https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:08:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-ny-or-city-moms-where-do-you-change-your-lo-in-public#post-845413 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:10:36 +0000 plantains 845413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Floor, lap, patch of grass. Honestly, i just make it work somehow wherever I am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-ny-or-city-moms-where-do-you-change-your-lo-in-public#post-842808 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:14:57 +0000 nycbee 842808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for the input, ladies! </p> <p>@Mauri - I didn't realize Starbucks have changing tables! The things you don't notice when you don't have kids!</p> <p>@lamariniere - good idea re: hotel bathrooms! that's my go-to when i'm out &amp; need to use the bathroom myself :)</p> <p>I've def changed LO in her stroller when I've had it, but at some point I'll need to venture into Manhattan from Queens in the subway with just a carrier (like the Baby K'Tan). </p> <p>I think the floor is the likely candidate for when there isn't an appropriate place to change LO. </p> <p>I bought disposable pads, so perhaps I can put that under the changing pad since public bathroom floors scare me! It's fairly big so hopefully she won't be all touching the floor while she squirms (yuk!)<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Munchkin-Arm-Hammer-Disposable-Changing/dp/B002KCMSPQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1370786995&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=disposable+changing+pads" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Munchkin-Arm-Hammer-Disposable-Changing/dp/B002KCMSPQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1370786995&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=disposable+changing+pads</a></p> <p>LO is young yet for changing standing up - we need to work on her holding her own head up first! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-ny-or-city-moms-where-do-you-change-your-lo-in-public#post-832153 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:18:45 +0000 bunnylove08 832153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've changed her on my lap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-ny-or-city-moms-where-do-you-change-your-lo-in-public#post-831913 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:24:28 +0000 sorrycharlie 831913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I change her in the stroller. I absolutely wouldn't do a bathroom floor cause she flips and touches everything, and I can't wrangle her legs, bum AND keep her hands out of her mouth haha.</p> <p>I'd also try to find a changing room if possible </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-ny-or-city-moms-where-do-you-change-your-lo-in-public#post-831854 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 06:17:48 +0000 looch 831854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the hotel idea is great, usually there are bathrooms in the reception floors!</p> <p>I am a huge advocate of learning how to change while the babe is standing up, it's actually not that complicated, even when they're not standing on their own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-ny-or-city-moms-where-do-you-change-your-lo-in-public#post-831840 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 05:27:46 +0000 mauri 831840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't had to change my son in public yet (he's only a month old) but I've noticed that the Starbucks in NYC all have changing stations. That will probably be my go to spot. I would not feel comfy using tables/booths in restaurants. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-ny-or-city-moms-where-do-you-change-your-lo-in-public#post-831715 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:23:00 +0000 MaisyMay 831715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've done the stroller thing, mall bench, on my lap. You find a way to make it work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-ny-or-city-moms-where-do-you-change-your-lo-in-public#post-831708 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:10:29 +0000 lamariniere 831708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've done the bathroom floor countless times, but some are too gross, even with a pad underneath. When we lived in NYC, my main places were Barnes and Noble, Whole Foods, babies r us/buy buy baby, some of the baby gaps have restrooms, department stores, park benches when it was warm enough. You could probably slip into a hotel too. They might not have changing stations, but the floor would be cleaner than a restaurant floor. </p> <p>We changed in the stroller a few times too when we were sure it wasn't poo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-ny-or-city-moms-where-do-you-change-your-lo-in-public#post-831436 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:23:35 +0000 tororojo 831436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's okay to do it in a booth/on a bench type chair in an eating establishment, but I wouldn't do it on the table. I did it in the food court at the mall the other day (in a booth) and couldn't decide if the people I was with were judging me or not! Dressing room sounds like a good idea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-ny-or-city-moms-where-do-you-change-your-lo-in-public#post-831370 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:59:24 +0000 Pink Champagne 831370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I second the bathroom floor- as bad as it is to kneel on the floor, as baby gets bigger there's no way you'll be able to change them on your lap. Might as well get used to it from the start. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-ny-or-city-moms-where-do-you-change-your-lo-in-public#post-831360 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:57:36 +0000 wheres_c 831360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely not in a restaurant on a chair. I try to look for a Macy's, or large department store....or fast food / chain restaurant that is likely to have a changing table. Otherwise a dressing room works too. Worse case in a bathroom but luckily I've always found a changing table after a few tries... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-ny-or-city-moms-where-do-you-change-your-lo-in-public#post-831289 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:35:23 +0000 hilsy85 831289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've done it on bathroom floors (on top of the changing pad) and in top of the toilet lid. You do what you gotta do!</p> <p>Eta I wouldn't change lo in a restaurant chair, I personally think that's gross if people are eating right there... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-ny-or-city-moms-where-do-you-change-your-lo-in-public#post-830956 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:11:27 +0000 aprk 830956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband has done that in the bathroom ... not ideal, but you gotta do what you gotta do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-ny-or-city-moms-where-do-you-change-your-lo-in-public#post-830923 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:59:51 +0000 nycbee 830923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>FTM here - so question, where do you change your LO if you're out and about with just a carrier &amp; a diaper bag?</p> <p>If there's no park bench in sight, no patch of grass, there's no Koala care thingie in the bathroom (and no sink to perch your baby on)? </p> <p>What about in a restaurant - is it gross to change your LO on a chair in the dining area?</p> <p>And what do you do when it's cold outside?</p> <p>Someone advised that I memorize the nearest Babies/Toys R Us and Barnes and Nobles, but there will be times when I'm pounding the pavement and no child-friendly bathroom in sight.</p> <p>For now, I'm thinking I find a bathroom, sit on a toilet, unfold a changing pad on my lap &amp; change that way.</p> <p>Thoughts? </p>