https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 31 May 2026 01:46:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419645 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 03:28:59 +0000 lamariniere 2419645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally unnecessary.<br /> @Mama Bird: That's what we did, changed in the crib with a waterproof pad. When we moved, we got a new dresser for LO2 that is a good changing height and just change her on that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419587 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 23:27:01 +0000 sleepybear 2419587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Meh, I had a changing pad on top of the dresser, which is used for a few months. When my son was in sleeping in our room (birth-2ish months) I used the mat that came with my diaper bag on my bed. Once DS got super wiggly it was easier to just change him on the floor so I moved the pad to the floor. When we had a 2 story house I keep some diapers downstairs and would just lay down a blanket to change him. </p> <p>So it really just depends on whether you see yourself using only 1 dedicate spot or want some flexibility (and to save some space) It sounds like just a pad/mat or two and a diaper caddy might work really well in your situation, especially if you can find a surface to use that would be the height you're comfortable standing at. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419573 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 22:58:38 +0000 sarac 2419573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wouldn't clutter up my house with one. Old prefolds, and a basket of diaper stuff in the storage ottoman is all we need for our second child. I had one for my first, and I started changing her on the floor when she got extra wiggly at about 8 months. Didn't even consider it this time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419562 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 22:47:48 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2419562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely think that it is essential. We change DD there all the time. And it is nice to have an area where everything you need is all in one place ready to go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419458 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 21:30:48 +0000 Ms. RV 2419458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am so incredibly in love with my changing table. It is lightweight enough that it was not a ig deal to put it in our room when DD was a newborn wirh lots of diaper changes to her room (even though she still sleeps with us... I just couldn't stand the smell of the genie). We kept diapers, wipes, and a pad in the living room for wet diapers. One side of the changing table has three drawers. Top drawer is diapers, second drawer is her towels, third drawer is paper towels and diaper genie refills. On the other side is a removable hamper. I can't imagine not having it. </p> [attach=5855/16/o0vdnc.450x450.k2-_40c314cd-5cc2-4ff3-b5f7-a07133f7e2f7.v1.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419452 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 21:27:50 +0000 mrsjyw 2419452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have one one on top of his dresser that we've used all of a handful of times. There's a bed in the nursery so I usually just change him on there or on a blanket downstairs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419440 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 21:22:22 +0000 alphagam84 2419440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have one on top of DD's dresser in her room so it doesn't take up any additional space. When downstairs we just leave a swaddle blanket on the carpet and use that to change her on. It hasn't bothered us to get down on the floor to do this and is super easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419301 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:44:27 +0000 Littlebit7 2419301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd say get two of the $15 summer infant change pads and put them in different parts of the house along with one of those shower caddies filled with diaper stuff. Try it for a month or two; worst case you buy a smaller table and have it shipped if your back is killing you or that situation just isn't working </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419238 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:04:51 +0000 Corduroy 2419238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't use one for #1 but my mom asked for one for #2. They visit every other month or so. I set it up for the grandparents but we ended up using it all the time. It keeps LO1 out of LO2's dirty diaper and from playing with the cream and stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419233 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:02:40 +0000 hellobeeboston 2419233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bonus I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419228 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:01:00 +0000 pastemoo 2419228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Autumnmama79: bonus, we had one and probably changed him on it ten times, the rest were on a pad on the floor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419224 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:56:37 +0000 QBbride 2419224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You are in the exact same position as we were. </p> <p>With #1 I used it ALL the time. #2 is sharing a room with us and although we have drawers with a change pad on top, I've never used it (like not even once). I usually just change her on the floor or bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419210 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:51:01 +0000 Mrs. D 2419210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When DD was born there wasn't room in her tiny bedroom for a change table, so we changed her on the foot of our bed on the diaper pad, pulling it out of the corner everytime we needed it. Added bonus was that we changed her facing us, and if she rolled she rolled on the bed not the floor. Although ususally she was strapped regardless. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419203 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:47:23 +0000 FannyMae 2419203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely find it to be necessary - I use it for every single nappy change, its in baby's room so I take her in there in the middle of the night. Its the biggest lifesaver when baby is mid nappy change and does a shart, or has had a nappy explosion. You don't want that nastiness on your bed/couch/floor! