To be annoyed that baby change is always in disabled toilet?

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Just that really, twice this week I have come out of a baby change (having had to deal with a full outfit change for 3mo old 🙈💩) to find a fed up looking person in a wheel chair has been waiting ages for the loo, or another mum in the same boat as me but having to wait there with a grumpy, stinky baby.

It makes me feel guilty and I always apologise but it's not my fault that's where they put the baby change and there is only one.

AIBU to think they could be a small room with one or two baby changes in? I wouldn't mind sharing.

Obviously not everywhere has the room to do this but the bigger places.

Personally I feel they're a good use of space and that it makes sense to have the baby change in there.

@Eltonjohnssyrup is not that often but when he has saved it up for days, record was 10 days, I don't think any brand of nappy is going to contain that!

Also, if prone to accidents, seperates rather than a one piece outfit might be advisable, with a snug waist. Means just bottom half can be quickly changed.

You need to go to John Lewis in Sheffield! Good cafe and lovely kids clothes too - at a price!

@Eltonjohnssyrup I will bear that in mind thank you 👍🏻

I've never seen that. I only have ever seen the baby change unit as a separate room, or in the ladies (which also annoys me because then DP gets out of changing a particularly bad one).

"Tables can be put into male and female toilets, disabled toilets (contrary to popular belief) aren’t for everyone and anyone!"

The ones where I work are actually labelled 'toilets for everyone'.
In another job there was one toilet so that was obviously for everyone too.

Sometimes poo leakages can be stopped by having a longer bodysuit on. If they are too tight they can stop the nappy expanding as much as they should do, so the contents leaks.

My pace of work (well known coffee chain) actually only has one toilet, for males, females, babies and disabled people, it's a nightmare. There's three or more already queueing for the loo and a baby is screaming needing changing 🙈

What is the problem with having baby changing facilities in disabled toilets?

I do think it makes sense for most places to have one large accessible/disabled loo and baby change combined.
If I'm out and about with my toddler and I need a wee I always nip in the accessible loo because I don't want to leave toddler unattended. Have to say I've never come out to anyone waiting.

God it drives me mad, even more so when they put the only baby change in the women’s bathroom. DH has had this argument more than a few times while out and about with our DD - I remember she was around 8 months, he took her out with him for lunch/soft play and he didn’t have anywhere to change her! Management said it wasn’t their problem Ended up traipsing back to the car (with an exceptionally stinky angry baby) to do it in back seat

What is the problem with having baby changing facilities in disabled toilets?

I think the issue is that changing a baby, especially one who has had a particularly explosive poo, can take some time. If you come out and someone has been waiting ages to use the disabled facilities you can feel quite bad for being the cause of the delay.

The main problem is lack of facitlies. Many disabled people due to their disabilities have issues whereby waiting to go to the toilet isn’t ideal. By making these spaces shared spaces but not increasing the amount of them that makes things much harder for the disabled person.

The other issue is like a PP said increased footfall into the spaces increases the chance of them being messy. Due to the completely unsuitable nature of most disabled toilets a lot of disabled people need to be changed on the floor ( ) so that is an issue.

From the other side of course many disabled people need to carry out processes which are time consuming (and made more so by lack of sensible provision!) meaning that parents are also having to wait longer because of lack of suitable facilities.

I don’t blame the parents for using it when it is the only facility but I do think planning is exceptionally short sighted when it comes to such facilities and the reality of what is needed isn’t considered at all

It's an absolute nightmare with twins, wherever they put it. If it's in the disabled loos you have disabled people or just other parents getting annoyed because it takes a while (plus my boys hate rigid changing tables and scream like they're being murdered). In a normal toilet I physically can't get the buggy in, and I can't carry them both and let one of them crawl around a pissy floor. I hate thinking about changing them in public.

My local Morrison's gets my business because in the early days as a new parent when everything seemed like a big deal of poo and unpredictability I discovered they had a wonderful purpose built baby changing room/ feeding room. I always felt confident going there that if dd did need changing or feeding it wouldnt be a massive hassle.

I (still) actively avoid places with crap changing facilities unless absolutely unavoidable because dd is a very wriggly toddler and I need to be able to get in and out with minimum fuss, she can smell weakness! I live somewhere where there are very limited public facilities for people needing accessible toilets (no big department stores etc) so there is invariably a queue of people with children and people needing the accessible facilities at the same time. Its rubbish.

I don't think retail/ businesses appreciate just how much decent facilities can impact people's shopping habits, seem odd when a huge amount of the weekday 9-5 clientele are mothers and children.

I think using the disabled loo for baby change is not ideal, but if a parent has another 3 children all needing the loo then it is unfair to change the baby and use the loo for all the children as well. Unless the 3 children can all go in the time it takes to change the baby.

Leaving a pram/stroller outside a cubicle in the ladies is fine, but do take your valuable things in with you, like your purse. Leaving that outside is asking for it to be nicked.