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found the ultimate use for my changing table...
So, I bought a changing table. Every mother needs one, right? (I didn't use
one with my last child). It's been sitting in my basement waiting for birth time in December. My laundry room is down there too, and I was down there today doing massive quantities of laundry, as usual. I've been thinking about getting a table down there so I can fold my laundry there instead of lugging it up unfolded, dropping it in a heap on the bedroom floor, where it unceremoniously lays for days... Well, I got to eying that changing table and decided it would be perfect! It has a top height that is very comfortable as a folding surface - no more stooping to bed level. Then there are the shelves below for stacking it all up as I fold it. It works perfect! I can even hang my husbands nice dressy shirts on the end of it! I don't know if it will ever be used as a changing table... Ok, this probably sounds so lame. I've just been in this nesting/cleaning frenzy mode lately and I'm so excited about my new vaccuum, mop, etc. I have never felt like this before! Very weird... Betsy |
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oregonchick wrote:
So, I bought a changing table. Every mother needs one, right? (I didn't use one with my last child). It's been sitting in my basement waiting for birth time in December. My laundry room is down there too, and I was down there today doing massive quantities of laundry, as usual. I've been thinking about getting a table down there so I can fold my laundry there instead of lugging it up unfolded, dropping it in a heap on the bedroom floor, where it unceremoniously lays for days... Well, I got to eying that changing table and decided it would be perfect! It has a top height that is very comfortable as a folding surface - no more stooping to bed level. Then there are the shelves below for stacking it all up as I fold it. It works perfect! I can even hang my husbands nice dressy shirts on the end of it! I don't know if it will ever be used as a changing table... Ok, this probably sounds so lame. I've just been in this nesting/cleaning frenzy mode lately and I'm so excited about my new vaccuum, mop, etc. I have never felt like this before! Very weird... I never had a bought-for-purpose changing table - but my back isn't great for doing changes on the floor, and I'm just rubbish at changing a baby on my knee, so my mother gave me a solid wooden tea trolley her work was going to throw out, with castors on it (- It's made of teak, and capable of taking the weight of one of those big water urn things as well as tea cups, plates etc). It has a bottom shelf too. It's the perfect height, for me, for a changing table, with space under for nappies, wipes etc, and all I had to do was fix a hook to it to hold the nappy sack up at hand level :-) I've had it 18 years, and in between kids, it's been a tv stand, display unit, and most recently, a fish tank stand. The fish got moved a few weeks ago, and the table is back to having a changing mat and nappies on it, ready for the new arrival. Laundry sorting table, huh? Hmmm, next useage sorted :-) Best freebie I've ever had :-) -- Grymma AFPOh Goddess Of Hangovers; B.F.(use 'reply to') "...lost the friends that I needed losing, found others on the way..." |
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oregonchick wrote:
[...] I've been thinking about getting a table down there so I can fold my laundry there instead of lugging it up unfolded, dropping it in a heap on the bedroom floor, where it unceremoniously lays for days... Well, I got to eying that changing table and decided it would be perfect! Pretty expensive laundry table, eh? Hey, if it works, it works! Isn't nesting fun? -- Anita -- |
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I've never had a changing table but I bought a nice wooden Jenny Lind
type for $10 at a consignment sale this time and use it to stack all of the clothes that Lorelei can't fit into yet. Leslie PS A Laundry folding table is a wonderful thing! |
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oregonchick wrote: So, I bought a changing table. Every mother needs one, right? (I didn't use one with my last child). It's been sitting in my basement waiting for birth time in December. My laundry room is down there too, and I was down there today doing massive quantities of laundry, as usual. I've been thinking about getting a table down there so I can fold my laundry there instead of lugging it up unfolded, dropping it in a heap on the bedroom floor, where it unceremoniously lays for days... Well, I got to eying that changing table and decided it would be perfect! It has a top height that is very comfortable as a folding surface - no more stooping to bed level. Then there are the shelves below for stacking it all up as I fold it. It works perfect! I can even hang my husbands nice dressy shirts on the end of it! I don't know if it will ever be used as a changing table... Ok, this probably sounds so lame. I've just been in this nesting/cleaning frenzy mode lately and I'm so excited about my new vaccuum, mop, etc. I have never felt like this before! Very weird... Betsy Oh, Wow!! how mommy minds work! In my house the changing table lies next to the washer/dryer. The layout of the house is such a way that it's most convenient that way. I use my changing table several times a day and it's the best thing anyone has ever give to me (for free. it's an old one). I always thought I'd get rid of it as soon as both my kids are potty trained. Now you've given it a whole new purpose. I think I'll keep it I personally think changing table is very useful for changing babies and toddlers. My toddler just climbs on it. She's a climber, always climbing on everything. So I don't have to lift her and put her on it. |
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