When Diaper Duty Calls...

If I'm somewhere without a changing table, I change her in the back of our van. Lie down a blanket, plop her down, no harm done. I've had to change her on a bathroom floor once, even with a blanket, and it just felt gross.

Only once have I been somewhere without a changing table, a restaurant of all places. I ran out to the car and changed LO on the backseat. If I couldn't run out to the car? I guess I would lay his stroller seat back, turn it away from as many people as possible, and get it done as quick as possible.

on a table in a restaurant?? heck no! in the middle of a store? no! that is gross. and it is not respectful to your little child. change them in a bathroom or go to a fitting room and shut the door. don't just plop down wherever for everyone to see. i have changed my child in my vehicle before at the park when there was no bathroom. but i put a changing pad down and i made sure my child's private parts stayed private.

worst place EVER is I was at a restaurant with my family and when I went to the bathroom there was no changing table wall attachment...I mean really people!! So I went into the stall for the disabled and lay my jacket on the floor with my daughter on top and changed her as fast as possible...NEVER AGAIN!! The only reason I did it because it was a major stinky poo!!!

I never changed my baby on a tabletop or in a restaurant. If there was a bathroom with no changing table I would put the changing pad down on the floor that was in my diaper bag and change my baby that way. I also would change my babies diaper in the back seat of my car. Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do. I would feel so bad if my baby got diaper rash because I waited too long because the bathroom did not have a changing table for me to use.

um... yeah, this is a touchy subject, since everyone will have very different opinions on this... Me, personally? I do NOT change diapers in public (public=restaurant, store, office.) I don't do this because: It's disrespectful to my child and those around, it's a sure-fire way to spread germs to others and ourselves (need a sink & a place that gets sanitized), and because there's a bathroom *somewhere*. When the situation arises, I either find a restroom or go home--just depends on the severity of it and where I'm located. I have NEVER changed a diaper on a tabletop or on public seating. I always carry sanitizer, wipes, and paper towels, & bags in the diaper bag. I honestly don't even change diapers in front of company at my own house; privacy & personal space is important for both baby and guests.

Why is it such a struggle.....this is what a changing pad is for.....gotta go? Then ya gotta go!