To complain to the Royal Parks about this?

[HumptyDumptyBumpty]

Was in Greenwich Park today, which is lovely, in the kiddies playground which is half closed as they planted lots of pretty plants instead of replacing the play equipment and now the plants need to bed in apparently and DD needed a nappy change.

They have a loo block there, which is the only one for about half a mile. Boys and Girls as well as Ladies and Gents, so yay for that.

But the baby change is in the disabled loo, which is locked with a radar key. Playground Attendant was absent - waited 25 mins for him/her to show up, no joy.

Had to change DD on the grass, which is grim, and frankly no one needs to see that especially when there is a baby change not fifteen yards away which cannot be accessed except by disabled parents. I mean, why even bother having one?
WIBU to write to them and point out how daft this is?

I think you're being a bit snipey,most parents have wipes,nappy bags & sanitiser gel in a nappy bag. I used to prefer to change ds somewhere that wasn't disabled access as I always panicked there would be a disabled person bursting for the loo.
Yanbu to want to access a baby changing area but I wouldn't have waited that long before whipping off the nappy on the grass.

You left your child in a 'vile' nappy for 25 minutes rather than change her on the grass?!?

If I was going to write at all, it would be to complain that there isn't a baby change area in the able bodied adult toilets. A disabled person should not have to wait to use the loo because of a child being changed.

Hi Humpty

I don't think you are BU at all. Why put the nappy changing facilities in an inaccessible place? It is really silly.

I would write and point it out given that nappy changing facilities are going to be in great demand in a children's playground.

Youareallbonkers if you mean my post I did not say all disabled people, I used it as an example of what can and does happen when disabled people (inc myself) cannot access the disabled toilets

It's obviously stupid and I hate this MN thing all of a sudden of leaping on the OP to point out every thing she could have possibly done or anticipated. Who the fuck expects the baby change at a children's play area to be locked? Of course you can change a nappy on the grass but here was a facility RIGHT THERE unused and inaccessible. Ridiculous.

I agree Brian

...it's not all of a sudden though. It's AIBU.

If you'd changed the nappy in the proper facilities you'd have lifted dd, strapped her into the pushchair then washed your hands. ... wouldn't that have spread it just as much as picking her up and walking to the ladies?

By all means write and point out the location is silly but the rest of your post seems peculiar tbh.

Its not the council - GP belongs to the Queen (Comes under Royal Parks Auth). Doesn't she have a new great grandaughter too. You are right stupid place to put them in some respects (ie radar key) but sensible in others - neither male nor female and don't need two. But Crazy as in kids park area and likely to be needed frequently.

"Are we really still on all disabled people have no bowel or bladder control? How offensive"

Well if you're hearing impaired it's probably no more of an issue than it is for anyone else. OTOH if you've got MS and have problems with bladder control it's better if you're not waiting around for someone to change a baby. Is it really offensive to consider the possibility that the thing which is causing a disability might in some cases affect someone's bowel or bladder? Or is it just considerate?

orange funnily enough, I didn't look inside the nappy until I was changing it, so I didn't know how bad it was. And I didn't plan to wait that long, I just kept hanging on, thinking the attendant would arrive any second.

altered hello! How's tricks?

I have written to them to suggest that the disabled loo should be exactly that, and that nappy changing facilities need to be provided separately.