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    mongo is offline Copper level (50+ posts)
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    Default oeuf changer

    Quote Originally Posted by dcmom2b3
    We have the Oeuf, and honestly, it was great -- for a really limited time. Once DD started moving around and standing in the crib we had to take it off and put it on the floor when we put her to bed. Now it just mostly stays on the floor, so no space savings there.

    I guess we've been really lucky -- no messes to speak of yet; and I do like that the one time she wiggled off the table, she landed in her crib rather than on the floor. But it wasn't really worth the $$ in hindsight.

    How does the oeuf changer attach to the crib? I will not be using an oeuf crib so I don't even know if that would be helpful.

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    Here is the Hemnes:
    http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10121247

    I seem to remember hemnes being a better height, width, more storage than the malm, which at least last year was either tall or very, very low, there were 2 models. But, this was a year ago maybe Malm changed.

    Here is a more recent discussion of Hemnes versus Malm:
    http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/goo...g-table-050178

    Also, for inspiration check out:
    http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/nur...ry-tour-039028 (click on top text "nursery tour")

    I have so been there with this, my husband still gripes, we tried every piece of furniture on every wall of our tiny nursery, it took some doing to get everything to fit without crowding . . . but now its one of my favorite rooms.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mongo
    How does the oeuf changer attach to the crib? I will not be using an oeuf crib so I don't even know if that would be helpful.
    It might work on another crib. It would depend, I think, on your crib's width. The bottom side of the changer has two small peices of wood attached to it that are slightly offset, they're as far apart as the crib is wide. The wood stops the changer from moving front to back. To keep it from moving side to side there are two straps that loop through slots on the bottom of the changer and around the posts on the crib.

    Does this make sense? Kinda hard to describe.

    We've stopped using the straps, since the thing never stays on her crib for more than a minute. And it's pretty heavy too -- by the time DD could move it by herself she'll be potty trained (fingers crossed).
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    Default rail rider question

    Can anyone confirm whether you do in fact need to lower one side of the crib for the rail rider to be installed properly? Would this work if I had a standard sized fixed side crib with straight (non curved sides)? It seems there are very other products like the rail rider that are available in the US so I would like to be able to use this.

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    Default PNP w/ changing top?

    Were you planning to get/use a Playard (Pack N Play)? If so, you could pick out a model with a changing table top and use that.
    (We used this for the first few weeks, but the height was hard on the back.)

    FWIW: Since there's been discussion of other IKEA dressers, we do REALLY like ours: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S79853807


    BTW, I know a new grandpa who recently said, "Changing table? We don't need any stinking changing table. We raised 2 kids without a changing table." And he proceeded to change his granddaughter's diaper on his lap. So, maybe you are stressing too much. A little diaper caddy in the living room by the sofa might suit you just fine.


    I know how it is, though...I stressed over every single decision. My LO is 4mo, and I am still stressing over every purchase!

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    Default changing table

    I was not considering a chaning table, but am probably going to get an unfinished dresser from IKEA and possibly paint it to match the cribs. I am considering

    http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30091409 (finished)

    or http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20022181 (unfinished)

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    Those look fine for storage, but I would try to find one that has a height closer to that of a real changing table. One looks to short, like the PnP changer the PP mentioned being hard on the back. One looks too high for comfort.

    We have this piece from Stanley that we use, and the height on it seems to be okay... actually we have one in DD's room in white and one in brown for DS http://www.youngamerica.stanleyfurni...&nav1=YSTORAGE

    Can you find out the standard height for a changing table SURFACE (not the top rails) and try to find something like that at IKEA? Just a thought...

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    Default dresser

    I'm sure there will be some kind of a dresser at IKEA that will be comfortable once I take a closer look. Since we are having twins in Manhattan, trying to fit 2 cribs in a second bedroom is tight enough. Though the Stanley piece is very nice, it is kind of long, and may make a tight space even tighter. I guess if I owned a house and didn't live in such tight quarters I'd get something like that, but having to move every year to avoid ever-higher rents makes the thought of moving expensive baby furniture less appealing.

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    Default hemnes dresser

    Does anyone know if the white hemnes dresser is solid wood? There is a red and a yellow version that are $20 more and the description says that they are solid pine, but the white version has alot of info on particleboard. I like white, but I wish it came as solid wood.

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    When I checked a year ago, the white was particleboard but the red/yellow (I saw them in the store) were def. wood.

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