Agree, being a caring mom is not easy! In the first months of life, Mama's little crumbs have to wind kilometer distances in her own apartment, all in order to provide the child with the proper care - to change diapers, to wash, take care of the belly button, ears and eyes of the child every day and not once a day. A good helper for a young mother these days will be changing table , which will take care of her mother's back and streamline her activities related to the care of the child.
Swaddle table photo
In principle, it is possible. This is not a basic commodity and if for financial reasons you have to refuse to buy it - do not despair! All manipulations can be made on an ordinary table covered with a blanket. The main thing is to make soft edges on the sides of such an improvised swaddler. And the necessary items for baby hygiene can be placed on a folding shelf placed next to the table. So mum is convenient( no need to run anywhere for the greenery or earwax), and the baby is always under supervision, because it can not be left even for a second!
It is possible to change the baby's diaper and on the couch, but you will agree that changing tables for newborns are used not only for swaddling the baby. On them the child takes air baths, makes the first attempts to raise the head, roll over on the tummy and crawl. And all these actions are not very good at making a soft parent's bed, but a firmer surface is needed.
So, let's go back to the topic of our discussion and see when the changing table can not be avoided? The unequivocal answer here is one - if the mother has problems with her back, then a changing table is needed. To the minor "pluses" that incline the scales to buy such a piece of furniture for the newborn, is the convenience of use and its functionality. And how to choose this useful thing in everyday life, we now consider.
Types of swaddling tables
Let's start with the fact that the swaddlers can be mobile and stationary. The first include folding and hanging changing table , as well as changing mats. The second can be referred to a table and a chest of drawers and a chest of drawers with a changing table. How can one understand all this diversity?
To select a specific model, you need to rely on only two components. Answer yourself to the question: what functions should the swaddler perform and where will it stand?
Let's start, perhaps, with a folding table. As a rule, it consists of metal legs( which are folded like a pair of scissors) and a plastic table top with bumpers. This is a good mobile option, which can be folded up at any time( owners of small apartments, this phrase is for you) or moved to another place, including taking with them to the cottage or visiting grandmother.
Folding changing table photo
Similar models perform their function perfectly: on the table, mom conducts all manipulations with the child, and the items needed for hygiene procedures are stored on one or two shelves that are located under the countertop. Folding tables can have a bath for a bath, built-in under a removable table top.
Changing table folding
Changing table with a bath
From the minuses, we can note an insufficient amount of storage space for children's accessories, besides, folding legs are sensitive enough to the unevenness of the floor - on an uneven floor, the folding changing table will be unstable.
Another thing - stationary changing table-bookcase. It is similar to the previous version, only four legs of this model stand on the floor steadily, and sometimes they are supplied with wheels with a lock. Otherwise, these two models are similar - the same table top is from above, and under it are boxes with shelves.
Swaddling table photo
Changing table for newborns photo
For the owners of small apartments, the following models of swaddlers are most likely to like: a hanging swaddling table and a swaddling board. Suspended, or as it is also called, the wall changing table represents a reclining table-top that is attached to the wall. This design resembles a folding table, only located above, so that my mother can comfortably take care of the child. After all the procedures, the table top returns to its original position and is pressed against the wall, so it does not occupy a useful living space. Some models have in the design of small shelves, which store accessories for the hygiene of the baby. But they are very small, and they will put only the most necessary things, and you may need much more things to care for your baby - diapers, diapers, clothes. In this case, the output can be a shelf suspended on the wall next to the folding swaddler.
Folding changing table on the wall
Wall changing table photo
Wall changing table photo
More modern models of wall swaddlers are equipped with a special holder for diapers.
Folding wall changing table
Wall-mounted changing table for newborns
The parents who live in cramped living conditions, in which it is not possible to place a full pelenator, also pay attention to the changing board. It is a table top with two or three sides for the safety of the child - it can be put on a parent's bed, table or fixed in a baby cot. As a variant of the mobile version of the swaddler, such a swaddling board on the bed is quite suitable!
Swaddling board for the crib
Changing table for the crib photo
Swaddling board for the baby bed
Swaddler for the bathroom
Those parents who can boast of the large size of the bathroom place a swaddler there. To do this, you can use a folding or stationary table of moisture-resistant materials, or you can buy a multifunctional model - a changing table with a bath.
Changing table with a bath photo
Changing table with a bath
Thanks to this model, you do not have to carry the baby to another room after bathing and there to change it, all the procedures can be done right in the bathroom. The swaddler and bath are at a comfortable height, so that the mother will not get tired during bathing and changing clothes. In addition, the bath can be equipped with a convenient hose for draining the water, the main place is a table near the plumbing fixtures.
Agree, having a swaddler in the bathroom is very convenient - right after water procedures there is a possibility to change the baby, and there is no sudden change of temperatures, which is not very pleasant for the baby. If you appreciate such convenience of care for crumbs, and there is simply no place in the bathroom, then get a changing pad that can be installed, for example, on a washing machine.
Swaddle table photo
There are also models with a swaddler and a bath that are installed directly on the adult bath. But they are not very popular in our country, so they can not be found in stores, but today there is an opportunity to buy goods with delivery from any country - use it if it is really necessary.
Swaddling table for bath
Swaddling chests
Finally, slowly and slowly we came to the most comfortable and functional model of the swaddler - swaddling chest. It is quite massive, it takes up a lot of space, so you can install it only if the child has his own room.
The majority of the changing mattresses are designed in such a way that in the future it can be used as an ordinary cabinet with drawers. They usually have a removable or folding swaddling board on the chest of drawers, which in folded form is an additional shelf and does not interfere with the use of the chest for its intended purpose.
If you compare different models of children's dressers with a changing table, it turns out that there are no special functional differences between them. All of them are a low cabinet with a lot of drawers, on which a changing board is installed. The main thing that they can differ is the color of the facade and the reliability of the fabrication material( either natural wood or laminated chipboard acts as the material).
Also, manufacturers offer to purchase a changing pad with a pattern that will allow you to revive the interior and bring a note of childhood into it. As a rule, the drawing is performed on the front of the dresser by the method of imprinting or by coloring - in this case bright and colorful images are obtained that will decorate any nursery.
Changing drawer with a picture
Chest with a changing table photo
Baby dressers with changing table
In conclusion of a review of the changing mattresses, I would like to dwell on a model that simultaneously combines a cot, chest and swaddler - here one chest of a chest is attached to one of the long sides of the bedfolding board. Due to the large size of such furniture for children, which can accommodate only large rooms in their space, we rarely see such 3 in 1 models, but they are really comfortable. Such furniture is placed, as a rule, in the center of the room, so that every element of it has free access.
Bed with swaddling table
Baby bed with changing table
As you can see, changing table can be anything - modern manufacturers have tried to take into account all the wishes of women and make the care of the child as possible as troublesome. Regardless of the future of its location, functions and dimensions of the premises, you are sure to find a suitable model.
