WIBU - baby poonami

[hatespickinganame]

I know there are a few of these threads, but its been playing on my mind a bit all day.

Not going into too many details - I was out shopping with 6m baby and she had a poo (was obvious from smell). I trundle off to the baby change, which is located in the disabled loo.

Turns out, since we have just started weaning, it was a monstrous explosion that had gone, quite literally, everywhere. I strip her off and attempt to clean her up whilst trying to keep hands and feet from spreading the poo even further - I'm sure you can imagine.

Anyway, about half way into this there is a knock on the door. I shout an apology that my baby has had an accident, and I am trying to clean her up as quickly as possible. A few minutes go past and there is another knock on the door. I manage to open it (its right next to the table), to apologise again and demonstrate I am not just obstructing the loo for the sake of it. The elderly gentleman on the other side looks vaguely horrified - he isn't rude at all (doesn't really say much) but gives me a look that makes me feel like I am the worst and most inconsiderate person in the world at that moment.

I have assumed IWNBU at the time, as I'm not sure what else I could have done - aside from clearing out the loo and holding my smelly, naked daughter at arms length whilst he used the facilities. Is there anything else I could have done? I was in there for 15-20 mins cleaning her up, which I recognise is a long time to block use to the only disabled loo.

Minimum97 - so if another baby came along right after (or as was the case a disabled person was waiting), they can stew in their own poo for 20 mins while she delicately wipes down her baby's whole body?

Yes, I do think that even a full strip and wipe shouldn't take more than 10 minutes - and if it's about being delicate with the changing table, that's why most changing bags have your own mat (or you can bring a terry towel) so that you don't need to touch the mat and can wash yours after in the worst case. And Dettol wipes too if that's necessary.

That's much easier than saying that there needs to be a dedicated changing area in every public place, when there's just not always space available.

I'm not going to read right through the thread, but had you thought the person knocking might be worried (especially if you were there for 20 mins) that something was wrong or a disabled person might have had a fall. It might not just have been impatience.

Thanks for all your poo stories - makes me feel much better :)

I didn’t think this would turn into some sort of debate into how long it takes to clear up poo. I certainly wasn’t faffing about or being delicate about it - baby spent most of the time with one leg hoisted in the air shouting in indignation. And while yes I did make sure to give her a thorough wipe down, I wasn’t carefully examining every inch. I was mostly battling to stop her rolling off the table or eating her own poo. No way I could have done it in 5 minutes - I maybe wasted a couple in panic at first sight of the devastation.

But I agree, disposable wipes are crap for this sort of thing. Only using 5? I got through half a pack easy.

I have stewed in queues for baby changing before - never occurred to me that anyone would voluntarily spend extra time in there. Nappy changing isn’t exactly luxurious.

I wouldn't worry about justifying yourself! It took 20 minutes so what, probably less time than the man was going to take..