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2nd Trimester
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Changing baby in public restroom?
Switzerland
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The thought of changing my baby in a public restroom grosses me out to no end. The nicest restroom I have seen for changing a baby is a Nordstroms and I won't have a Nordstroms every time.
All these diaper bags come with changing pads but the thought of rolling up the changing pad back into the bag after it had been contaminated with whatever in the restroom grosses me out.
So, I have another idea...am I off the wall... what about using the disposable puppy pee pads to lay down as the changing pad and then throwing away when finished -- seems to be the most sanitary thing I can think of...thoughts? I know it's not very "green" but what do others plan to do when they have to change a diaper on the go?
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Re: Changing baby in public restroom?
I have been a nanny for awhile.... What I do is lay down some paper towels from the bathroom and put the changing pad on top of that. That way the changing pad never touches the gross changer....and you really aren't wasting a lot of paper towels.
We also have a clorox spray we clean the changing pad with all the time.
I'm pretty sure you can find disposable changing pads (along the same lines as the disposable table place mats and bibs).. perhaps you can look for those.?
Or, you could just wipe down the surface of the changing table before laying down your changing mat. Seems easy enough, and you'd only be using one wipe (you could even keep a small thing of antibacterial wipes in your bag for just this purpose). ?
The O'Baby Blog
That thought never even crossed my mind. But now that it just did. Eww.
i had a very large baby changing pad and when i was done i use a baby wipe to clean the side the baby was changes on and i had an antibacterial spray i used on the other side ( not lysol it was like the hand sanitizer in spray form) i plan to do this again.
i think a baby might try and put that puppy pad paper in their mouth. babies are super grabby.
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Public restrooms gross me out so I always tried to avoid them at all costs. I tried really hard never to change Jack in a public bathroom. It had to happen in airports and a handful of times over his two and half years of being in a diaper. I was usually in a situation where I could throw his Skip Hop Pronto changer in the back of my car and change him there. Otherwise, the Skip Hop has sides that cover the parts of a changer where every kid touches. I'd hand Jack my cell to play with to keep his hands occupied as much as possible. Then I would spray off the back side of the changer before putting it away.
The thought of maneuvering enough to wipe down a changer with wipes before setting everything up seems really difficult when you have you and a baby and a bag to me anyway. I like the idea of the disposable pads. I'll have a few of those next time around for laying under my Skip Hop.
I am completely grossed out by the idea of touching my baby with clorox-y hands. I don't want those kinds of chemicals near my baby.
On the other hand, standard changing pads gross me out too because a lot of them can't be washed, just wiped down. I have one from a cloth diaper store that is waterproof fabric on one side and fleece on the other so it can be thrown in the washer.
You could always just put the used changing pad in a bag so it does not contaminate anything else in your bag.
Or if you're out for a long time, carry several receiving blankets and just use those as changing pads and stick them in a ziploc bag once you've used them.
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