On Diaper Changing in Public.

My least favorite part of motherhood is diaper changes. No, I'm not alligator wrestling; Anakin just has a dirty diaper. Lately I've been noticing that people have been going crazy about diaper changing in public. There was even a picture going around on Tumblr that featured a woman changing her child's diaper on a fast food restaurant's table. I am in no place to judge because shit happens...literally. If you ever find yourself in that position, here are a few options

• Change the child in the bathroom's diaper table. If there's not a diaper table, find a discreet area that would can sanitize before and after and change the child. 
• If there's a "poop-splosion", wipe off everywhere (& everyone) that got covered in poop & change the child in your car & go home. Everyone could benefit from and bath. I think Anakin enjoys baths more than playgrounds, but that could just be him. 
• Carry a potable diaper station. I have one because I had trouble finding a cute diaper bag. I can hold wipes, about four diapers and other baby things in a case I can roll up and fit in my purse. It even has a pad I can change Anakin on.  (purchase here) I usually chose changing him in the car over the bathroom because the toilet flushing scares him. 

Honestly, as long as a person is keeping the area where they change their baby clean, I don't care where it is. As a parent I know that you can not plan for everything, children do not have a script. But this is what you don't do:

On Friday evening, Ruth Burgos of Denver changed her one-year-old son’s diaper on the seating area of a Starbucks because there was no changing area in the bathroom. An employee tossed a rag at Burgos, according to her husband Alex, and told her in a “demeaning” tone that she should sanitize the seat. “He said make sure to wipe the seat when you’re done,” Alex Burgos recounted. “They started talking amongst themselves and laughing about it.”

So her husband, naturally, decided to pour his venti coffee all over the floor. “And I said make sure you clean that,” he said. Employees and Alex Burgos then “exchanged strong words and hand gestures.” Starbucks responded, rightfully so, by calling police on them. (thefrisky)

Everything about that is grody. If the people at Starbucks were really being demeaning, that sucks. But pouring your coffee everywhere is immature and wasteful, two traits you do not want to teach your kid
I don't change my son in public because he goes crazy and it looks like I'm alligator wrestling. However, in my younger and more vulnerable years* as a parent, I did and a woman helped me change him in the bathroom. Like I said earlier, Anakin is afraid of toilets. She helped me calm him down, I love people like that. She didn't have to help me and she did. I want to help new moms too, she inspired me.

*I am shocked The Great Gatsby is getting terrible movie reviews. I just want Leo to get his Oscar!