Baby changing table for small bathroom

I actually did use a changing table for both my babies and wouldn't be without one. Much easier than getting up and down off the floor. I did have a spare mat for downstairs though.

If you are short on space you can get chests of drawers which have a changing table on top, which you can then remove once baby is bigger and just use it as a normal chest of drawers. I have also seen changing tables which fit on top of cots.

We used the ikea hemnes 8 drawer unit with a bog standard changing mat on top.
It’s been very useful as has been Ds clothes, nappy, toy and anything else storage now over the years. Mat just take off obviously when not needed.
Its great as its longer than most
so you have space to side for warm water if your using cloths for bum etc.

For a bath I just stripped baby in bathroom, bathed, wrapped in towel and walked him upstairs to his bedroom where unit was to dry and change him. ( our own bath is downstairs, but wasn’t a problem). I would strip upstairs in reverse if he actually had dirty nappy, clean his bum and then carry him down to bath just wrapped in towel.

Our bathroom is tiny so no point staying in there longer than necessary.
Ds bedroom has ancient en-suite ( but no bath) so I washed hands there. But most people have a sink on same floor at bedroom somewhere.

On a towel or mat on the floor. Or on your lap.

We had a bathroom one with DC1 because in laws insisted it was very much needed. It was wooden and fairly attractive, from John Lewis I think.

I did actually sell it on secondhand eventually and just used a mat with subsequent children.

There are so many “must have” baby essentials and equipment that you learn are actually rubbish. Top of my list of “baby things you don’t actually need” would be a changing table.

why on earth would you need a changing table in your bathroom? A changing mat on the floor is the safest option and the one that has been used for millions of babies for years.

I found a changing table really helpful after both C sections when I wasn't very mobile.

And I had it in the bathroom! But we live in an apartment so don't have to go up any stairs to get to the bathroom.

Switched to the floor when the babies started rolling.

Save yourself from the hassle and expense and use the floor.

I changed ds on a changing mat on the bed or sofa when he was tiny & on the floor as he got bigger, never had a changing unit.

There are parents who do not have the dexterity of using a floor. I always went for any surface at waist height to change with a change mat . I was late 20s and definitely struggled with floor height! On a higher level the baby instinctively stays safe after about 1…obviously still needs full supervision!

Wished I had gone to sleep April 2025

Yeah, the floor is best. Get yourself another bath mat if you want. You’ll be changing that baby wherever and whenever.

We used a changing mat on top of a normal chest of drawers. In the nursery. When downstairs used a changing mat on the floor.

Also 'it's a lot easier to clean up the mess with a towel and stick it in the wash, rather than have to carry around a cold, plastic mat with semi liquid substances on it or clean that and then clean what you used to clean it. Oh, and there's a baby in the middle of all this with it all up their back.'

Fold a bathtowel over, put it on the floor. Put baby on the towel and change. And then switch to pullups as soon as possible as it's much, much easier to get those on without resistance once they can stand up and run away.

I always adhered to my Mum's golden rule - "Remember they can't fall off the floor".

We changed in the lounge on our laps or on a mat on the floor or on the bed. Wrapped them up then back to bedroom.

I don’t know anyone who owns a changing table in real life. Even if you buy one they’re only really safe while your baby is a newborn - as soon as they can roll or crawl it would be strongly advisable to move to the floor as they can roll off surfaces in a split second. Not sure who’s made you think you need a changing table for your bathroom OP but I would save your money and not bother - they’re completely unnecessary.

We used achanging table for short time but as soon as they can roll found it easier with mat on floor. Its easier to change where their clothes are as sometimes you discover its a bigger change than planned!

A changing table, in any room, is a complete waste of money. Get a few mats and have one in each room (his bedroom, your bedroom, the bathroom, the living room) and a travel one for the nappy bag. Then you can change him on the floor (which is safer) or on any surface you like (chest of drawers, bed, sofa, kitchen table).

Yes yes to nappy caddies. DH raised his eyebrows when I bought one. We’ve used it every day for almost 2 years (alongside a second stash of supplies in the bedroom).

Well, you might do once.

And when you walk into it in the middle of the night because you forgot to put it back up and left the lights off to avoid waking yourself and the baby even more than normal, you'll never use it again.

You def don’t need this. We bathed on the dining room table the first few months. Then once we used the bath we just took her clothes off whilst holding her or on the floor? You have to change them on the floor as soon as they move around more anyway, which will happen sooner than you think! Buy the bare minimum before your baby comes and you are actually living it! You need so much less than you think

We used an IKEA cabinet as a changing table in our large bathroom with our first but it only ever got used for a quick dry after a bath for a few weeks until he was big enough to try and roll off it.

I know with your first you want all the things, and you have this vision in your mind of how it'll be, and when someone told me this I scoffed and though no, not me. But I'm gonna go ahead and say it anyway because I'll be damned if it wasn't true: you're going to change 99% of nappies in the house sat on the floor or your bed.

I'd recommend creating little changing stations in the living room, bedroom and bathroom. A caddy with nappies, some cream, some wipes and a foldable washable waterproof changing sheet. It's honestly all you need.

If you want to get something nice for your bathroom, get something for yourself. You're going to really need a calm, baby-free space to retreat to sometimes. Use the money and space you'd dedicate to the changing table and get yourself some nice bath bombs or a vanity cabinet or something instead.

You undress them in the bedroom and plop them in the bath.

We have a 2000 sq ft house and most of our kids baths were either in the kitchen sink once they cpuld sit or in a snuggle in the kitchen before that.

You are 100% overthinking it.

One thing i DO recommend is 2 x nappy caddies (we had one with cream wipes and nappies) and 2x change mat
One upstairs one downstairs.

Makes life easier.

As others have said, just had a changing mat we carted around the house. Early days, baby bath on dining room table, I had C-sections so this was the best place for me. Changing mat on said table, undressed them, towel down on changing mat, baby transferred from bath and wrapped them up. Never had changing table with either of mine.

I don’t know anyone who had a changing table. I never used one. Never ever needed one. The ones in public toilets are horrible. I think I used them twice! It’s all wrong having the baby sideways. Honestly OP, save your money. You really won’t need one.