Do you have a downstairs supply of nappy changing gear? What do you keep it in? A box/bag...how much?

[Jellybabie3]

So our midwife suggested we keep a stash of nappy change stuff downstairs so i dont need to keep going upstairs. Just wondered what others do? Do you have a full kit? A box/bag to put in? I dont really want a whole pile of stuff to look at all day...

For the first few weeks I also had a small box on the coffee table with bits for me for when baby fell asleep on me... paracetamol, lip balm, tissues, breakfast bar type things etc. YES.

Also, hot drinks in a thermal mug. An hour-old coffee still warm and a chocolate digestive is sometimes a lifesaver.

I use a fabric coolbag- it's a perfect size to hold everything and has a strap so is easy to carry upstairs to have on hand in the bedroom for night time changes.

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I just restock it every morning before we go down- nappies/wipes/cream etc/babygrows/vests/muslins/bibs. Saves so much time and effort not having to go up and down to get things.

We have a "general baby bits": box in every room, we used thesee from ikea.

www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/small-storage-organisers/storage-boxes-baskets/dröna-box-dark-grey-art-00298487/

They are great for tidying up at the end of the day plus I never have to hunt for baby stuff. At the moment I keep baby changing stuff, muslin and dummies in there. Plus the one in the kitchen is getting mostly used as a dirty washing basket (baby is 1 month old so spits up reasonably often).

They are easily the best baby related purchase I've made.

We use the cupboard under our tv! It perfectly fits a little wicker basket- we keep nappies, wipes, cream etc, plus change of vest. I'm slovenly so we also put the two boys' pj's in there when they take them off ready for the evening, plus ds1's bedtime pants.

I cannot say I have ever specifically taken either baby upstairs to change his nappy in their entire lives. If anything, we keep the 'extra supplies' upstairs for just in case.

Yes, definitely have a downstairs change area. So much hassle traipsing up and down stairs otherwise. we've just got a storage box similar to the ones others have described.

I don't bother keeping spare clothes downstairs - they can be stripped naked, cleaned off and carried upstairs in just a nappy if required. Not that it often has been in this house.

To avoid nappy leaks size up the nappies!

Just before my son was born, I bought a lovely unit with loads of wicker baskets. I keep all his clothes/nappies/wipes etc in there and the unit looks smart and tidy🙂

I just had a little box, maybe about 10"x10" in size, with nappies, wipes, cream and nappy bags. Then every morning, we'd bring the changing mat down (it was one of those over the cot changing mats, so easily mobile) and take it back up at bedtime for the overnight. The box was easily tucked away when not in use.

Yep, had a box with nappies, wipes, nappy sacks, cream, muslins, etc. Still use it now daily and he's nearly 2. Changing mat under the sofa. We never actually changed DS in his room- always downstairs or on a travel changing mat on our bed- so a changing station in his room would have been pointless and no way was I traipsing up and down the stairs for every nappy change!

No I just go upstairs - I've only got a little house, it's not exactly far! Also gives my legs a brief stretch in between stints on the sofa.

My son is now 19 months and I still have a changing box downstairs filled with nappies, wipes etc. I remember my mum saying I'd need a changing station downstairs and me insisting I'd go and change him upstairs every time. That lasted about 2 hours when he was first born!

We've only ever had changing stuff downstairs. We got a changing box in Mothercare (technically called a bath box), it stays in that.
Not sure why everyone has changing stuff upstairs really.

We don't have a change area downstairs, the midwife on the post natal ward after dd1 said stairs are good and gentle pelvic floor training, plus given the amount of aldi mini ice creams I'm going through at the moment, I can use the extra calorie burning!
But I do keep spare nappy bag stuff in a wicker basket in the downstairs loo so that when we're running out the door in a hurry already five mins late, I don't have to bolt upstairs with my shoes on when I discover I've only got one nappy and no wipes left I the bag!
NB nappy bag with dd1 was the full big thing with everything from nappies to spare clothes to Calpol and teething gel. Nappy bag after dd2 is just a tiny little pouch with the bare minimum of change stuff and a spare onesie in case of poonami whilst on the road. I suppose if we ever have a no.3 they'll be lucky to get a spare nappy chucked in my handbag

Yes and couldn't live without it - still got it now and DS is 18 months. We had a full on changing mat but as DS got older and had more toys I swapped it to a folding one that took up less space and fitted into box.
Box is a large plastic box with a tool box type thing with compartments. Great for putting in creams, cotton wool, water container, wipes, dry wipes, night time nappies, day time nappies.
Then I also had an old Moses basket filled with bibs, Mullins, vests and baby grows for changing into so didn't have to leave baby on own to go upstairs or attempt to carry baby upstairs.
Only used the changing table in nursery at night or first thing in morning as by 3/4 months they are rolling over or kicking!

Oh and nappy bags!! Vital!

It was a bath box from mothercare.

We have it in a basket on the coffee table. Nappies, wipes, bags, sudocrem, dummies and teething gel. Soo much easier having it all within grabbing distance!

My DM arrived one day with a lidded plastic box, and popped in a couple of packets of water wipes, a pile of nappies, some nappy sacks and some bepanthan cream. I added a pile of muslins, a vest and sleepsuit, some bibs and some detox wipes. We have a changing mat too. It has been really useful and would recommend doing it.

We used one of the cubes in our Ikea storage thingy which the TV lives on. We used reusable wipes so had the boxes for those, a stack of nappies and some muslins. And a travel changing mat which got folded up each time. Not extra clothes, we'd go upstairs for that. Lifesaver for the newborn days when they're being changed 10 times a day. But I think once she was about 6-9m and didn't need so many changes and was getting wriggly, we just did it all upstairs. Certainly I can't remember changing her downstairs much past the standing stage.
I'm having twins now and this time I think we're going to have a travel cot for them to sleep in downstairs, and I'm planning on getting one with a changing station thing on, so I won't need to do them on the floor. Anything to save all that bending down TWICE as often! I wonder if they'll synchronise their poos for me...

Yes, we had a changing mat along with a wash bag that had nappies, nappy sacks wipes, a flannel and cream in. It seemed like a no brainer to me so that I didn't have to go upstairs all the time. We will be doing the same this time around too. I don't want to have to take baby and a toddler (2yr) upstairs everytime we do a nappy change.