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To change or not to change.

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Katecool · 28/10/2010 18:20

I'm only 25 weeks with my first...(a girl) but i can feel myself wanting to nest already. Getting rather overwhelmed with the amount of things out there for baby!
Talking to my friends who have got children...i've asked them if its worth getting a changing table or just using the floor, bed etc...some have said "hell yes!!"and others have said its not worth the money!
What do you think ladies? Experienced mums are the best people to ask and are there any other items you can recommend to buy for baby and things to avoid! Many thanks. xx

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pozzled · 28/10/2010 18:22

How about a cot-top changer- much cheaper, but still saves having to change on the floor. That's what we did and found it really helpful. But IME you really don't NEED either, a change mat on the floor is fine, especially if space is limited.

pinkyp · 28/10/2010 18:24

i bought a changing mat - that was it,once she starts rolling and wriggling around its much easier on the floor that somewhere high

elk4baby · 28/10/2010 19:04

How about a drawer chest with the changer on top? That way you have a piece that takes up the same space, but looks much neater and can be used for a LOT longer.

Booboodebat · 28/10/2010 19:07

I have to say that I would have had big problems changing on the floor.

I found kneeling and bending very uncomfortable until about six months after the birth, and got dizzy easily.

I'd say at least a cot-top one.

Sufi · 28/10/2010 19:07

We just went for a mat on the floor. Best advice we got was to have one downstairs (which we had on a table) & one upstairs so that in the early days/weeks when you're changing all the time you don't then have to go up and downstairs a lot. Once baby got a bit bigger we just had one upstairs on the bathroom floor - it's stiull there 3 years on as we're about to have another! & it's also useful to have it on the floor as a mat can easily be stored out of the way should you need to be tidy.

japhrimel · 28/10/2010 19:30

Depends if you're happy bending and lifting (straight after birth). Cot-top changers can't be left there, so you have to be okay to lift it up and down.

Personally I have a bad back so have got a changing unit, but I got one that's a nice chest of drawers anyway, so it'll get used even when we don't need the changer bit.

sotough · 28/10/2010 19:39

definitely wouldn't advise attempting to get by with just changing on the bed or the floor. you'd be amazed how much crap spreads, onto towels, sheets etc, and you'll just create more work for yourself. more importantly you'll do your back in. changing tables aren't expensive (you can pick up one for next to nothing on ebay.) otherwise just put a mat on top of a chest of drawers that's about the right height.

thisisyesterday · 28/10/2010 19:41

i never had one

i either changed on the floor, or on the sofa

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Katecool · 28/10/2010 21:44

Thanks very much for all your advice, i have a pro-lapsed disk so i think i will opt for a changing table or a cot top changer. :)

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katiepotatie · 28/10/2010 21:56

I have a changing mat on top of drawers upstairs and just a mat for the floor downstairs. Though my sister had a section and couldn't change on the floor, she just used the dining table

pinkpeony · 29/10/2010 10:04

I have drawer chest with changer on top - so get good use out of it. Still use it often to change DS at 17 months, esp useful now as 27 weeks pg with DC2 so uncomfortable to bend down on floor. Would definitely recommend something where you can change baby at a comfortable height. When on holiday, would make do without and change DS on a bed when baby and usually standing up (him not me) now he is a toddler.

mubm · 29/10/2010 10:32

I also went for a changing mat on top of a chest of drawers. My knees were sore enough with sleep deprivation and relaxed joints, so getting down on the floor for every change didn't appeal at all.

I understand the point about safety when babies begin to move around, but I found that my son was much easier to change at a height because I couldn't let him move around too much. Every now and then we had a stand-off where he wanted to roll and I had to stop him. The changing took ages then, but that beat chasing him around the floor for every change, like some of my friends did with their babies, and I did when we were on holiday.

I also agree about having a second changing station downstairs. Again, I wanted to save my knees by avoiding unnecessary trips up the stairs. I used the kitchen table too.

The chest of drawers I was changed on as a baby is still in good nick at my mom's house, so they can be useful for a lot longer than a changing table...

muslimah28 · 29/10/2010 11:05

i have a changing station given to me by my sister, it was from ikea though, its the chest of drawers type with changing table on top that others have described. one of the best things we've got and i'd definitely recommend it! whenever i'm at my mums and i have to do nappy changes on a bed, i get back ache.

lucy101 · 29/10/2010 11:31

I second the Ikea changing table/chest of drawers - Leksvik. There are some on ebay. The older model is narrower (which I preferred as we only had a small space) than the one currently in store.

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