I went to a branch of mothercare at the weekend and needed to feed my ds. I was directed to a door and was a bit disgusted to find that the room with the bottle on the door was also the toilets.
There was a rather dirty cloth bench in the toilet beside the cubicle and next to the baby change area for you to sit and breastfeed.
I find this a bit surprising of Mothercare. To be fair, I have been in another branch of Mothercare and they had a lovely area where you sat on a nursing chair with a footrest and were surrounded by their products to look at while you fed. It also wasn't a closed off area so DH could stay with you if he needed. So I was a bit shocked to be in a very cramped and dirty (and rather smelly) toilet when feeding my child.
I want to point out strongly that there was a bottle warmer in the loo also, so this isn't an anti-bf rant and there was a bottle sign on the male toilets too, so they were not discriminating against whether mum or dad were feeding the child, it just had to be in the toilet!
It was a MASSIVE mothercare as well, so was a bit bewildered. DS was also totally disctracted from feeding with the queue of traffic doing their business.
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Sassles · 13/01/2011 17:02
Not good. I came across a lady bf her newborn in the toilets cum baby changing area in Sainsburys the other day. I couldn't resist chatting to her and asking why she didn't go and feed in the cafe. She asked if that was OK to do that.... 
That sounds exactly the same as my local mothercare.
I agree it's horrid. And I did intend to email or write to complain but just didn't get round to it. 
Yes same here. Awful. They used to have a drinking water fountain (great for feeding/ morning sickness), but got rid of that when they refurbished... 
Might complain thinking fo it - they are called 'Mother Care'
Same in my local Mothercare. I asked staff and they directed me to a chair in the toilets. I said I wouldn't eat my food in there and proceded to plonk myself on the display feeding chair in the middle of the store. I then gave DC3 a nice feed with lots of people walking by and smiling at me 
The chair was very comfortable and so was the footstool. 
Not one near mine (Retail park) , I just wander round feeding and walking... 
I have great issues with Mothercare as our local one had a lovely feeding room. It's been shut down and relaced with ELC toys!
I emailed them and was basically fobbed off, but I've found a great way to get their attention. I became a fan on their facebook page and kept asking what their policy was on supporting BF mums. They are going to do a survey of their shops.
Go to their page and ask if they think feeding a baby in a toilet is acceptable.
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I know that chair well, have used it many times to bf DD! It used to be in the middle of the store beside the cots,don't know why they've hidden it away now.
I'm appalled that they think it's acceptable to feed a baby in a toilet, whether bfing or bottlefeeding (and a manky one at that). Was when I noticed the bottle warmer there in there too, perched beside the sinks. Gads.
Annoying they don't have a separate parents room too, especially when DD's nappy is definitely a 2 man job.
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