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Hi, I'm Liz Hood on behalf of Expert Village and right now I am going to be talking about
certain things that your are going to need to have for your changing area. Now, this
is an actual changing table. You don't need to splurge on an actual changing table. What
you can do is just buy a changing pad that is kind of raised on both sides like this
one is with a safety strap and then put it on top of any sort of low dresser or anything
of that nature and that would actually be a far better buy because that child would
be able to use that dresser until they leave for college. So, this is a very important
thing to have, this changing pad. They do sell changing pad covers. Now, they say to
buy two to three so that when one is in the wash you still have at least one clean one.
I have found it to be a lot easier for myself to just leave it bare because it is water
proof and if urine or anything gets on it and you just wipe it off and you're good to
go. You don't have to wash anything and that really helps out a lot. Another thing that
you need to have within arms reach is some petroleum jelly and also some sort of diaper
rash cream. This is Boudreaux Butt Paste, I found it to work really well. Another good
thing to have right within arms reach is diaper wipes. If your baby happens to have very sensitive
skin, what you can do is put a thermos of water with in arms reach and then have little
cotton pads and use that instead of diaper wipes. I use the non-alcohol diaper wipes,
but some babies have very very very sensitive skin and even that would make them red and
irritated. Another good thing to have is a small lamp that you can leave on at all hours.
This is a very good thing to have because when you have to do a late night diaper change
you won't have to turn on the main overhead light and disturb your baby more than they
already are. Another thing that you absolutley must have on hand is some sort of locking
diaper pail. Now, this is an actual diaper Genie which is nice because the little refills
that come in this wrap each dirty diaper up this scented sack thing. However, you need
to get a new refill in it every two to three weeks or so and those are about $5.00. So
this is not an actual necessary item that you need to have but you need to have at least
some sort of locking garbage pail. So if you have a dog, or other kids, or when your baby
starts pulling up to stand they can knock it over and get into the dirty diapers. Plus
you kind of want to keep that smell contained. If you're willing to get a diaper Genie, this
works really well. Another good thing to have is just a nice place to keep your diapers
organized. This is a diaper stacker. You don't actually have to buy a diaper stacker, I mean
you could easily just stack them up on some sort of shelf near by, but I found this to
be really helpful. One last thing to have within arms reach of the changing table is
just some sort of hamper. If you have to go ahead and change clothes it's just really
good to just be able to just stick their dirty clothes in a nearby spot so you don't have
to worry about it and you don't have a big pile of dirty clothes somewhere. Now, if you
have noticed every single thing that I have mentioned is within one arms reach of myself.
That is a very important thing because even if you happen to have a diaper table strap
it's good to keep a hand on the baby at all times. So you keep a hand on the baby when
you grab a diaper or grab a wipe, put something into the hamper, you know what have you, always
keep a hand on your baby when they are on an elevated surface.