What are your thoughts on facilities for babies now youre a mum!?

People not parking on pavements 😂 and little steps in shops

Bin day with my double buggy 😂

I wish they’d take the toilets out of baby changing rooms. It’s so unsanitary to me and I even went to one where the changing table extended over the toilet, which stunk and was absolutely disgusting! 😭

Having locks on the changing facilities door so you have to find a member of staff in a massive shopping Center to unlock it for you 🤦🏻‍♀️

Wish there were more baby changing rooms that also had toilets, so I don’t keep having to go in the disabled. Wider aisles in clothes shops

Services with actual family/baby changing rooms. Been to 1 over Xmas that had an actual room with 3 changing mats and sinks to wash hands after, and chairs so you could sit to feed, went to another that was a crappy toilet cubicle with a plastic pull down changing mat with no room to move easily!

yeassss and also baby changing still being in jusy womens toilets

what would dads do then though?

omg yes! So sexist and my partner is happy to change baby but can't

yessss if there's a step to get into a shop I'm just not bothering anymore especially if it's an awkward door too!

how do you mean? I mean there should be baby changing facilities in male toilets not just female if it’s an establishment that doesn’t have a separate baby changing facility

that’s true! I take back my comment, I didn’t even think about that.

this has always bothered me! What are single dads or dad’s watching the kids alone meant to do, either intrude into the women’s toilets or not change their baby? 🤦🏼‍♀️

I know what you mean though! I’ve been in some stinking ones that I wouldn’t want to feed my baby in! I think there needs to be full family rooms with a cubicle to use the loo!

Yes my partner has really struggled to find baby changing when out on his own so often it’s in women’s toilets!

I've seen it in one baby change, at Cobham services, but a little 'highchair' type seat affixed to the wall. I don't often bring the buggy out so if I need the loo myself and have baby with me I have to either hold her on my lap or pop her on the baby change table if its close enough to the toilet and keep my hand out.

Also, baby change separate to accessible toilets are so much better! I was in the baby change/accessible doing a nappy change once and, despite me locking the door, I had a woman barge in 1 minute after she'd knocked (and I'd yelled occupied) because she'd got the radar key, then kept going on about how she'd been waiting ages and was disabled and how this was the disabled toilet.
Our local m&s has a baby change in all 3 toilets (women's, men's and accessible) plus a family baby change room too!

ooh I see, you’re saying they should change it from only being in women’s toilets. I thought you meant that you thought it should only be in women’s that’s why I got confused what dads would do!

Totally agree with hand dryers - my little girl hates them, she hated them from 9 months and still hates them at 3.

I hate when people use the baby changing when they don’t have a kid we have a private room for baby changing as well in the public woman’s loo in case people want to breastfeed in private and I hate then hand dryers my son is now petrified of them to the point where I’ve got to cover his ears x

I bought a key off Amazon for £5 for two

why are the hand driers always next to the changing unit!

More parent and child parking places
Toilet lock up higher so my toddler can't reach it whilst I'm mid wee!!
Cubicles that can fit a toddler and parent in easily rather than having to do the shuffle