When you use a changing table for changing your babies diapers then you should keep plenty of diapers on the changing table, diaper rash ointment, baby diaper wipes, some toys for your baby to play with to distract them etc.
Make sure you have all the diaper changing supplies ready and gather the babies clothes as well that you're gonna change them into and have them ready.
You do not want to leave your baby or toddler unattended on the diaper changing table because they can roll off or fall off and get injured or even die.
Even if the child is strapped to the changing table it's still unsafe to leave them even for a few seconds so make sure to keep diapers near the changing table as well as baby wipes and anything else you need to change the babies diaper.
You can also just change your babies diaper on your bed, the floor, couch etc and not even need a changing table but make sure you have all necessary diaper changing supplies ready to change the babies or toddlers diaper.
Most changing pads are the standard size and fit most changing tables.
Some diaper changing pads for changing tables might be slightly bigger or slightly smaller than the changing table you use but most times the diaper changing pads are standard size.
The standard size changing pads are around 17" x 32" so if your changing table or dresser measures in around that then the changing pad should fit.
You can put a changing pad on top of a dresser and use the dresser as a changing table.
A dresser makes a great changing table that can be used later on as the kid grows out of diapers and gets potty trained.
When the baby or kid becomes potty trained and no longer wears diapers then you can use the dresser for the child's clothes.
With a changing table it's usually not used that much and really you don't need a regular changing table and what I did was just buy a dresser for my babies rooms and then added a changing pad on the dresser and put the babies diapers in the dresser.
The babies only used the dresser changing table until around 3 years old and then when they turned 3 years old I mostly changed them on my bed or on the floor.
But I still used the dresser to store their diapers in until they were potty trained and out of diapers and then I used the dresser for the child's clothes.
Some changing pads have a strap that attaches to the back of the dresser out of sight and some have non skid surfaces on the bottom of the changing pad and some have a sticky residue like glue or tape to secure the changing pad to the top of the dresser.