl in there while I change the other or sometimes I'll just change them on the floor in their playroom. Now that they are so squirmy, I hate changing them on the table because they literally launch themselves off it sometimes, so its easier to just wrestle them into a diaper on the floor.

TREDgirl · October 2014

We have a changing pad on their dresser in their room then another one on an old hoosier cabinet downstairs. The PNP was too low for changing IMO and really hurt my back after awhile.

That being said we use them for cribs though when traveling.

mommaoftrips · October 2014

We did the pad on top of dresser in their room - used that for the first 4-5 months. Once their napping became more predictable and they were more active we moved the operation into the living room where we had an extra crib set-up, this turned into our change table.

Mama-Bear · October 2014

PNP was the biggest waste of money in our house. My changing table got a ton of use though. We have a 2-story and we used the bed to change them on upstairs and had the changer in a corner of our living room.

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