Now that you’ve got a place for the baby to sleep (and a mattress for her to sleep on), where are you going to put all those cute outfits that you’ll get as gifts from Aunt Bertha? The juvenile trade refers to dressers, armoires, and the like as “case pieces” since they are essentially furniture made out of a large case (pretty inventive, huh?).
Of course, a dresser is more than just a place to store clothes and supplies. Let’s not forget that all-too-important activity that will occupy so many of your hours after the baby is born: changing diapers. The other day we calculated that by our baby’s first birthday, we had changed over 2400 diapers! Wow! To first-time parents, that may seem like an unreal number, but we’re not exaggerating. On average, that is about SEVEN diaper changes a day during the first year . . . but for a newborn, expect up to 15 diaper changes a day. So, where are you going to change all those diapers? Most parents use the dresser top, but we’ll also discuss changing tables in this section.

Now that you’ve got a place for the baby to sleep (and a mattress for her to sleep on), where are you going to put all those cute outfits that you’ll get as gifts from Aunt Bertha? The juvenile trade refers to dressers, armoires, and the like as “case pieces” since they are essentially furniture made out of a large case (pretty inventive, huh?).

Of course, a dresser is more than just a place to store clothes and supplies. Let’s not forget that all-too-important activity that will occupy so many of your hours after the baby is born: changing diapers. The other day we calculated that by our baby’s first birthday, we had changed over 2400 diapers! Wow! To first-time parents, that may seem like an unreal number, but we’re not exaggerating. On average, that is about SEVEN diaper changes a day during the first year . . . but for a newborn, expect up to 15 diaper changes a day. So, where are you going to change all those diapers? Most parents use the dresser top, but we’ll also discuss changing tables in this section.