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419161 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:01:16 +0000 Mommy Finger 2419161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a changing table in our family room and we put a changing pad on the dresser in their room. I used the changing table with DS1 until he was potty trained at a little before he turned 3. My back couldn't have handled it otherwise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419153 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:51:34 +0000 Finfan 2419153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours was essential with the first because we both have bad backs and we had a two story house so it lived in our living room. We now change our current baby mostly in the pack and play. We still have our changing table though. It now lives in the laundry room and I use it for folding! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419107 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:21:59 +0000 MrsRcCar 2419107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I preferred a changing pad and floor with my kids. Nothing for them to fall off of. Plus easier for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419103 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:20:16 +0000 Greentea 2419103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Essential to me! Though we use a dresser. I need it for my back! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419083 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:05:02 +0000 mrsrain 2419083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Autumnmama79: we are doing the same setup. We are putting a change pad on the dresser this time-- with my daughter we just changed her in the pack n play (where she slept). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419078 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:58:16 +0000 ElbieKay 2419078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a changing pad on a dresser with a box next to it for diaper supplies. It works really well, and I'm glad we didn't get an additional piece of furniture. But I like having a dedicated space that is at a perfect comfortable height to stand and change him. Now that he's mobile, it's too easy for him to run away if he's on the floor and wants to protest a diaper change, and it's much easier to grab him when I'm standing up as opposed to sitting on the floor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419077 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:58:07 +0000 runnerd 2419077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I personally use the change table for every diaper change up until about one year, and then we started doing a diaper changes on his foam playmat in his room </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419075 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:57:22 +0000 MamaG 2419075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>supplies! We keep them everywhere. On her dresser top (with the pad) are diapers, wipes and cream. In our room, on my night table are a handful of diapers, wipes and cream (as well as lotions). Downstairs, we always have wipes at the table and I keep diapers and cream in our bathroom cabinet.</p> <p>I really don't view the pad as a necessity, even though we have it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419071 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:55:53 +0000 SweetiePie 2419071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me it's essential because changing him on the floor or bed (anything I have to hunch for) hurts my back. When I visit my parents for a week (no changing table) I am in pain! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419060 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:50:32 +0000 avivoca 2419060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a changing pad on top of the dresser. It's nice because at two, she is too long for the changing pad and her feet would hang off of a changing table. I also like having the diapers, wipes, etc. next to me rather than on a shelf. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419056 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:48:30 +0000 Pumuckl 2419056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaG: the bathroom is how we do it. It's common practice here :-) I love that I can just rinse the baby in the shower if there's a blowout etc. Also it's usually warm in there so that's another bonus. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419043 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:35:42 +0000 Alivoo01 2419043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had one at our old house that I put on top of DS's dresser. We used it all the time! When we moved, there was no room in his room for the dresser we bought him so it went in our room and we put the TV on top of it. </p> <p>We just change him where ever now. Usually on the floor in our bedroom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419036 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:32:34 +0000 Mama Bird 2419036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We never had one. I keep a waterproof pad in the crib and change baby there, or on our bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419031 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:30:33 +0000 kick641 2419031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a changing pad on top of her dresser, which I guess is the same as having a changing table? Because we never remove it or anything. I like having it a lot, but I could probably just lay down a towel or something if we didn't. I think just having a designated space in your room, whether a cleared dresser or a towel on the bed, is the important part. So you don't have to think about where to change LO every single time, you just go do it, and you know there are supplies within reach. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419022 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:26:27 +0000 honeybear 2419022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did what @edelweiss did. Those mats are great--I could put them anywhere, but we usually ended up on a bed or on the floor. I guess I'm lazy, because I always sat down on the bed or floor to change LO! My back was never in any sort of discomfort from hunching over. ;) </p> <p>If you've got old towels, those would work instead of the mats, but the mats are cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/change-table-for-lo2-essential-or-bonus#post-2419017 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:23:11 +0000 sunny 2419017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did not have one, but we had space on our bathroom counter to put a change pad. If we didn't have that, we may have gotten a changing table. </p>