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baby change en · NOUN

Etymology

From baby + change.

Meanings

1. (UK, informal) A room or enclosure (such as a private cubicle) that contains a baby's changing table; (loosely) any baby-changing area.
   • We walked into the baby change.
   • May I express my thanks to the lady who handed in my sister's lost handbag in CMK on October 2? […] It seemed she had left it in the baby change in Midsummer place. 2008 October 15, S. Turner, “Bags of thanks”, in David Gale, editor, MK News, number 319, Milton Keynes, England, page 4:
   • Posting on social media, the 19-year-old [Julia Horton] said: 'It was unacceptable to (do this) in the baby change in Gosport Asda. They refused to get out while my seven-month-old had a dirty nappy for half an hour.' 2021 June 25, Hollie Busby, quoting Julia Horton, “Horrified Gosport mum disgusted after 'teenage couple had sex in baby change room' while infant waited 30 minutes for nappy change”, in The News, Portsmouth, England:
   • picture the scene - very busy McDonalds restaurant on the A303 services. queue for the ladies' loo. disabled toilet and baby change next to the ladies' loo. 2007 August 19, @theUrbanDryad, “to want to use the baby changing room?”, in Mumsnet, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2026:
   • In the post, she [Amy Mitchell] wrote: "If you’re a parent, I'd boycott the toilets up beside Vue Cinema as they think it's acceptable to stick CCTV in the BABY CHANGE. Spoke to the deputy manager who informed me they don't face the toilets only the inside of the door to monitor who’s going in & out – if that’s the case put a camera outside the toilet?!" […] 2024 April 12, Caitlyn Dewar, quoting Amy Mitchell, “'No crime' found after concerns raised about CCTV in baby changing area”, in STV News, Glasgow, Scotland:
   • Probably no surprise to anyone to find Pizza Express as baby/child friendly. The branch on Abbeville Rd SW4 does not disappoint in this respect. No specific baby change that I could see, but ample space between the sinks in the ladies. 2001 November 4, @Bossykate, “Anyone know any baby friendly restaurants in South London?”, in Mumsnet, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2026:
2. (UK, informal, rare) Synonym of baby-changing station (“a baby's changing table”).
   • It's 2015. I physically lift my disabled 5 year old daughter out of her wheelchair and place her on the baby change so I can sort her toileting needs. I look at her, my growing child and wonder how it can be that I didn't realise that disabled toilets weren't fit for so many disabled people. I resolve to try and change the world, because if I don't do something then my daughter's world will shrink. 2021 November 14, Lorna Fillingham, “Spotlight on... Campaigning”, in Engaged, Changing Places, page 2:
   • We walked into the baby change. Ouch!
   • Anyone, baby up to adult, can use an adult sized changing bench, however a twelve year old does not fit on a baby change and we'll break ourselves (thereby needing far more social care) rather than lie our son on a dirty public toilet floor. 2018 October 14, [Anonymous] "Member of the public", “Written submission on Enforcing the Equality Act: the law and the role of the EHRC inquiry”, in Women and Equalities Committee:

Forms

Synonyms

baby-changing station · baby-changing station

Translations (4)

cmn 育嬰室 /育婴室 (room) · cmn 更換尿布處 /更换尿布处 (room) · fi vauvanhoitohuone (room) · fi vaipanvaihtopiste (room)