Parents changing nappies in public areas, eatery table etc ?

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am an adult who relies on nappies and dont agree with nappy changing in public areas,just because theyre a child doesnt make the situation any better they shoud have them changed in the toilets like us adult users,personaly use changing places toilets; http://www.changing-places.org/ whenever theyre available to have mine changed when needed,otherwise its the RADAR scheme/disabled toilets.
parents of non disabled children shoud not use the disabled toilets, they are disabled toilets for a reason, the people who use them for genuine reasons are unable to access the normal toilets for whatever reason and its very selfish,rude and ignorant that non disabled people use the disabled as it coud result in a disabled person making a mess of themselves,parents can go use the parent and child toilets.

I'd say that someone who does that should be kicked out, banned, and then the staff should very thoroughly and publicly sanitize that table. Otherwise who would want to eat there? There might be crap all over your table. Most public bathrooms I've seen have a baby changing table. Even if they don't you should find another spot besides a surface people eat from.

Here the changing tables tend to be in the handicapped stall. I have also used the disabled toilet when having my son with because no way am I leaving him out there alone while I go pee so I bring him in the stall with me in his stroller and the stall is big enough to fit one. It's rare to see a changing table in the middle of the restroom than in the disabled toilet. As a child it was more common to see them outside the toilets. Now they are in the disabled toilets. We also don't have very many family restrooms nor changing rooms. It's not like what you guys have over there. I am aware you guys have changing rooms and family rooms. Here not so much.

I just want to say to the mother on babycentre she could have changed her daughter standing. I have also done that with my son.

Fair enough changing an infant's nappy on a bench or somewhere like that if it was an emergency. But in the middle of a restaurant on a table? I thought most people would have the common sense not to do it there, for all sorts of reasons like dignity, hygiene, etc.

I like green chili in my food, just not that kind.

It's no appropriate or hygienic (especially if it's a poo), however, if I went to a cafe or public place and the toilets were not child-friendly then I would be forced to change them wherever I could. For example, once I was at a cafe with my son and he needed changing. I went to the toilets, the floor was covered in pee, the changing mat was covered in mould and the toilets were broken. In protest, I changed my son's pooey nappy in the eating area and refused to ever go back.

well, thanks for that image.

Simple rules to live by....

1. Don't eat anything that looks the same coming out as it did going in.

2. Don't drink anything the could be mistaken for a household cleaning chemical.

[/civilization]

I wouldn't won't to be in the same room but not because I worry about germ aspect. I worked as a custodian & never cared to wear gloves cleaning toilets & I never gotten sick. I don't like the smells thou & I'd worry people would think I'm a very sick & dangerous pervert if I happen to glance over while the babies being changed & I'd worry I'd send off a weird signal if I'm intentionally looking away.

I've changed a diaper in a park, when nobody else was remotely near, but that's the closest I've come to doing it in public. I sure wouldn't do it in the eating area of a restaurant. If the restroom wasn't suitable I'd go outside and behind a hedge or something, or back to the car if we drove there. Ick.

So... anybody else who went to the cafe then tried to go to the toilet not only had the unfortunate situation of finding the toilets broken and disgusting... but they also had to put up with some stranger changing their baby in the eating area.
I doubt the other people who were trying to eat appreciated that, and they had done nothing to deserve it.

After a discussion about the baby changing situation which I mentioned before, it has transpired that seemingly the person with the baby in question usually does seek out a toilet to change their baby in... but on that occasion felt indignant that there was no toilet in the cafe and so felt like it was legitimate to just whip their baby's bits out to change the nappy in the public eating area on a dining table.

As I pointed out, I didn't think much of there being no toilet in the cafe... but as everybody involved saw, I took myself off to the toilets a little distance away (after having to get directions from the guy with the baby as it was an unfamiliar area for me, but one which he was quite accustomed to being in) ... and paid 30p to use them (after having to go back for extra money because the guy with the baby told me it would be 20p) ... because that's the kind of thing that civilised people who live in a civilised way do. I didn't just whip my pants down and take a s**t on the table in protest.

I hope you at least changed the sh*t-filled nappy inside a buggy in the eating area or something like that, rather than plonking the kid down on a table or something equally as inappropriate, unhygenic and disrespectful towards the other diners... since you were forcing them to share their eating area with you changing your offspring's nappy there.

I´d think that place was very crappy, for not owning a comfortable nappy changing station for families.

Exactly what use do you think it will have, to change a diaper 15 minutes before at home, when there is actually no crap in it. Do you think, the baby will think itself 15 minutes afterwards... "Oh, because of my pampers needlessly changed 15 minutes before, when there was nothing in it, I will NOW not have the need to crap in it?" ^^

If there was a pamper changing station available in that place, then I would feel weird if the person would not use it, and ask why the parent will not use it. If there is none available, I´d curse the restaurant owner. However, if there is s**t in the pampers, it needs to be changed, because if you keep the kid in the crap there is the risc of the kid getting skin or urinal infections. And I think nobody wants to be around a 24h nonstop crying toddler with infected and hurting skin, so crappy diapers should be changed by parents, for the sake of all.

Its usual here to go on with your business and not to stare at the kids genitalia. ^^

It never happened to me, that parents did not use an available changing station. The situation you mentioned only happen, when these are not available, and then its the facilities owner faults. Smaller restaurants without disabled toilettes, usually have them in the womans toilette or before the toilette entrance area, but because of european stalls normally being "sight-proofed", its as well totally accepted if you use the diaper changing station in a womans toilette as a man. So if you have a baby and that typical pampers changing bag with you, noone will give a f**k about it.

LOL!! Thats so gross!!