To buy or not to buy...

[robinsonbn]

Ok so I found this portable Eddie Bower changing pad. It unfolds with contored sides so baby doesn't role. Has storage for wipes and diapers. However, I was thinking about just using disposable changing pads for the diaper bag (which I am having a very hard time choosing) I really like the back pack Idea but will that make to much stuff to carry with the changing pad? Also would the changing pad be a more reasonable idea for long trips? Ugh, see the issue is there are several baby items my mom and I have waited to buy which we are doing this week (girls day out shopping and lunch since it will probally the last uninhibited for awhile) which is why we waited...but now I am changing my mind all over the place...I blame the hormones :) I don't even know what all I need to put in a diaper bag...to many decisions with everything going on...

[winterbaby]

I just use a receiving blanket when i change my daughter's diaper...doens't take up much space and it has a dual purpose as a blanket. I have so many and just throw them in the wash as needed. personally I wouldn't get a "fancy" contored changing pad.

enjoy the rest of your pregnancy!!!!

[bubbaray]

Skip it, use disposable change pads or chux.


Melissa

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[robinsonbn]

Chux?

[sdoyle]

I have a basic changing pad that came with my bag and love having it since it seems I change DD in somegross places. For my husbandbackpack we purchased a first years folding changing pad at Target for about $9 that folds is very light and portable. I would think that the contouring of the Eddie Bauer one would make it too bulky for a diaper bag.

That being said, we do take some rather long road trips and end up changing the baby in the car. For a shower gift, I received the first years changing pad with a wedge from Target specifically made for use in the car to keep the baby from rolling into the corner of the seatback. I thought it was crazy to have a seperate changing pad for the car so it was put in the exchange pile. The next day(no kidding) DH was changing the baby on the regular changing pad in the back seat when she slid down into the seat and peed straight through the gap between the seat and the back. Talk about a pain to clean!! We now keep the wedge changing pad in the pocket behind the driver's seat for "car changings".

[samantha546]

I use the ones that came with my diaper bags...

Otherwise, I know Target has some very portable and lightweight changing pads that you can purchase. No waste and re-useable :)

[bubbaray]

You'll be sitting on one during labor, LOL! They are blue or green incontinence pads.

http://www.northshorecare.com/chux1.html

They are cheaper than disposable diaper change pads and more absorbant, a plus especially if you BF.

FWIW, I never ever use the pads that come with my diaper bags. The thought of using a diaper change pad on a "public" change table and then putting it back in my diaper bag (even in a separate slot) grosses me out. Even as it is, I try to never change DD in such places -- I go out to the car or use the stroller (where disposable change pads are even better b/c they are flexible and cover the stroller better).

Sometimes I use chux, though they are a bit bulky. I don't use them much in my diaper bag since DD was weaned a year ago.

However, I use chux every day on her change table at home. They are an absolutely wonderful thing for a change table!!!!


Melissa

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[Maria K]

I found some heavy vinyl fabric in the remnant bin at Joanne... cut it to a jumbo size changing pad and it's so thin and foldable that it actually fits into my Diapees & Wipees with wipes and 3 diapers. The remnants were on sale so I was able to make about 6 "pads" for about $1.50. I cut them with pinking shears so no fraying.
Washable.
Super thin.
Huge coverage.
Cheap.
- Maria