Using disable toilet...

[lightweight]

Disabled toilet often also has the baby changing in it. Wouldn't hesitate to go in there if no alternative

 

[MrsPear]

Disabled toilet everytime. I've never even questioned it to be honest. I'd be really surprised if I was expected to leave a baby unattended to use the toilet.

Plus, a lot of changing facilities are in disabled loos especially where the other toilets upstairs. I guess I just assumed it was expected I should use them?

 

[angel2010]

Most of the changing tables here are in the disabled stall so I always use them with lo. I will use them as well if only I need to go and he is in the stroller.

 

[Dk1234]

Here disabled stalls are usually the baby changing ones and I have no problem BFing in one or changing a diaper in one. As far as I'm concerned they are not just disabled toilets they are also changing rooms. I would of course let a disabled person to in front of me or if someone came in and I knew it I would hurry.

 

[LilyValley]

I was wondering about the public toilet thing, it's awful when you can't fit the pushchair in! I think sometime ex I'll just end up holding it, makes me not want to go out though because my bladder is still as bad as it was whilst I was pregnant!

The Radar Key scheme is in place to ensure that disabled people have access to a clean and available toilet at all times. It's not a physical 'key', it's a card (as far as I am aware) that you show to have the toilet unlocked for you. It's kept locked to prevent people who are not disabled from using it and so that someone from the establishment has to lock it, ensuring that the state of it is monitored at all times. I don't use disabled toilets, purely because if a disabled person was needing to use it I would feel terrible. I'm not by any way judging those who do but my husband has disability which requires him to have immediate access to a toilet, he is also very prone to infection which is another reason the Radar Key scheme works so well (fewer people using it, more frequently cleaned).

There should be a toilet in every baby change facility, or there should be a toilet cubicle that is for people with pushchairs. We need something!

 

[readytotry]

Disabled people fought long and hard to have accessible toilets. I would only ever use one to quickly change baby as last resort. I wish companies would stop putting baby change in them.

 

[skunkpixie]

I would use the disabled no worries. Luckily our shopping centre has a really good baby and parent area. With lots of changing tables, large parent and child toilet (enough room for a buggy etc), and a curtained feeding area with a telly! x

 

[Sproglet]

I was wondering about the public toilet thing, it's awful when you can't fit the pushchair in! I think sometime ex I'll just end up holding it, makes me not want to go out though because my bladder is still as bad as it was whilst I was pregnant!

The Radar Key scheme is in place to ensure that disabled people have access to a clean and available toilet at all times. It's not a physical 'key', it's a card (as far as I am aware) that you show to have the toilet unlocked for you. It's kept locked to prevent people who are not disabled from using it and so that someone from the establishment has to lock it, ensuring that the state of it is monitored at all times. I don't use disabled toilets, purely because if a disabled person was needing to use it I would feel terrible. I'm not by any way judging those who do but my husband has disability which requires him to have immediate access to a toilet, he is also very prone to infection which is another reason the Radar Key scheme works so well (fewer people using it, more frequently cleaned).

There should be a toilet in every baby change facility, or there should be a toilet cubicle that is for people with pushchairs. We need something!

No, you can get an actual key that unlocks certain disabled toilets- usually those that don't have an attendant eg public toilets in town centres, bus stops, that sort of thing.

I don't like using disabled toilets either, I am aware that some people have a medical condition that means when they need to go, they need to go very quickly. But if there's no where else to change baby or I'm on my own and there's nowhere else to go, then I'll use one but be quick. I won't use a disabled toilet to feed Robyn, as I can do that elsewhere.