not nice for mamas and babies. i had breakfast at blue dog bakery this morning with two friends and brought my 3 month old son along. at three months he doesn't do anything disruptive unless he has a pressing need (food or diaper). he had a wet diaper while we were there. i went to the bathroom to change him. there was no changing station and the "counter" for the sink was very small and cluttered. i stepped out and asked the woman working the counter where i could change him and she gestured to the air and said, "where ever you can". the office space at blue dog is an open space so i laid my son with a changing pad under him on the desk and started to change him. a man in a blue dog t-shirt with a beard told me i couldn't change him there because of "cleanliness". i asked where i could change him. he indicated that i should change him on the floor. "the floor??" i asked. he stated that he has children and he and his wife always having a changing pad and that i could not change him on any surface in the building so... i guess if he wants to change his baby on the floor of a restaurant, that is his business but i was unwilling to do that for obvious reasons-even with a changing pad which i had with me. i went out and changed him on the front seat of the car. i was lucky that it wasn't raining and that i had friends to watch my things so i didn't have to take the car seat, diaper bag and my purse out with me to change his diaper and then bring it allbackit.
this is not the first time staff at blue dog as been rude. this experience tells me they don't really want mothers with babies for customers. i am pretty angry about this and i hope that other mothers can use this knowledge before they are put in the situation i was in and choose another eatery with a baby-friendly setup.