toilet tales

Every Thursday we go to playgroup by train. We walk 12mins to the station, catch a JR train for 10mins, then change to catch a different JR line 3mins to our final destinaton. Usually as we are changing platforms, K says she wants to go to the toilet. About a month ago, I found they had built a fab new, clean, big baby's room within the JR station area. It has 4 nappy change stations, a nursing room with 3 seperate mini rooms inside, lounge chairs provided, hot water to miz bottles etc with, and a mummy/baby toilet that you is not only big enough to manouver around with a pram, but also has a kiddy's toilet in it. Very cool. Every time we stop here, K piddles and we all get very excited.

And the thing is - it is always empty! No one seems to use this great baby room. Well, until the last couple of times, when I have got there and the toilet is engaged (there is only one toilet in the room). Fair enough, we can wait. BUT how pissed off was I when an old lady came hobbling out of the toilet almost 5 minutes later. There is a disabled toilet and womens toilets less than 5m away that surely she could have used...it actually stands out MORE than the baby room. But, whatever, she is old and decrepid, maybe she could't wait, give her the benefit of the doubt. But the next week, the toilet was engaged again. This time a very nice looking, well dressed 50yo-ish woman comes out of the toilet. She looks at me, then K and says "there is a kiddy's toilet in there" and I turned to her and said "yes, that is why I think it is a bit strange that someone like you is using it!"

And while we are on the subject, I can't remember how many times similar middle-aged women have jumped the queque and used the disabled toilets. Fair enough if they are quick about it, but they take FOREVER! What the hell are they doing in there...apart from folding the tip of the toilet paper into a nice little triangle shape for easy use next time?

I guess now that K is out of nappies during the day (we still have training pants on when we go out, but regular undies at home) I am seeing much more of the inside of various toilets! She even woke up this morning with a dry nappy! yay for her. She is doing really well, and I think has finally got the grasp of it. Granted we are still having some issues with the number 2, but we are getting there.