To of changed my babys nappy on the train

[wouldntofgussed]

Was only ten minutes into an hour and a half journey when my little one needed changing no toilets on the train either. I took her up to the end of the carriage where I change her nappy a lady on the train told me I was disgusting

YANBU. But childless people or those who have forgotten what having babies is like can sometimes be thoughtless and selfish - like a PP said, poo is disgusting! But no need to say it, and you had no choice.

You perhaps need a thicker skin though - smile sweetly and ask what she suggests you do instead?

Disgusting, but the fault lies, or possibly lays, with the train company for not providing a toilet suitable for changing a baby.

And why couldn't you gotten off at the next station to change your baby and waited for the next train? It was a commuter train, so it's not like you'd have to wait hours or your ticket wouldn't be valid on the next train. It was 2 carriages but because IT'S A BABY, one of the carriages has to be queasy smelling shit for the remainder of their journey?

Of course you don't leave your baby in a dirty nappy. But you also don't inconvenience all the other passengers on the carriage because you can't be inconvenienced to catch the next one.

And yes, I've had to wait half an hour for another train in this scenario. And stand rest of my journey. I don't want to smell shit nappies on my commute and I'm not going to subject others to it, just because it's my precious child.

sarahandmallard... Really?!

Gosh there are some delicate little flowers around

It was a wet nappy Sarah and the guard put it in a bin.

Maybe its just where I live but I would rather a babys nappy than the drug addicts shooting up on the train.

Then again a bit of baby poo doesn't bother me. Its not a pleasant smell but sure lots of things smell worse.

Try carrying some smelling salts if it becomes too much for you!

Specialsubject said
"no to the question. No choice.

people don't learn unless their mistakes are corrected. Those who are complaining that someone pointed out the mistake in English are probably the same ones who yelled 'swot' in school."

Not a great comparison.
This is not a set of learning, it is a chat board.
Far more likely to reach for 'sanctemonious cunt' than swot.

Sarahandmallard r u for real????

Sorry txt speak lol

It is kind of disgusting but needs must and the woman should have kept her nose out.

This is not a se(a)t of learning, it is a chat board

Why can't it be both?

I'd never get off the train. Absolutely no problem with someone doing what they have to do and changing a baby on the train (as long as no mess, and the nappy is wrapped and disposed of after)

I felt this way before I had kids, and now I do have them.

Sarah - you'd better not be on a train with my DS2 - his wind is horrendous - I don't like being near it, but there's nothing to be done, nothing to change, and people would just have to endure it. At least poo can be wrapped and the smell pretty much got rid of!

Far more likely to reach for 'sanctemonious cunt' than swot.

Well said!

usual - how can anyone ask for an English lesson when they don't know what they are saying is wrong

I think what you did, in the way that you did it, was probably the only reasonable and sensible option. Far better that than the lady I saw carrying a potty filled with wee and a little turd floating in it through a café to the toilets (we had all been treated to the sight of her three year old sitting on the potty while enjoying our lunch at the outside tables)....quite why that was easier than taking him to the toilets in person, I have no idea!

Far more likely to reach for 'sanctemonious cunt' than swot.

I don't think the OP had much of a choice. I would be a bit grossed out if someone changed a babies nappy close to me but I would totally understand that it was just one of those things that are unavoidable.
I have four kids and I have done my fair share of nappies but I aways found them a bit disgusting. They are completely natural and normal but they are still a bit gross

I used to carry a little can of odour neutraliser that worked like magic to take away the shitty smell. It was years ago though and I don't remember what it was called.