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Permalink Reply by jacoble's dad on June 5, 2008 at 12:56pm

hello stacy....when my wife and i designed jacoble's nursery we felt we had to have a changing table in it. it is a very large piece of furniture that we have now found to be not so necessary. i think your idea of maybe some type of storage space or bookshelf is a much better use of the space if you have enough closet space in the nursery. Our nursery is upstairs and we rarely find ourself in a position where we are going up there to change him. hope this helps...

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Permalink Reply by christi on June 10, 2008 at 6:42am

A changing table was REALLY important for about the first 9 mos of our son's life - it just wasn't practical to change him on the floor or bed - you' do it SO much (and a lot of times you're not really in the best shape.) I agree with jacobie's dad that it soon becomes diaper storage and not much use, but I think it's necessary. Maybe something from IKEA will work as both a shelving unit and a changing table. Or you can use one of their "disposable" models. I didn't like any of the c.t. offerings and I wanted something we wouldn't toss later, so, as weird as it sounds, we painted a potting bench that worked great. (We had to saw the legs down a little, too.) I used it as a desk for awhile and will now use it as display in my shop.

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