Do I really need a change table??

Can't you just change bubs anywhere? Bed, couch, table, etc? I actually have a change table to use but I have barely any room for it, so is it a necessity?? I have a 3yr old sister and when I used to change her nappies I'd just put a towel down on the bed and change her there! Didn't seem like much of an issue, but I've noticed that most people seem to agree that a change table is invaluable.

Any thoughts, or am I crazy? :lol:

My DS is 14 months old and he's never been changed on a change table!
I put him on the bed or in his bassinet and change him..

It depends, I have a bad back and so every little bit of height helps but otherwise you prob could get by without one.

I hardly ever change my kids on their changetables bug waste of mony. Once mine got a bit older they were just wiggle worms and rollers it was just to dangerous

This time round I wont be bothering, as you suggested a towel on the floor or bed is what i will be doing

I never had one with my 1st DD. We had a change Mat that i just moved around the house and used wherever I wanted. It slid under the couch for daytime storage :lol:.

This time round, borrowed one from a friend, but it's one of those fold-up ones, so doesn't take up much room. Only reason was because I had a CS and had residual back/pelvis problems so I literally couldn't get up and down off the floor for a couple of months and found bending over on the bed painful.

But other than a specific reason, I don't think you really need one at all!

I used one with my 1st two babies but DD2 I never used one... I dont think its a must have there are plenty of other things that are must have before a change table...

You could always buy a change matt, one of the ones that make for change tables ( Big W has them ) anyway the have the foam sides as well... I used this for DD2...

I think they are great, and we use ours every single day (a real life saver too now that I'm pregnant). But ours is one that has draws underneath etc so it also has all DD's clothes in it..I love it, but it's just what you get used to isn't it?! You can do without anything really if you want to IMO!

I dont use them cz DS likes to wiggle away and have a little no nappy time. I have a bad back and I change him on my bed id be too worried about him falling off personally cz Aidens pretty quick.
HTH

I loved mine. We actually kept it in the family room with her nappies and spare clothes so we didn't have to traipse upstairs all the time.
This time it will be useful to keep the 'helper' that I have at bay.
It's good for my 6'3" DH as well as stooping to a bed or lounge is sometimes difficult.

BUT in saying that. If you don't have room there are plenty of other options.

I had a thing that went ontop of the chest of drawers with a side to stop him from rolling off, but as soon as he started seriously moving I took it off and have changed him on the floor ever since. When he was newborn & slept in the bassinett in our room I put the change mat on the blanket box at the end of our bed for nighttime nappy changes, cause it'd be silly to have to go into his room to change him when we're all sleeping in the one room.

I had one and I loved it because I could put all the nappy sundries in it and keep it tidy. We stuck castors on the bottom of ours so we could wheel it out of the way.

HollyM.. Totally love ours, use it everyday, every nappy change when we are at home. I have a bad back and its a perfect height. I find DS doesn't roll or move when on change table however on bed or floor he rolls all the time and we have fight with him to change it.. I have little baskets on second and third shelves to keep his nappies, socks, swimmer nappies, blankets stuff. I have wipes, creams etc on his bookshelf near the change table so that he cant reach any of that stuff. he loves pulling out his nappies and putting them back inthe baskets.

Ikea have a great thing where its a changetable but also shelving you can pull it out and put it back up if you dont need it. Might be good for you if you dont have enough space.

we have limited storage, so bought a chest of drawers that can have a change mat placed on top - i'm honestly not sure how often it will be used as a change table (i've changed hundreds of nappies - always on the couch/bed/floor - usually sitting cross legged!) - but the option is there if i need it. i picked a set of drawers that isn't specifically a change table on top, but is the right size (if that makes sense?). we're planning on using MCN's so the drawers will be used to store that paraphernalia while i need it all, and then will be a set of drawers for clothes and things as the gremlin grows

I had major pelvic problems so put a change mat on top of a chest of drawers in the bedroom so I didn't have to bend. We also kept an extra stash of nappies/wipes in a drawer I cleaned out in the entertainment unit in the lounge (classy I know) so I could change DD on the couch if I wasn't putting her back to bed straightaway.

I reckon even if I'd bought a change table, I would only have used it for six months max as after that DD was a crazy wriggler and I wouldn't have felt safe. So now I just change her on the floor or the bed.

LOVE the change table. Like Sonia, our kids don't wriggle that much on the change table (I make good use of that strap! LOL) but changing them on the bed or floor is a nightmare.

But I do agree that it's what you get used to. I'm sure if you don't have room or whatever, you'll manage just fine without one :)

I did find it handy especially in the newborn stage when they pretty much guaranteed peed everywhere when the nappy came off tho! hehehehe. I'd hate for them to pee all over the bed or the carpet.

I have used a change table for all three of mine till they toilet trained.
With my little one i have a change table/bath that goes over the big bath wish had for the first 2. google little bear. it is great.

I think no need.. It all depends if you have the space.. for us it was just convenient to change wherever

We have one, but honestly you don't *need* one. Most of my friends end up changing their kids on the floor and keeping a secret storage in the main living areas (like a drawer or ottoman with compartment) for nappies/wipes etc when not in the room so its easy to change at a convenience.

I've found them great for both kids (had one with a bath underneath for DD & now a timber one for DS)

BUT while I was a single mum for 7 months when DD was 12 months old, I just had a thick blankrt folded into a good sixe that I kept under my fouton lounge & slid iy out when needed, so I agree its noyt necessary :)

ETA sorry about typos, typing in dark while feeding DS!!

I had a change mat on top of an old pine chest for the first few weeks, which was helpful for in the night time because i laid everything out before i went to bed (stack of mcn's, bowl for water, thermos with warm water in it, cloth wipes) and i could do it in complete darkness, whereas on the bed stuff rolled around. Hardly ever used it in the day though, and once she was about 3 months old i just used to put a big fat wad of extra nappy in at night and let her stay in it all night... (my mother of the year award must've got lost in the post, lol)

I would say that unless you have a medical problem that makes bending painful/difficult OR you live in a house which for some reason has no furniture of floors (i actually know a couple who were building their own house and their dining room floor was just beams until their youngest, born in the house, was nearly a year old - they had finished the bedrooms kitchen and bathroom first!) you don't NEED a change table, no.

Bx

Well thanks for all the replies! I'm even more confused now!! Hah
I suppose the consensus is that I don't need one and can manage without, although having one would be handy...

We were also going to use it as his bath for the first few months as it has a bath built in to it, but then we decided I will just bath with him in the big bath coz of lack of space (plus, could get messy with water splashing all over the bedroom?).

But anyway, I always have it available if I find I NEED it!! I will definitely get a change mat though :) Thanks again everyone, it's just reassuring to know that others do the same!