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To use the disabled loo when I'm with my son?

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RestingBitch · 19/05/2017 17:06

My sons 9 months and obviously still in his pushchair. The majority of the time it's just me and him when I go into town/visit places. When I need the loo I get an attack of conscious, I normally use the disabled loo so I can bring him in with me.
Can't use a regular loo as I can't get him in the cubicle in his chair. Don't want to take him out of his pushchair and plonk him on the floor as the floors are manky and he will eat whatever is on the floor. He'll also probably try and crawl under the gap and interrupt someone else. Don't really like the idea of leaving him in his pushchair whilst I nip in the cubicle, so providing there isn't someone waiting for the disabled loos, AIBU to use them? I'm usually in and out and so far I've never encountered anyone waiting for one, or the impatient rattle of the door. If I am being unreasonable, short of pissing myself what's the options?

Not a troll, and don't work for any newspapers :).

YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet · 20/05/2017 11:31

Good morning folks, thanks to those who reported- we appreciate why this thread has concerned you.

Our difficulty is that these threads are seen by many as attempts to get answers to valid – if difficult – questions. Or they are the expression of that MNers' own, personal lived experience – and while we understand that threads like these must sometimes seem to lack understanding of the issues facing disabled people or the parents of disabled children, our instinct is to allow the questions to be asked or the experience to be related.

As you know our view is generally to err on the side of freedom of expression – but more importantly, in our experience the sledgehammer approach just doesn't work. Instead of changing views, it seems likely to make it almost impossible to discuss any subject relating to disability, whether closely or tangentially. We already hear pretty often from MNers who say that they're very anxious about posting on this issue (some are parents of disabled children themselves).

We know this probably is not the answer you're hoping for, but it's where we're at right now. We'll continue to discuss it carefully here. We really do want to do as well as we can at this, for everybody, and we know we don't get it right 100% of the time.

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KatherineMumsnet · 22/05/2017 13:29

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