What do you get when you combine a mother/mechanical engineer and a baby who requires an entire pit crew to hold him down when changing his diapers?. Ubi, Sue Wong’s modern take on that nursery standard, the changing table.

I had this product demonstrated for me at a trade show over the weekend and it had me laughing out loud - not so much because it was being demonstrated on one of those eerily life-like anatomically correct infant baby dolls but because of its pure ingenuity! Your Ubi sits on the floor and can be oriented so that the feet are facing you or positioned to the side, the spring-loaded secret compartment underneath the wipe clean upholstered surface holds any brand and any size diaper from newborn to size 5, fastener strips on the table top hold the diaper open allowing you to simply lay Junior down, remove the offending diaper and pull a new one up between his legs. You can see the step-by-step instructional at the bottom of this post.

The Ubi is great looking as just an object and the selection of fabrics are quite nice. The company is brand spanking new and currently accepting pre-orders with delivery dates in July. The deluxe table described above is $119., and there is also a basic table that doesn’t include the ‘pop up’ diaper feature for $89.

And I should mention that each table comes with a safety belt even through its not pictured. The added benefit of changing the kiddo so close to the ground is that should he managed to roll himself off of the Ubi he only has a fall of a few inches versus a few feet with a traditional changing table.

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