Do you use the changing tables in the public bathrooms?
2007-12-21 10:35:21 · 9 answers · asked by georgia_peach 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
My son's are nine, six, and three. The only times I ever used the changing tables were if I was at the movie theatre or an amusement park... somewhere I was going to be for a while.
My two older son's and myself are what you might call germophomic's.
In public I would change my son in the van - I hated using the public changing tables.
2007-12-21 10:37:49 · update #1
I've used it once because there was not another place I could change his diaper, as I was walking. When that happens, I bring a changing pad and then put it in another bag to disinfect it later. Usually I'' do it in the car right before I go in the market or something. Those things are so dirty!! I'm not even a germophobe!
2007-12-21 10:38:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anthony's Mommy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most of the places around here have disposable pads to put down on the change table so those I don't mind. If they don't have them then I'll use my own changing pad. Sometimes baby needs to be changed and I can't always go out to my vehicle to do it (plus it's winter here and the car would be too cold!). When I've had to I've thrown a receiving blanket down on the floor with the change pad on top of it (stupid Tim Horton's with no baby changing station!!).
However I am not a germaphobic. I certainly am conscious of the cleanliness level of where my son goes but if I don't allow him to be exposed to germs he won't develop a strong immune system.
2007-12-21 21:49:58 · answer #2 · answered by babybugs1980 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have good reason to not want to use them. My niece contracted a roto virus and the only place we could pin point it too was a public bathroom as my sister was soo cautious about everything.
I have used changing tables in public places but only after I took out my lysol wipes, and put down my own changing pad and it was typically when it was an emergency.
2007-12-21 18:42:00 · answer #3 · answered by mjoy2685 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
when i really have to- sometimes i jsut change my son in the car- they sell those little disposable baggies that you can put used diapers in- half the time when i want to use those they dont have a liner- but what ya gonna do? i cant let my son sit in a wet or dirty diaper
i would rather do it in the car as well
2007-12-21 18:38:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes But I use a changing pad too on top of it.
2007-12-21 19:10:47 · answer #5 · answered by Lina's Mommy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i always used them when out. thats what the changing pad in my diaper bag was for
the rotovirus is air born also, could have been picked up any where
2007-12-21 18:55:34 · answer #6 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if I have to. I'll make sure to lay a receiving blanket on the changing table so he's not actually touching it.
2007-12-21 18:44:30 · answer #7 · answered by Dani 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I always carried a small container of clorox wipes with me and if I or a friend ever needed to use them I first wipe them with the wipes then put down a recv blanket and then will use them. Other than that heck no, you don't know what others have used them for and what they have put on them.
2007-12-21 18:41:13 · answer #8 · answered by H mom of 3 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i think its kinda wierd when people watch you and I know they're babies but its kinda ughh! I dont have kids but I wouldn;t wanna change em in public it seems wrong. Would you do that to your 5 year old/?
2007-12-21 18:40:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