Build a Diaper Basket
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I’ve never really been one to use a changing table for changing baby’s diaper. Oh, we had a makeshift changing table for the first child or two. But, in reality, once they grew beyond the newborn phase, we took to changing them on the floor, usually on a blanket or portable changing pad. It was just so much more comfortable to sit with them on the floor to take care of business.
Quite honestly, I’m surprised I’m sharing this with the world.
Is this taboo? I’m not really sure.
I bought an honest to goodness changing table at a garage sale when FishChick was born because I felt like that was what you were supposed to do. But, other than store baby supplies, it didn’t really serve its purpose. I didn’t use it once she was a tad bit mobile.
Instead, I have diaper baskets. One upstairs and one downstairs. And in the house where I bathed the kids in the master bathroom, I kept a basket in our room, too. The Diaper Basket is what works for us.
What works for YOU?
we’re a cloth diapering family. so having everything in one place is what we need. we do use a change pad on top of his dresser. his diapers are in a laudry basket on the floor next to his dresser. He can roll from tummy to back so far. But he doesn’t move much when he is on the pad. There is a cross above the changing area that he talks to. I think he is talking to his guardian angel or other family members that are watching over him.
We use the floor as well & I’ve had a diaper basket for awhile now 🙂 We keep it hidden under a side table in the living room & it makes it so accessible 🙂
I always used the bed upstairs or a big ottoman we have downstairs. I never use the floor because my back aches. My changing table also became storage shelves and I had a diaper basket for downstairs!
Good tip. I will remember this when we get baby number 2 some day. We had a changing table for our son, it was given to us. It was more for storage too. We just used the changing pad that came with his diaper bag and the floor. 🙂
When I was pregnant with my first I almost didn’t get a changing table because I figured I wouldn’t use it but my SIL convinced me to get one and we actually just bought a new one to use when baby #4 arrives (we wore out the old one with the first 3!). My youngest is 16 months and we still use it for her. I just find that it’s much more comfortable than changing on the floor/bed. We do keep a diaper basket on the 1st floor just for convenience but more times than not I find myself going upstairs to use the changing table.
I’m another who prefers the changing table. With my kids, they haven’t tried to get away from me on the table – but a change on the floor with a mobile babe is much more likely to result in a battle. I don’t worry about them falling off because I am right there the whole time. The floor is also harder on my back!
We are in a one story house, so I am not sure what I would do with multiple floors. With my current toddler I would gladly go up stairs to avoid wrestling with him on the ground any day! I can always use a little more exercise.
It’s really just like any other baby equipment – some moms use them and some don’t. *shrug*
In my nursery I have a diaper changing pad sitting on the dresser. It’s big and lasts until the kids are about 18 months old. But I only use it 1st thing in the morning, before and after nap, and before bed. I use a dresser drawer to hold the diapers. Downstairs on the main floor I have a diaper basket that looks shockingly similar to yours and have always changed the kids on the floor (except when they were newborns and then it was on the couch – I was recovering from c-sections and couldn’t get up and down off the floor yet). I have 2 in diapers now and just don’t have the space for a changing table and I’m sure that I wouldn’t use one anyway. I also have a diaper basket in my toddlers bedroom. Now diaper gene’s, that’s a different story…couldn’t live without them and I have 3. One in each kids room and one down in the family room.
I did this too! We actually used the changing table for my first but once she was old enough to walk, we changed her on the floor. My son was so big at birth, we just started changing him on the floor. The diaper basket was a life saver and still is!
Other than with our first (twins) we didn’t use a changing table either. We did like you. Actually at the beginning we would change them by the bathroom sink on the long counter on a padded quilt when they were small and then graduate to the bed or floor.
We change on the floor. We used a changing table when the girls were really little, but moved to the floor once they were mobile. The diaper basket is an excellent idea!