changing mats..

I have been through two as they have both ripped on the seams - am i being rough or is that to be expected ?

Zoe's 13.5 months and ours hasn't ripped.  It's a John Lewis one that cost about £5 so not expensive.

We're still on our original ones! Had one from Ikea that lives on the wooden changing table upstairs and the other is a John Lewis one that is 'out and about' downstairs. Where did you buy yours from?

Ours is fine after 9 months , sounds fishy to me

the first one was from M and S (least i think it was, it was given to us)

the one i bought was from mothercare was 8.99

how odd...

We used ours for a couple of years with Aliya and are now using it for Austin and its in perfect condition still.  I think ours was from mothercare.

We had one that ripped after about two years, on our second one now (and using it for second child!).

Ours is ripped but I'm still using it Better replace it really!

ours is from mothercare, about £7 i think, and still fine, william is 19 months

We're on our 3rd one after 17 months!! 1st one was from Toys r us and 2nd one from mothercare. The 3rd one was a toys r us one again. They did get moved around though, bedroom to bathroom etc.

The one at my mum's house ripped and we tapped it up again.  I think we were just unlucky and got one that hadn't sealed very well when it was made.

I'm about to buy our third one after approx. 2 years of needing them (so one a year seems to be our ratio then). The first was mothercare, the second tesco. I should have probably replaced it several months ago though as its been ripped a while. I just don't think they are made very well, the seams are too weak.