Question for the men

I know not many men come on here but maybe you ladies can ask your husbands this or maybe you're able to answer it but me & Dale were having a discussion tonight about what to do if he was out alone with our daughter when shes old enough to be toilet trained but too young to go into ladies room by herself. Would you ,the Dad, take her into the mens room with you? or is there something else you'd do?
Dale said he would take her into the mens room, but the thought of her being in a mens bathroom makes me uncomfertable. Whats your thought?

Edited: I just had another thought,are there changing tables in the mens room for babies? I was just thinking what if Dale was out with the baby and he has to change her diaper? If the mens room has no changing tables,whats he to do?

There are Unisex changing areas /toilets avail but not everywhere ..Phil would take Jess to the disabled toilet sometimes.

I suppose it depends what kind of place he is in. If it's a shop or a restaurant maybe he can ask a female member of staff for assistance?  I don't think taking a little girl into the men's loo is a good idea.

On the second bit, some places (like department stores) have baby changing facilities that aren't in the loos. 

Well I have seen alot of baby changing rooms close to both mens and womens toilets so it is accessible for both mums and dads.....

If he takes her out make sure he takes baby wipes and wipes down the toilet seat before he lets her sit on it!!!!

my ex use to take the girls out and he took them into the mens....and if possible he would take them into the womens as first option.....if there weren't any woman around in there....

In many states, the law says that a member of the oposite sex may take someone into the appropriate restroom for medical and/or age reasons.  So, technically, HE can take the daughter into the womens room.

Maybe the UK is the same?

The disabled toilets are a good option. Dale agrees as well. I'd hate for him to have to take her into the mens room,even if he did cover her eyes.
 But as for a baby, I've only seen a couple of baby changing rooms since I've been here. I think that the mens rooms should have a changing table in them as much as a womens bathroom does.  What do they expect a Dad to do if theres no changing rooms or unisex bathrooms. It doesn't seem fair

If it's a shop or a restaurant maybe he can ask a female member of staff for assistance?

I asked Dale this,he said he wouldn't trust any stranger to take her into the bathroom,even if it were a female. I'd agree,you never know who would do what nowadays

there are unisex changing areas now in most places but then I'm in london I don't know if that's the same throughout the UK but I'm assuming that most major cities in the UK will be equiped (fingers crossed)

I would trust giving my daughter to a female person to change her because you're assuming because they are female they know what to do..

Our local Boots & M&S have unisex baby changing, and I have seen the same in Boots in other towns.

Alicia do you mean you wouldn't trust etc?

actually just had a thought tell Dale if he's ever out and he needs to take Courtney to the loo for a baby changing just bolt for the nearest Mcdonalds...they always have a baby changing table and there's always a Mcdonalds everywhere you go!!!

Oops that's correct is should say NOT

When I was a little girl, my father was the one who took me places.  He always took me into the men's bathroom. The reason being that it is better for a little girl to be in a men's room than a grown man to be in a woman's room.  I was always safe, since my father was always with me.  

I don't see what is wrong with taking a little girl into the men's loo. It certainly didn't affect me negatively.


By the way, I had no idea that there were actually laws against going into the opposite bathroom.  I thought it was just a matter of courtesy. If there is a long line to the women's room in a restaurant or at a show, I will sometimes use the men's rather than wait, but I will always knock first to make sure it's OK. I have never had a problem.

Yup there is a law against it in the states my friend went to a basketball game and there was a huge queue for the women's the men's was empty so she bolted into the men's and got into trouble.

Yup there is a law against it in the states my friend went to a basketball game and there was a huge queue for the women's the men's was empty so she bolted into the men's and got into trouble.

When I was a kid , we were at the beach and the mens changing rooms were open but the females were closed, there was about 20 of us females waiting to get changed ,we eventually got sick of waiting for them to open up the womens room  so we all marched into the mens room and told em to get out. 

Seeing men peeing won't scar a kid for life... they might die from sitting on a public loo seat first.

Besides you can draw attention away from the line of men anyways..

I still don't sit on seats.. my parents either held me over or when I was big enough taught me to squat.  Lots of camping in the woods and french public toilets in the 1970's also taught me that.

I wouldn't worry about your husband taking her into a men's restroom.  I'm sure most men would be just as keen on her not seeing them as you are. 

lol!! Just remember a trip to Glastonbury with Jess when she was 3 ...there are private showers and communal ones. We've been going to the private ones but the queue was too long so I put on her swim costume and we went in the communal one ..Most of the folk were facing the walls so all you saw were hippy bums and she said

"HEY that girl is nekid....EVERYBODY IS NAKID!! PUT A COSTUME ON!!"

lol!!