chest of drawers with changing top - worth it?

[weaselwithin]

hi all

I'm a ftm looking at nursery furniture. I was wondering if anyone can advise. is it worth buying a chest of drawers which doubles as a changing table on the top? or could we just get a normal chest of drawers? if so, do we need to buy a separate wooden changing top to hold the changing mat or is it safe to just have a changing mat on top?!

sorry if this is a daft question! feeling rather overwhelmed with the huge choice of products! thank

I think they're a waste of money, what do you propose to do with it once baby is potty trained, sell and get a 'normal' chest of drawers?

They are nice but, IMO, not worth it.. If you're anything like us, baby will end up getting changed there and then (your bed, sofa, floor..) and having to go to their nursery is a pita if you're changing a newborn 12 times a day!

However, you do get changing mats that can be secured via a leash to a normal chest of drawers if that is something that would be your

Hth

I had a changing bit that was on the travel cot in our room that I used for first baby, but we were in a flat so was handy to walk thru to change a baby at that height for a while especially as I had a section, also very handy at night. It clips on very securely.
Then baby after a few months was always changed on the floor or bed.

But as we are now in a house now if we get baby no2. I'm going for chest of drawers in our room with that non slip mat stuff under a changing mat or cot top bit for during the night and either change them on the floor or going to use my travel cot with the changing bit attached down stairs, which will also be used to put the baby in if I need to leave it unattended with my toddler.
I seem to have given this a lot of thought, ttc makes you ponder on many things.

No I never bothered with either of mine. Just had a changing mat which I would lay on the bed. Felt more comfortable with this as a double bed is wide and once they start rolling they can only roll along the bed. On a changer top they can roll onto the floor which is far more risky IMO.

Definitely a waste of money. We have a £55 ikea normal chest of drawers with a changing mat on top. The only 'benefit' of a proper changing table is a barrier thing which imo provides a false sense of security - you should never leave them on top anyway so why bother.

We had the ikea chest of drawers with a fold-out top for a changing mat. It was excellent because the fold out top was bigger than the mat. If I had a chest of drawers that was only as big as a changing mat, then I would not use it. You need somewhere to put stuff while changing the baby, so a surface the size of the changing mat is useless without a nearby shelf.

Our chest of drawers is much higher than any changing tables, so much better for our backs.

The chest of drawers was used for three babies, and between babies the changing top folded back on itself to be an extra shelf. It is currently dd's chest of drawers, so has had daily use for 15y, serving several dc. Definitely a good purchase.

I like mine. When I no longer need it to be a changing area I intend to use the recessed bit on top to store books, soft toys etc - the raised edges will stop things falling off. Plus it matches the cot bed, which is nice. Not a must have by any means but not a stupid idea either.

Waste of money. Mat on top of any drawers is fine, although tbh I preferred to just put mat on bathroom floor as more hygenic and easier to empty poo straight down toilet and wash hands. Otherwise you change baby on dresser, have to put poo nappy somewhere whilst finish changing and put somewhere safe, carry nappy to toilet to empty, then wash hands etc. so might as well just start in toilet. We kept the mat behind the door

Only if you are a crazy person who empties nappies down the toilet. I know of no one in real life who does such a thing.

'If the waste is non-hazardous, and as long as it is appropriately bagged and sealed, it is acceptable for the waste to be disposed of with household waste. This is usually the case with sanitary towels, nappies and incontinence pads (known collectively as sanpro waste) which are not considered to be hazardous when they originate from a healthy population.'

www.gov.uk/healthcare-waste

Boss, Art might be using reusable (name?) nappies..

Ah fair enough if so, but I have read a lot of shit (excuse the pun!) on here about the NEED to scrape baby poop into the toilet even from disposables because it is DISGUSTING and DANGEROUS to put poopy nappies in the bin it will go to landfill and contaminate the water supply and KILL US ALL.

Was getting in first, apologies if not necessary!

We did primarily use reusables, but it says on the side of disposables to tip poo away also. Then surely any disposable nappies in bin won't stink so much. 2 weeks of poo in rubbish bin outside would stink in summer, not to mention some in house bin. if you can reduce that why not.

''Disposable diapers are often thrown into the trash, and eventually into a landfill, still containing feces. Throwing human feces into a landfill is illegal but many parents do not know that they should be dumping the feces into the toilet before throwing the diaper away. Human waste has added to the amount of dangerous bacteria that already exists in landfills and increases the threat of the bacteria leaching into groundwater (Sutton et. al., 1991).''

Clearly not illegal - refer to my link above from the government.

thank you for your advice everyone

normal chest of drawers for us I think!