Baby experience: changing

[metawidget]

Some random thoughts on baby changing:

First, we don't have a changing table. For now, we can change Oscar in our laps, or on the floor or a couch (on a towel or piqué sheet), or we have a changing spot in the nursery with everything at hand on or around a wide Ikea adjustable shelf: that way, Oscar is at an easy working height. As a bonus, there are rails in the sides of the shelves that, along with the wall, fence him in on three sides, and we got a bar that hangs below the shelf, on which we hang fresh onesies (seeing that sometimes a change is a good time to replace leaked-on or spat-up-opon clothes while we're at it).

Second, I was thinking of the two easiest ways to help a parent changing a baby without actually changing the baby. First, if they're using cloth wipes, they're going to want one dampened. Offering to wet one while they unwrap the baby makes things go faster. Second, when they're done, they'll probably want to wash their hands. Offering to hold the baby after the change saves the parent from washing hands one-handed.

Comments

[meieresque]

Changing tables are good if at some point in the future they morph into dressers. Mine did.

[metawidget]

I'd seen one of those; they look pretty cool. Oscar may get longer than the Ikea shelf before he's out of diapers, in which case we might be getting a morphing one — I already typically lay him a little bit diagonally on our shelf :)

[phrawzty.livejournal.com]

Re: changing the diaper, those are some good tips.