https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:17:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581732 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:39:11 +0000 mediagirl 581732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used the changing table upstairs and when we were downstairs, we changed her on the changing table attachment on the pack n play! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581731 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:38:37 +0000 winniebee 581731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use pad on top of dresser - at home, he is always changed there (but we do live in a 1 level condo). Now, at 9 months, I do often change him on the floor beacuse he is so hard to change these days (flipping, crawling, etc while trying to change him). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581725 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:35:08 +0000 mrsjyw 581725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a changing table and it is a staple in our nursery. We do live in a 2 story house and have a diaper bin/ottoman we use downstairs for a quick change. But, 90% of the time we use the changing table! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581693 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:11:06 +0000 doodlepoodle 581693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got a changing table and used it CONSTANTLY. Every diaper change, I'd say. Now that J is more mobile we're using it less because he's moving around and I feel like it's less stable/safe :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581690 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:06:51 +0000 sorrycharlie 581690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a pad on a dresser and use it for 95% of changes. She actually loves it! Until recently it was the sure fire way to calm her down for some reason. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581569 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 04:01:21 +0000 tequiero21 581569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd say its nice to have one in the beginning when the kids don't move around much. We have 2 stories and have 2 changing pads (but only need 1).... We use the floor w the changing pad and we use the bed, without one. They move around SO much, it's too dangerous even with the support straps to put them on an elevated position. They started moving around a lot starting like 4 months? Maybe 3.... Definitely not now, at 10.5 months. I'd say its not something you really need to invest in if money is tight. But it's nice to have for the short time u need it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581565 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:50:36 +0000 loveisstrange 581565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We threw a $15 pad on top of her dresser and have used it maybe once. Total waste. If we had a one-story house, I could see having used it more though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581552 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:54:54 +0000 BoogieBea 581552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We bought a cheap ikea one with our first. We got hand me down furniture with our second child that included a dresser which is doubled as a changing area. But the dresser is a little tall for my height so it was a bit uncomfortable for me to change the baby on. So, now I just change her on the carpet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581531 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:34:45 +0000 sandy 581531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a 2 story house and use a changing pad on her dresser. LO had always loved being on her changing pad and even now at 15 months she knows that the changing pad is where she goes to get a diaper change. She doesn't try to wiggle away and it's convenient to have everything set up with all her diaper supplies (I use gdiapers). I also like that she gets some privacy...I know that's silly bc she's just a baby but for some reason I just like going into a separate room for her diaper changes. Also I just didn't want my house overrun with baby stuff and that includes not having diaper stuff in the living areas. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581101 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:33:19 +0000 hellobeeboston 581101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have one in his room and its great. It is in the second floor. When he first came home and for the first 2.5 months of his life, I had a mini pack n play in the first floor set up as a changing station, that way we didn't have to go up and down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581100 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:32:52 +0000 MsLipGloss 581100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: that's what we do- PnP down, and changing table up. it works out great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581088 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:26:55 +0000 sunny 581088@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We totally walk up and down the stairs 50,000 times a day because our diaper changing station is upstairs! Doesn't bother me all that much! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581084 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:24:48 +0000 heffalump 581084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use it still at 19 months, but were in a one story house that's teeny tiny so it's easy to walk to los room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581066 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:04:24 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 581066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We still use ours and LO just turned 20 months! At this age he can get away too easily on the floor. Also, we used a changing station on his PNP on the first floor when he was little. