My pre-baby self said, “No, no I don’t need a changing table. We can change her on the floor or on the bed.  We’ll just buy a portable pad and move it around the house as needed.  We don’t need a lot of ‘stuff’.”  I was living into the less-is-more-so-we’ll-rough-it fantasy of baby-rearing.

I still love the idea of the jj cole caddy and the concept of changing ‘stations’ on each floor of our townhouse. The reality is that my back hurt.


But after three months of hunching over my living room furniture, where the ever-moving pad had become permanently affixed, where pee had started to seep through the portable pad, and where I never got to sit anymore, I caved in.

Ikea Sniglar changing table


Our bathroom is a bit more squished now, but our living room is back for living and my back is already feeling better.
 

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