[Jane Jetson]

Why, who's peeking behind the curtain to see how the bub is being fed?

They're for parents who want to feed their babies, doesn't matter how.

[~Nodnol~]

Having a BF baby who struggled to gain weight and was easily distracted I would not mind at all if a bottle-feeding mum/dad needed to use the room in order to get the milk into their LO!

Sometimes if necessary I would use the disabled toilet to feed DD if I had to
Every so often I'd check for a disabled person waiting outside but hey, she was underweight and needed to be fed then!

Yeah, **** the disabled. My kid needs to be fed.


Seriously how hard is it to understand? People with disabilities have NO OTHER OPTION. Unlike the rest of us, who could, gee I don't know, walk out and feed in the car if distraction is a problem?

[ShockPop]

What Nodnol said.

[tibs]

The ones in our shopping centre have signs on the cubicle doors saying 'mums only' and an icon that resembles a woman standing and holding a baby to her breast so this suggests to me they are more for breastfeeding mothers rather than a parent who is bottle feeding.

At the other shopping centre I sometimes go to there are no signs so I'd say there anything goes. I have had many problems trying to feed there as the only chairs in the parents room are in the curtained cubicles and they are usually occupied by parents bottle feeding babies who are still sitting in their pram/stroller (with the curtains wide open for those thinking I'm peeking behind them). Not exactly something a breastfeeding mother has the luxury of doing and very frustrating when you have a screaming newborn and a ratty toddler who needs to be contained within 4 walls and no chair to sit on to feed

[BadKitteh]

Having a BF baby who struggled to gain weight and was easily distracted I would not mind at all if a bottle-feeding mum/dad needed to use the room in order to get the milk into their LO!

Sometimes if necessary I would use the disabled toilet to feed DD if I had to
Every so often I'd check for a disabled person waiting outside but hey, she was underweight and needed to be fed then!

Of course your child's needs are much more important than those of someone who may have needed to use the disabled bathroom. Why couldn't you have gone somewhere else quite? Why should someone who rightfully needs to use a disabled bathroom have to urinate on themselves or sh*t themselves because of you?

[futureself]

Oh god not this thread too!

*runs screaming for the hills*

Yes,but it is Friday though so at least it's not out of the blue.

[Baggy]

very frustrating when you have a screaming newborn and a ratty toddler who needs to be contained within 4 walls and no chair to sit on to feed

It's not the end of the world if the cubicles are taken though?

If a cubicle was taken I used to just stand and feed or crouch and feed. If she was tired and not overly bothered about what's going on around her then I used to feed her where ever I was (food court, Big W, Whatever). And food/crayons always worked to keep my toddler occupied while I was feeding.

Feeding rooms are just a luxury not a necessity.

I never used them to feed. The smell! That's the only reason I can imagine a bottle feeding mum would use one. Maybe the curtain helps to block the stench a bit.

While I have been to some horrible ones (and walked straight out) I have also been to some nice ones too.

[bikingbubs]

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The ones in our shopping centre have signs on the cubicle doors saying 'mums only' and an icon that resembles a woman standing and holding a baby to her breast so this suggests to me they are more for breastfeeding mothers rather than a parent who is bottle feeding.

Does this mean I can only use the normal ladies toilet if im wearing a dress that resembles that on the sign??

[wish*upon*a*star]

I live in a large regional town that has one parent room in the entire town- two large shopping centres have a baby change table in the female toilets and that is it.
I feed my DD in the car when I am out as I am still not confident to feed in public.
When I have been to other towns I have admired the luxury of parent rooms and how great they are for breast and bottle fed babies and mums

[trishalishous]

DD was easily distracted, and went through a phase were she needed privacy to feed.
so i have no issue with any mum using the cubicles