The cheers for the Canberra Centre baby change rooms?

We think the CC change rooms are excellent. Having moved here from north queensland where two shopping centres out of three have no change facilities other than a drop down table in the disabled toilets, we were impressed! Heard someone complaining in CC room recently about how sub standard the room was? I would be interested to see the change rooms this person had experienced.

We never stay for long though, but then again why would you want to?

No matter how nice they are, you’re sitting there and someone comes in with a problem that can clear a room ….

In my experience, on weekends they are absolutely feral, peg the nose kind of feral

Much better than those at Belconnen Mall

johnboy said :

The newer toilets in the recent part of the building are quite palatial.

They may be palatial, but the users tend to leave them in a less than desirable state the vast majority of the time.

Sammy said :

I assume that those waterless urinals are flushed periodically by the cleaner

Defence was using special bactieria destroying ‘urnial cakes’ as a water saving ploy until some bright spark worked out that the chemicals in these environmentaly safe ‘cakes’ were eating throug the pipes in record time. It cost less to flush than replace the plumbing.

I don’t like baby change rooms. Last time I was feeding a baby in the Westfield Woden change room near Wendy’s, someone else had reported a private cubicle being locked for about 45 minutes, and thought maybe someone needed help… turns out the person in the cubicle didn’t even have any children with them, I’d rather not speculate on why someone would want a private cubicle for that long…

For nappy changes, I have a blanket in the car boot to lie baby on.
As for breastfeeding, there’s no way I’m giving my baby his lunch in a room that smells like a toilet. I do it in the cafe while I have my own lunch, all nice and civilised (and time-saving – gets both of us fed at once).

Has anyone else used the parents room at Babys R Us at the airport?

My god. There is no ventilation at all in the room and the stench of dirty nappies, coupled with the hideous fragrance that is constantly pumped into the room, makes it incredibly inhospitable.

I actually started getting a headache and felt dizzy while trapped in there waiting for my wife to breastfeed. In the end we had to open up the door and get some air in there for fear of passing out.

Surely a room like that must legally have some form of ventilation?

My favourite parents room so far is the one at Westfield Woden near Wendy’s. Sure it’s a bit clinical with the cool temperature and hard surfaces, but it’s clean, well ventilated and they have little private cubicles for breastfeeding. There’s also a microwave for reheating a TV dinner 🙂

I assume that those waterless urinals are flushed periodically by the cleaner

you don’t have to tell me. I’d better stop, otherwise I will be in it…

peterh said :

how do they keep the urinals clean?

no water urinals, what do they clean em with?

Baby Pooh. It’s corrosive.

peterh said :

how do they keep the urinals clean?

no water urinals, what do they clean em with?

Urine

how do they keep the urinals clean?

no water urinals, what do they clean em with?

The newer toilets in the recent part of the building are quite palatial.

sounds much better than the rest of the toilets in the Canberra Centre.

meh.

baby change rooms are somewhere i try to visit as quickly as possible. the main problem that all of these facilities have is the frequency of the nappy bins being emptied.

if they were changed at least 3 times a day, I would have a better experience. Every time I go to the change rooms in any of the shopping centres, I am greeted by the stench of an overflowing (uuurgh) nappy bin.

they spray deodorisers in these rooms, but it doesn’t overwhelm the smell. clean should include these bins.

Excellent, spacious and well lit. A lot of the new rooms are dimly lit for the feeding infants. Makes things dingy though.

I disagree. I find the table is much to small for someone of my height (6″ 5in).