Green Mom: Testing the Water

On the way to a recent doctor’s appointment, my son decided to dirty his diaper just as we were arriving. Since the doctor’s office was inside a hospital, I figured there would be a changing table inside the lobby bathroom. Wrong! So I looked around thinking I didn’t want to change him out in the open (it was a dirty diaper if you catch my drift), nor did I want to put him on my lap or the floor of the bathroom, so I placed him on the narrow piece of counter between the two sinks and hoped no one would come in. While I was in the process of discovering the wipes in my bag were mostly dried out, and balancing my son’s body on the counter, he nonchalantly waved his hand under the sink. Because it was a motion sensor sink, the water turned on, getting his arm and sleeve all wet. Thinking it was fun, he kept doing it over and over until his diaper was changed. Needless to say, we wasted a lot of water and needed an outfit change too. You would think a hospital of all places would have an easier, more sanitary place to change diapers.