Baby Changing Tables/Dressers

[newmumtobe84]

Hi

Does anyone have any advice on the best place to buy a (reasonably priced) baby changing table/dresser? I'm looking for the one with drawers underneath

waste of money imo - and they are dangerous as well! Use a changing mat on the bed or floor....

When I was 7 days old I rolled off the changing table and landed on the floor (narrowly missing the fluid filled nappy bucket on the way down) I've grown up with that story - my dad rushed home from work and ran upstairs in his work boots, the doctor at the hospital had a great scottish accent etc etc) Bottom line is I was fine but if you put a baby on something then it's only a matter of time before they fall off it. That's great for toddlers learning to climb not so good for newborns or the nerves of newborn mums and dads. Just buy a big chest of drawers and a mat for the floor.

I used a cot top changer (got bad knees, back and had spd so the floor wasn't an option) did all my nappy changes upstairs because I used washable nappies and wanted the gear together. If you're planning to use disposables honestly a mat on the floor in the living room will be fine.

Get a changing table BUT with a rabbit changing mat so they can't roll off, much safer and better for your back.

www.amazon.co.uk/Rabbitts-Safety-Changing-Mat-Cream/dp/B000UEPTMU

here

We got ours from Ikea, we found many were too low for my DH (6'5") but this was the right height and cheap, the cot in the same range (Leksvik) is also good value.

www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/S19842534

I bought so much 'stuff' for my first baby that I never used or needed. with dd I changed her on the bed/on the floor/on my knee/standing up - it is just marketing nonsense. If you have a bad back it might be worth getting one, but I wish I had spent the money on me rather than baby 'tat'. But it is easy to say with hindsigh and I have to admit that I did enjoy all that shopping and spending and debating over the pushchair spec etc... Good luck with your baby .

waste of money. buy a chest of drawers you will intend on using with a moulded (?) (shaped, not going rotten!) changing mat. same safety rules apply: ie don't turn your back for a minute. the drawers will get used for ages but a changing table eventually isn't needed

can I add be careful even with a changing mat on a chest of draws, the floor is best. DS1 had his legs over the side of the changing mat on the chest of draws I was using at about 6 weeks, ekkkk. So long as your back is OK I would use the floor, we have a changing mat downstairs and up stairs to save trogging up the stairs every time you need to do a nappy change.

I had a changing table for DD's bedroom and I found it useful for about 9 months, particularly in the middle of the night.

Sadly the bedroom we will be using for our new baby doesn't have room.

I'll be selling mine in excellent condition for half the price it cost from Mamas and Papas if you're in the NW!!

I still use my changing unit dd is 18months old, even if I have to reach the small distance to the nappy holder I always have my hand on her belly so she can't move...now I use distraction....we've tried and so far so good made dd a book worm, so if I give her a book she is good and stays put and doesn't fight the nappy change she is good though as a rule if I ask her to stay on our bed whilst i run downstairs and get milk for her she will still be there! But she can safely get off the bed, but I ask h er to stay and as a rule she stays!
also after my stitches sitting was too uncomfortable i wouldn't have been able to change on the bed...

Sounds funny- but i used my old 'school/ college/ uni' desk (the type with a small cupboard on one side and three drawers on the other, and the chair goes in the middle) anyway, i wanted rid of it before the baby to make room for the changing table, but due to m+p having a back-log of orders to clear, the changing table never arrived when promised, so i very unhappily agreed to use the desk (had the curved changing mat), and i still use it for nappy changes, even now! it was the best thing ever-i could sit down with legs all comfy and resting my back and have ENOUGH room on it for all the baby bits i needed..and i 'needed' loads of bits as a simple nappy and sleepsuit change took me a full 15mins in the first few months.. it was my first baby though...it takes time to get fast with nappy changes when you've never changed a nappy before!..im must faster now- go at the speed'o'lightenin! anyway, just thought i'd add my bit cos in the end i didnt miss the 'changing station' at all..the desk did the job and preferred it to the bed and floor..

good luck with the baby

Another vote for the ikea range from me - it's going to be used for my DC3 and is still going strong - I like the fact that it can change back into normal set of drawers once you are finished with nappies.

I had a couple of small wicker baskets with nappies, wipes etc upstairs and downstairs. I then just used a changing mat on the floor. Much easier.

I did actually have a changing table with drawers underneath, but it never really looked like a convenient place to change the baby. I had a c-section, was breastfeeding constantly so could never be bothered to traipse upstairs just to change a nappy.

i used a mat on floor/bed whatever but a changing table is far better for your back and i think the baby gets in the habit of being changed in one place and kicks up less fuss at nappy changing

We got a changing unit this time round and I think it is great. Our house is very cold and we really can only heat the living room to a comfortable temperature so I have the unit parked in there with all her bits and pieces. Also have a 2 year and I dread to think how long nappy changes etc would take if I was trying to do it on the floor while keeping her from climbing on the baby's head!