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[–]lefterfield 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Do fathers of babies just walk into women's bathrooms and change their baby's diapers in there? I could've sworn that the only time this may happen is if the bathroom is a family bathroom no?

I don't know if it's a thing, but I can say in almost 40 years of life, I have never, anywhere, seen a father do this. They always use the family restrooms. I wouldn't oppose them doing it, though, if they had no other options. And they should have other options! The only time I can remember a male being in the women's restroom(for legitimate reasons) was an elderly couple where the husband was in a wheelchair and quite obviously dependent on the wife. And also a place with no family restrooms.

[–]Kai_Decadence[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing and yeah, there really should be more options for men who want to care for their baby. Thankfully where I live, most places do have a family bathroom.

[–]MarkTwainiac 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've never, ever seen this happen or even heard of it happen either, and I'm over 65!

[–]TheOnyxGoddess 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Neither have I. In fact I've never seen any mother or father change their child's diapers in any restrooms, which is a good choice because restrooms aren't very sanitary and there's very little room to do so. I think I did glimpse a mother change her baby's diaper in the back seat of her car and this was parked in front of a large Mcdonalds, with a large restroom, in one of those motorway areas (where there is a petrol station and some fast food places around to cater for travellers that need to stop and rest) on my way to said McDonalds to use the toilet. Parents that are prepared usually have something like a towel or blanket which they put their baby on top of to change the diaper.