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581052 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:55:40 +0000 honeybear 581052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used a changing mat on the bed (or wherever). I had a bunch and they were washable. </p> <p>@Foodnerd81: I rarely bent over. It's easy to do it sitting next to the baby on the bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581038 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:47:59 +0000 apis 581038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, and LO really likes it, perhaps because we hung a small mobile above there, perhaps because we keep some of his books and soft toys nearby to keep him distracted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581033 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:45:21 +0000 Weagle 581033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a changing pad on a dresser and we change all of her diapers there. We use cloth, so it's easier to ave it all in one place. If we used disposables, I would keep some in the living room and change her there too. We have a two story house with a finished basement, but we pretty much live on one floor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581028 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:42:30 +0000 tysonja 581028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we live in just a small 2 br apt. at first we changed him on the foam mat on top of a dresser, but then moved him to the actual changing table we had for him. i like it WAY better than doing it on top of the dresser! more sturdy, safer, and all his changing gear is better organized. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581022 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:40:04 +0000 NerdBee 581022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 10 months and I still use the change pad on the dresser in his room. Our house has two floors and its the only place I change him now. </p> <p>When he was really small and needed lots of diaper changes, I also had a diaper station downstairs. But as he got bigger and needed less diaper changes, I pretty much change him before and after naps so the one diaper station is enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581018 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:38:46 +0000 Bao 581018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a pad on her dresser but I rarely change her there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-581017 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:37:18 +0000 tinyperson 581017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a change pad on a dresser in her room. I tend to change her before feeding her, and nurse in her room, so it works out. I have diaper changing supplies downstairs, but it's chillier down there, so don't tend to do it there. My mom doesn't like carrying her up the stairs, so she changes her downstairs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-580994 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:23:16 +0000 Foodnerd81 580994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo isn't here yet, but changing on the floor just sounds so annoying. Even bending Over the bed sounds annoying. Am I missing something?<br /> However, we will have an extra taller dresser and I figured we would not use it bc I want a dresser with changing pad on top. It has literally never occurred to me that I could just get a cheaper changing table and use the dresser! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-580977 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:15:27 +0000 hilsy85 580977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have one and use it for all diaper changes, but we have a one story apt...I've seen people get a pack and play with a changing station for the downstairs, and a changing table for the upstairs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-580976 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:15:03 +0000 sera_87 580976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a glass topped table that used to be my desk that we use as a changing table, and before that we used our dining room table (which we never eat at anyway). But an actual "real" one? No. We also don't have it in his room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-580973 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:14:05 +0000 MrsStar 580973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're borrowing sil's one, I loved it at first but now that lo is 5 months, she is super wriggly so I'm thinking about taking it down and changing her on the floor instead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-580964 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:09:59 +0000 immabeetoo 580964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope he's too wiggly so we had a dresser set up but I just put the pad on the floor so I'm less stressed about keeping him still </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-580953 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:00:14 +0000 Dandelion 580953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love a changing station. Everything I need is right in one place...diapers, wipes, cream, powder. I don't have much room for an actual changing table in this apartment, so the pack and play we have has a changing spot I'll use for a while. We're hopefully moving sometime in the near future, so then I'll get the changing pad from my parents house and put it on a dresser to use. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-580951 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:58:24 +0000 mrskc 580951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. We have one and I use it for all diaper changes. We have a one story house tho so I can see how going up and down stairs might be annoying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-580937 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:51:27 +0000 bpcmarj 580937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a changing pad on a dresser and have used it for 99% of her diaper changes in the last 9 months. My Mom, MIL, and SIL are shocked that I still use it. But, I do. Nearly everytime. I am tall so it's easier for me to not have to bend down on the floor or the bed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-table-diddo-you-use-one#post-580925 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:41:33 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 580925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were gifted a changing table that matched our crib (also a gift). DS was exclusively changed there from the start until about nine months, when he just made it impossible because he wouldn't stay still! Even though we didn't use it as a place to change him anymore, we still used it to house a lot of his items that we needed to keep in easy reach - and out of his reach. I'm glad we got one and glad we kept it assembled because with LO #2 due any day now, we're going to need it!</p> <p>ETA: We currently live in a one story house but we're trying to buy a two story house. If we get this house, the changing table will more than likely be downstairs, since that's where the family will be the most - probably in the guest bedroom - and we'll wing it upstairs in the crib. Or may get a second changing pad and install it on a dresser! Who knows! </p>