Where do you change diapers?

[Solangio]

Well, Bluerose and Busy ECE Mommy, I am very much on the same side with you, but I thought I am crazy to think that mat can substitute changing table. Now I am even more confused

May be I will start with the mat and see if I have to switch to the table.

[Peacefulbird]

Well, Bluerose and Busy ECE Mommy, I am very much on the same side with you, but I thought I am crazy to think that mat can substitute changing table. Now I am even more confused

May be I will start with the mat and see if I have to switch to the table.

It basically is what is most convenient for you. On the floor or on a change table the consistency comes when disinfecting and leaving it all clear and clean. Some caregivers find hard to change on tables if they have three years olds not potty trained (hard on your back); other's find hard to stay on their knees to change so, it basically depends on you. My only positive advise would be to keep it always clean. I know some parents do not mind but I like to keep it consistent with health practicioners (perhaps just me but once you train yourself that way it pays off, parents also see and recognize the hygienic steps and measures you follow). I have worked in centres and it takes good training steps. Or you can also get sick I remember a friend who got hepatitis from a toodler it was awful with all she had to dealt with, all could this had been prevented by just using gloves. And washing hands thoroughly.

[Suzie_Homemaker]

It basically is what is most convenient for you. On the floor or on a change table the consistency comes when disinfecting and leaving it all clear and clean. Some caregivers find hard to change on tables if they have three years olds not potty trained (hard on your back); other's find hard to stay on their knees to change so, it basically depends on you. My only positive advise would be to keep it always clean. I know some parents do not mind but I like to keep it consistent with health practicioners (perhaps just me but once you train yourself that way it pays off, parents also see and recognize the hygienic steps and measures you follow). I have worked in centres and it takes good training steps. Or you can also get sick I remember a friend who got hepatitis from a toodler it was awful with all she had to dealt with, all could this had been prevented by just using gloves. And washing hands thoroughly.

I agree with this totally. For me, getting up and down off my knees endlessly is hard but at almost 60 I guess that is the way it goes. Since I toilet train my children as soon as they are 2 years old, I don't have the issue of large children needed to be lifted on and off a change table.

I also have the gloves and change them endlessly. It's totally about getting a routine. I literally have mine line up, wash my hands, gloves go on, lift up child, change diaper, wash child's hands, wipe the change mat on the table, dry the change mat, gloves off, wash hands and repeat. Like so much of this job, it's all about routine and soon it becomes second nature.

I would say that in my experience, children who often wriggle when being changed on the floor, tend not to when elevated on a table. While of course if you turn to grab a new pack of wipes, one hand would remain on the child's tummy to make sure they aren't rolling over or getting up, I find that there's less inclination to do that vs the floor where they want to get back to what they were doing. Perhaps an element of that is also stepping having the table in a location not in the middle of the day care activities too.