Mothercare Oporto Changing Station

We were living in a one bedroom flat with no bath and limited space when Thai arrived so every nook and cranny had to be used to it’s full advantage. We gave the sole bedroom up to her and decided that instead of buying a small baby bath we would buy the Mothercare Oporto bath dresser. It has two shelves and a bath with a lid to cover it. The dresser comes flatpack so you have to put it together but it was very useful to us. We managed to store all her baby bits and bobs and a lot more and the bath was at waist height which made it very easy to use. It’s shaped well so your baby doesn’t slide all over the place during bathing and has a ...

I had an elective caesarean section and knew that changing and bathing Jack was going to be a nightmare, so we invested in a changing station. Its made from solid pine and can be bought in natural or white (we chose natural) The whole unit is on castors so can be moved around, and the wheels have brakes. The lid is the changing part and with a mat on is at the right height to change those nappies, and if you lift the lid, which is secured once open with a lock there is the bath, which comes with a drainage tube. The bath I found was brilliant for the first 2 months after having Jack as bending and lifting is not advisable and he was still in the ...