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would you leave dirty nappies in a library?

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starlover · 30/03/2006 19:02

kind of following on from the restaurant thread!

My mum works in our local library and they have a baby jiggle and rhyme time on a friday morning.

Due to persistent requests they got a changing mat so that babies could be changed if necessary and people have now started LEAVING their dirty nappies beside it! for library staff to remove and bin....

I was Shock when I heard it

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oops · 02/04/2006 09:48

Hi Tigermoth Smile
where have you been??

Oh, that sounds fantastic...
i am very annoyed with our council. They have just spent millions on a new gym for our swimming pool/lido.
It looks really good.
so i went along to join thinking and guess what - no creche! Sad Angry
i can't afford the only gym locally with a creche... it would just be too expensive once i have paid for the boys too...

I am so annoyed, they have the space for a creche there, the entrance is like a barn. The staff keep saying- "oh, a few people have asked about that, no we don't have one"
hmmm, a few people like me i presume!

anyway, i am thinking of starting a petition of something re chnaging facilities and council gym, no creche.
if you walk down our high street, you can't move for buggies so there are enough "end users" for such things

you are fairly close to me i think aren't you? (i'm harringey)

tigermoth · 02/04/2006 10:12

Hi oops, yes I am nearby as my borough is Greenwich. If you do run a petition and want info from another borough to show your council, I can send you some printed publicity materials. Good luck!

oops · 02/04/2006 10:20

ohh i used to live in greenwich, i really mis going swimming at the waterfront in woolwhich, that was may fave swimming pool
i used to do 20 lengths and then go on the slides, and then another batch of lentghs, great fun.

You know i may well be interested, i know i seem to have hijacked the thread a bit now, and obviously have said that i don't think people should leave their nappies around, but when there are so many children in the library every day, our library just needs some workable facilities. The staff said that a fold down table would cost about £100 so not very expensive really.

Can i CAT you?

tigermoth · 02/04/2006 10:24

That's absolutely fine, oops. Or get my details from marina if you like.

mumball · 02/04/2006 14:44

I think they should definately take the nappies with them. We had to have polio boosters as someone locally contracted polio from the babies poo - so you can get ! I'd never leave a dirty nappy lying around.

mumball · 02/04/2006 14:46

So my faults have been pointed out by my dh I meant to say you can get it (meaning Polio)

Oliviab · 02/04/2006 20:04

Surely a nappy bin and changing mat is a priviledge not a right? Most changing bags come with fold-up changing mats in them and most people take nappy bags with them.
If I used disposable nappies I'd expect to take them home and stick them in my own bin unless someone very kindly offered a bin. Likewise if a disp-user visits my house and asks politely I'll let her use my bin but I'd be quite annoyed to find she'd just left it.
Also the sanitary towel issue doesn't arise if you use washable pads or a Mooncup - you take them home with you too.

jellybrain · 02/04/2006 22:55

As usual I'm late to the discussion but anyway here goes (hope this isn't too contraversial for you all).
Er, why is it that a huge swathe of mothers out there think that the world and his dog need to provide feeding & changing facilities everywhere they go - yes even those that provide things for babies and toddlers! (I have 3 children by the way and yes one is, at 8 months still in nappies)Yes like the rest of you I appreciate a nice changing room but guess what if there isn't one thats ok too - I improvise!
I use washables now but used disposables with both the other 2 which I took home to bin yes, even the poohy ones!
Anyway in answer to the original question - No I wouldn't leave my dirty nappies behind in the library or anywhere else for that matter and neither should the rest of you so there!

oops · 02/04/2006 23:08

i don't think they NEED to.
I just think it would make life alot easier... where is the problem in thinking that.
I don't really want to be a martyr, just want a nice life..
and i want to keep my little ones comfortable and warm when i feed and change them. Still can't see where the problem lies with that either tbh.

If there is a place where alot of children congregate, it would just make life nicer if there was some facilities. I seem to remember one poster who doesn't take her kids into town becuase it is too hard... where's the merit in that?

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Greensleeves · 02/04/2006 23:14

No. Although I could feel tempted, because our local library, which is fairly large, has no toilets and no baby-changing facilities at all. Angry. But as I don't actually blame the individual staff for this appalling situation, no, I wouldn't! I can't believe really people leave dirty nappies for others to remove! Savages.

oops · 02/04/2006 23:20

Apparently you shouldn't expect them Greensleeves, it is a priviledge to feed and change your children in comfort when you are out and about.

Greensleeves · 02/04/2006 23:31

Yes, I wasn't going to dignify that with a response.Grin

quanglewangle · 03/04/2006 00:10

Still waiting for some one to properly address Caligula's point about sanitary towels.

I assume all those who think re nappies - "It's not for others to deal with your rubbish. It should be taken home." take their soiled sanitary products home with them in their handbag. Especially now we know the cost of disposing of them.

juuule · 03/04/2006 09:39

Quanglewangle. Don't see why people can't take sanitary stuff home with them. But as someone else has already said if using mooncup and/or washable pads it's not an issue - you take them with you anyway.

lazycow · 03/04/2006 09:52

I always take nappies home with me especially the dirty ones unless there is a bin in a changing facility provided. Bad changing facilities do irritate me a bit but it's not reall big deal.

I always take changing mat (very small travel one) and nappy changing stuff including nappy sacks with me to wherever I go but then I've always been the one with 'whatever is needed' in my bag even before I had kids.

I particularly take them home if I am visiting someone and have to change a nappy. I certainly wouldn't assume I could throw my child's dirty nappy in someone's bin.

mummyhill · 04/04/2006 08:14

Anywhere that provides a service for babies and young children should in my opinion provide adequate changing and disposal facilities. If there is a disabled toilet on site there is usually a grey bin with a yellow diposal bag which people could dispose of their nappies in.

Oliviab · 04/04/2006 08:54

Who doesn't carry a portable changing mat and nappy sacks then? If you don't, do you only visit places that provide a mat and bin?

In a library a mat & bin IS a priviledge, although if there's a disabled toilet then there ought to be room for them.

mummyhill · 05/04/2006 11:49

Take them everywhere with me and have changed the children in some very odd places before now. Will allways take them home with me if there are no disposal facilities. However if you are providing a service for use by children it should be parent and child friendly.

NAB3 · 14/08/2006 16:48

It's a bit like having a kettle and no cups.

I always take my nappies home but then it would cost me a fortune if I didn't as I use washables, but when I have had to use a disposable it wouldn't occur to me to not take it if there was no bin.

Charlene1 · 22/08/2006 19:18

Probably going to get jumped on for this being a thick question, but just wondering why they can't use the sanitary bin - eg nappies are similar to towels, so what's the difference? Surely people who use incontinence pads put those in there???

My old playgroup was in a village hall and we had to take them home once as the "nappy bin people" were on strike. Some people put them in the big metal bins outside after playgroup, others whinged like hell and said it was disgusting that they had to take them home, some did actually put them in the dog poo bins down the road, rather than have them smelling in their posh buggies.

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