A changing mat is the padded surface a baby is changed on. Lay out the changing mat.
It is wiped clean, which is the whole reason it is not simply a towel. A changing mat on the floor is safer than one on a table, and nobody uses it there.
1nounchanging matThe padded surface a baby is changed on.
“The changing mat lived in the boot of the car for two years.”
changing mat is equipment.
Practised in Babies & Growing Up