Dresser with changing top yay or nay

amother

OP ↓

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 12:46 pm

For my first, I was in a 1 BR apt without extra space and we just used a changing mat on one of our beds.

Now I'm in a bigger apt which would technically have space for a dresser with a changing top. Worth it or not?

Dolly Welsh

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 1:00 pm

A little easier on your back, if you need a dresser anyway. So, yay. Less bending over.

Just make sure all supplies are right there within your hands' reach, and also the garbage pail for dirty diapers. You must keep your hand on the baby at all times, when he/she is on the top of a dresser. They fall off it, in the blink of an eye. One wriggle and oops, they are on the floor. Lightning speed.

Have good light there, too, to see anything that's funny with the skin. Any floor lamp.

hodeez

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 1:02 pm

Had 7 kids and never felt the need for a changing table

flowerpower

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 1:02 pm

I like changing on a bed. Works well for me. Use the top of a dresser for cute stuff

agarf

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 1:05 pm

Nay, I never use mine, I got the peanut changer so we can move it everywhere, table or floor. When she was very little she liked to just lay on it and kick and look at the lights. Now she’s older it’s under the couch, we pull out when needed.

amother

Periwinkle

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 1:07 pm

I like it and use it for night changes. The rest of the time we use a portable changing table downstairs. I'm sure I'd use it more in an apartment.

amother

Bisque

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 1:15 pm

I really, really like my changing table that is on top of a dresser. I hate changing diapers all over the house and it hurts my back.

amother

Lightgreen

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 1:18 pm

I love mine. In an apartment. I only change the bag there, love love love it.

amother

DarkRed

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 1:19 pm

I personally love having a changing table dresser. Love having a designated spot to change daipers, with daipers and wipes in one spot, and I love that it's perfect height to change daipers

nicole81

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 1:20 pm

I never used a changing table but then with my 2nd to last kid I bought from IKEA a dresser changing table that converted to a desk. That was definitely worth it. We used the changing table and dresser when my last 2 were babies and now it's a desk with storage space and drawers in my 18yos room.

amother

↑ OP

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 1:29 pm

nicole81 wrote:

This sounds so interesting. Can you link it?

amother

Lemon

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 1:52 pm

There’s a easy portable one that clicks into a dresser it’s great!

https://a.co/d/0cFoytYC

honey36

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 1:59 pm

I vote yay.

Sure, for a quick wet diaper change I can do on a cloth on the floor, but for a dirty or blowout diaper which can take a good 5-10 minutes to clean up (get all clothes off and out of the way, wipe baby down from top to bottom, redress and wipe down or put new cloth on the surface) - hate hate doing all that on the floor