Change table- Yes or No?

[Taurean]

I'd be lost without mine! I find bed and floor changes annoying and painful (on my lower back especially) when I'm out let alone doing it all the time. So yes, if it were me I'd definitely get another.

[Eenee]

You could buy a cheap second hand one. I use mine more in the early days when they can't roll lol but I prefer it mainly for the storage considering the lack of room in our house!

[~Kim~]

If there's one piece of equipment I couldn't be without, it's a change table.

We have a king size ensemble that is really high, but I still get a sore back bending over there.

[LimeSlice]

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[Gigi]

For anyone with back issues, definately yes.

i had an unexpected labour complication, that meant i was walking, crouched over, for months after the delivery, could not stand up straight, my stomach muscles were so ruined, could not have managed without one. Other women i have met, birthed vaginally, were standing straight, getting up adn down off the floor with no issues, literally the day after they had delivered their baby.

so i think - it's individual to the mum. And no-one knows, until it's all over, what state your body will be in, AFTER you've delivered.

Lots of people poo-poohed the idea of having a change table, around the time i needed mine most. I'd say most of those women had excellent backs and relatively few side effects from labour, post labour.

whether you have a change table or not, there will always be situations, when you are out of your own home, when you do have to change baby on a floor, or someone's bed, or a sofa, or the lawn outside, because you're out of your house and have to use whatever is there.

A rollup change mat is good to have in the nappy bag IMO. (i once had to change bilby on the FLOOR of a cafe toilet area, as there was no change table in the ladies toilets, for me to change her. (the cafe advertised itself as family friendly, bf-ing welcome here, highchairs available - but nowhere to change your bub).

[Pholi]

Yes, you need something! Even if your back is in good shape post birth, it might not be if you slouch over a bed or couch every time you change the new bub's clothes or nappy.

We bought a chest of drawers, and put one of those padded mats with the high sides on top of it, with a non-slip rubber sheet between them. It means we haven't spent money on a change table with a limited lifespan, and still have all the benefits of a change table when it comes to not bending for changes, storage, etc.

[Novella]

Wish we hadnt bothered and spent a bit more and got a chest of drawers then got a change mat that sits on the top. Would have been much more useful in the long term and would have served the same purpose as the change table. I find doing all changes on the bed either bad for my back from bending or harg on my knees if Im kneeling!

[RhiChiChi]

I'd be lost without mine! I find bed and floor changes annoying and painful (on my lower back especially) when I'm out let alone doing it all the time. So yes, if it were me I'd definitely get another.

This is my opinion. I also use it to dry DD after her bath or shower. Everything is on hand, so I find it so easy and convenient