Boys using ladies loos

hawk30

GwylimT wrote: »

I would much rather my baby cried than used something that is vital to a disabled person, a few seconds of crying after all won't harm them or be an inconvenience to you or others.

But why would I have a sling that I can't use (because she hated it, so it got returned) on the off chance that I might need to use the disabled loos when out. Not very MSE! In addition, many disabled loos have baby change facilities. Why would they be there if you are not meant to use them?

Indie_Kid

GwylimT wrote: »

Apparently just like those with disabilities they never left the house or wore a nappy to go out.

I vaguely remember somehow, mum managing to get a pram + at least one other child in the standard toilets. Oh silly me, we didn't have stupidly huge prams that everyone else seems to have now.

Buzzybee90

Indie_Kid wrote: »

I can't wait to go toilet and standard toilets are a big no for me due to the noise. This could mean that I will soil myself. Is that really ok?

Disabled toilets are there for disabled people to use. Not lazy people who can't be arsed to wait a few minutes. And not for parents either. Someone please tell me, what did parents do years ago?

All I'm saying is that the issues you describe above apply to people who aren't registered disabled too.

Indie_Kid

Buzzybee90 wrote: »

All I'm saying is that the issues you describe above apply to people who aren't registered disabled too.

Are they? I have problems with my bladder and bowels which means that if I've got to go, I have to go now. Not in 5 minutes time. The majority of people can wait.

Most people I know also aren't so severely sensitive to noise that they can't handle the sound of a hand drier.

GwylimT

hawk30 wrote: »

But why would I have a sling that I can't use (because she hated it, so it got returned) on the off chance that I might need to use the disabled loos when out. Not very MSE! In addition, many disabled loos have baby change facilities. Why would they be there if you are not meant to use them?

I personally have never come across a baby changing facility in a disabled toilet, the only changing facilities I have come across in a disabled toilet were designed for incontinent people who needed their sanitary wear changing, hence them being very large, low and with many straps. As a parent I have never ventured into a disabled toilet looking for a baby changing station, if there hasn't been a station in the toilet, which I have found to be rare, I have changed them on my lap in a cubicle. What I have seen in the past is people changing their children at the sink, which is disgusting.

ThumbRemote

GwylimT wrote: »

So today my wife insisted that we all go to the hell on earth that is meadowhall, anyway, as some of you may know my wife is a wheelchair user, she also struggles to get from her chair onto the loo and the other way around.

Anyway, we went to tgi Fridays for some food, they do have a disabled toilet which she tried to use, there were two children in the queue with their mums, despite my wife asking to use the disabled toilet they refused to move, upon finding a member of staff they said "oh just find one somewhere else". This was a significant distance so by the time we got back our food was cold as well.

It is really simple, if you are not disabled do not use a disabled facility, would also park in a disabled spot?

Was it a dedicated disabled toilet, or did it have the baby change facility in as well?

ThumbRemote

GwylimT wrote: »

I personally have never come across a baby changing facility in a disabled toilet, the only changing facilities I have come across in a disabled toilet were designed for incontinent people who needed their sanitary wear changing, hence them being very large, low and with many straps. As a parent I have never ventured into a disabled toilet looking for a baby changing station, if there hasn't been a station in the toilet, which I have found to be rare, I have changed them on my lap in a cubicle. What I have seen in the past is people changing their children at the sink, which is disgusting.

I have seen hundreds of disabled toilets with baby change units in. The vast majority of pubs and restaurants for a start.

GwylimT

ThumbRemote wrote: »

Was it a dedicated disabled toilet, or did it have the baby change facility in as well?

It had a huge wheelchair sign on the door and children who were at least ten queuing with mum, there was also an arrow pointing to it that had a wheelchair symbol on it. So it was very clearly a disabled toilet and they weren't queuing for a nappy change.

System

Indie_Kid wrote: »

Someone please tell me, what did parents do years ago?

Thinking back to the 70s/early 80s I remember my male cousin using the public toilets alone, and his mother waited outside for him. We used to use the toilets on our own, from about junior school age.

esmerelda98

hawk30 wrote: »

But why would I have a sling that I can't use (because she hated it, so it got returned) on the off chance that I might need to use the disabled loos when out. Not very MSE! In addition, many disabled loos have baby change facilities. Why would they be there if you are not meant to use them?

Are these the only baby changing facilities in the toilet area? Because it's not unheard of for disabled people to have babies.