Any time you travel with a small child it ups the ante a bit. Did you bring enough stuff to entertain them? Did you pack the right snacks? Should you have brought an extra change of clothes just in case? Is it now customary to hand out small bags full of ear plugs and treats for all of the passengers for daring to leave your house to use a public form of transportation?
It’s enough to stress you out before you even get down the street. But one of the trickiest parts of traveling with small children of the opposite gender is figuring out public bathrooms. It’s usually fairly simple for moms, bathrooms for women have changing tables installed for babies and disabled individuals . They’re also usually kept fairly clean and women visiting the facilities think twice about a little boy going into the women’s bathroom with his mom.
Dads on the other hand aren’t always comfortable bringing their daughters into the men’s room with them. Plus rumor has it that men’s rooms aren’t always the cleanest for girls to go potty.