Changing table on dresser

We had a basic changing pad on top of our dresser and still had room for a small diaper caddy with diapers and diaper cream as well. Rest of the diapers went in the drawers underneath. So glad we didn't invest in a changing table.

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07/27/2015 12:01

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I use a keekaroo just on the floor. I had started off with it on top of a low dresser, but now that DS is older, he squirms so crazily I have to put him on the floor and pin his shoulders down with my feet quite often to be able to change his diaper!

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07/27/2015 12:02

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your mom is wrong. Top of dresser is fine.

+1. Gently remind your mother that it's been YEARS since she's done this.

No, please don't. A diaper is a diaper. Our baby's room was small, too. We put shelves and some drawers in the closet for clothes and got a changing table.

I don't know how you would bulky packages of diapers and wipes in the top drawer of of a dresser. And, honestly, I didn't want to change poopy diapers on a nice piece of furniture. But that was me. I would not get both a dresser AND a changing table for a small room - way too cramped, you just have to choose for yourself which one you would prefer to have.

We removed the hutch from my grandparents' small Ethan Allen breakfront and used a changing pad on top for about 18 months. Didn't harm the furniture at all since we had a changing pad, and there was plenty of room for the diapers - not cramped at all.
When my daughter started potty training, we changed diapers in our bathroom and reassembled the breakfront. Worked beautifully for us.

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07/27/2015 13:51

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Omg do not plan on changing every diaper on the floor. Who does that? I could barely walk around after birth, no way I could have gotten on the floor for the 10+ diaper changes every 24 hours during those early weeks.

Top of dresser is fine. When the little one is not so little and a bit more wiggly, THEN you can think about doing it on the floor. But I do not suggest that as a plan out of the gate..

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07/27/2015 14:13

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Anonymous wrote:Omg do not plan on changing every diaper on the floor. Who does that? I could barely walk around after birth, no way I could have gotten on the floor for the 10+ diaper changes every 24 hours during those early weeks.

Top of dresser is fine. When the little one is not so little and a bit more wiggly, THEN you can think about doing it on the floor. But I do not suggest that as a plan out of the gate..

Fair point. In the very very early days we probably changed on the bed.

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07/27/2015 16:37

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Anonymous wrote:Omg do not plan on changing every diaper on the floor. Who does that? I could barely walk around after birth, no way I could have gotten on the floor for the 10+ diaper changes every 24 hours during those early weeks.

Top of dresser is fine. When the little one is not so little and a bit more wiggly, THEN you can think about doing it on the floor. But I do not suggest that as a plan out of the gate..

+1. I said the same thing upthread. Thanks for the emphasis.

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07/27/2015 16:42

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I think changing tables were more of a thing for the older generation. It's like my mom's #1 pet peeve of nurseries and I could care less. I dislike changing tables because they're 100% baby furniture and can't be used once baby is out of diapers.