Morrison's baby change

[DopeyDill]

Morrison's supermarket have recently refitted the baby change adjacent to their cafe and while it looks nice and is clean, there is nowhere soft to put lo down while we change her.

Aibu to think a soft surface should be put over the table? After all, while they don't have to install a nice baby change, i don't have to spend my money in their shop or eat in their cafe.

Most people caŕry a tŕavel change mat

I always covered any soft mat provided with my own travel change-mat, imagine the germs accumulated on a communal changing mat!!

I expect they've been thinking more about ease of cleaning, hard surfaces being a bit easier to clean if poo gets smeared everywhere while nappies are changed.

Many other changing facilities out and about also only have a hard plastic surface to place babies on.

That's one reason why I keep a travel changing mat folded up in my changing bag when I'm out and about with my baby.

Use a travel mat...

I would prefer to use my own changing mat that comes with the baby bags.
Most toilet baby changing rooms don't have soft tops. Hygiene ?

Yes to PP saying most people bring a folding changing mat. If I forgot mine, a folded jumper/blanket to cushion baby's head is all thats needed.

Most public baby changes have hard surfaces, don't they? I'd bring my own mat or towel - imagine how hard it would be to keep a communal one hygienic in a busy supermarket!

It will be a hygiene issue, you can buy cheap change mats tho

I always have my own travel mat, I assumed everyone had one these days and I've not seen a public changing room with a soft top before they're always a hard plastic I find.

Most people have their own changing mats. Mine came with the baby bag and just folds away. I haven't been anywhere in public (Sainsbury's had a rubber type if that counts) with a soft changing area.

Ewww, no. A hard surface can be easily cleaned. I take my own folding changing mat.

That changing area is what most places now have. It is more hygienic than those pull down changers as the surface is smooth and can be disinfected properly.
Changing bags usually come with a travel changing mat that you can put down.

I struggle to see how a soft surface is harder to clean then a hard one? Surely you all just wipe it down?

As for hygiene, she doesn't eat off of it and gets washed everyday. I agree I should get a travel mat, I just don't see how they can't provide a soft surface which is just as easy to clean.

Because the soft mats have creases that Really nightmare to clean and are also prone to tearing.

Seriously there are better things to worry about. It's a place to change a nappy ffs.

Have you spoken to customer services about this? Ours is exactly the same but with a changing mat.

Eww sorry but I would never put my baby on one of them without a mat. Would rather change her on my lap!

@DopeyDill no she doesn't eat off of it, but a soft surface provides a lot more places for germs to hide, and changing stations are in contact with bodily fluids which can carry all sorts of diseases.. would you really want your dc to be essentially naked on it knowing it's not as hygienic as 100% possible

I think YABU because hardly any changing facilities provide a soft surface. Most are just the fold down changing tables which are all a hard surface. The only soft baby change facilities I've come across is in John Lewis where they have similar to morrisons but with a soft changing mat. When my DD was small I used to change her in the carrycot of the pushchair with a muslin or disposible changing pad underneath

Most of the mats that I see in toilets are torn. I think that most parents are wary of how clean a communal changing mat would be and would be worried about picking up germs so would use their own one anyway. Most changing bags come with a free one after all.

That looks like a nice clean and tidy area for a baby change.

If ever I forgot my mat I used a muslin under their heads and then wiped the surface afterwards.

soft padded surfaces could get ripped etc and need to be replaced.

Most changing bags come with travel mats.

If they are big enough to not need a changing bag then they are tough enough to cope on that surface.

I only ever use the travel changing mat that come with the changing bag.

I always cover the changing area with a wet pad/puppy pad frankly you don't know what has touched the area previously. A friend saw a baby with chicken pox being changed once.