Paris General Tips by ChicBaby

Favorite Thing: Yes, there is an elevator and we used it with our toddler in the stroller. It will only take you to the museum and the (small) gift store. You'll have to walk about 2 more flight of stairs to get to the top for the wonderful view. The elevator is reserved for stroller, elderly, and wheelchairs.


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Favorite Thing: You should bring a stroller that you'll be able to collapse and carry. If the stroller does not have a carry strap, most don't, don't worry. You can make one. Simply take a shoulder strap from one of your bags and clip it on. My husband created fabric anchors to clip on two straps that worked like a backpack. We brought our Maclaren Techno XT 2004. This stroller is as wide as you should bring if you plan on squeezing through some of the turnstiles at the Metro (important to consider as you might have to do it!). This stroller is not superlight and there are much lighter ones, but there is a suspension system and larer wheels that did well on the regular cobble stones and dirt in Paris. If you're traveling during the cold and wet season, a plastic rain cover does wonders to stop the rain and cut out on the cold wind, which is what your child will call "the" wind chill factor. Your child will be spending a lot of time in there hopefully napping, so make sure it reclines if you want it to. Finally, don't use a blanket to keep your child warm in the stroller, use a bunting of some sort (i.e. Bundle Me) so they can't throw it into the street or kick it off.


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Favorite Thing: We were a bit disappointed by the toilets at Altitude 95. They were very dark, the paint color and lighting was dim, dirty and it smelled like urine. One of the toilets in the women’s room could not flush and the floor and counter by the sink was wet. I suppose no one was attending to the bathroom that day, but I was hoping for at least a clean floor or dry counter to change a diaper on my son.


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Favorite Thing: Quick Burger was the only restaurant we ran into that had a changing table. Everywhere else did not have a changing table. In most places, there is no room in the stalls or much of any counter space near the sinks. I am lucky that my son can stand and he cooperates most of the time while we change him. Most of the time, we would change him in the sink area of the toilet area. This are is usually a common area and depending upon our son’s mood and what was in the diaper, my husband and I would both go and change the diaper. We would have one person make sure he would stay standing up and not run off and touch anything nasty. The other person would have to work quick to clean and change the diaper. We’re pretty good at this now and can get this done very quickly.


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Favorite Thing: The toilets at Notre Dame do not have a changing table (get used to it!) and the stalls which also have sinks and blowers do not have any room for changing diapers. The only other option is to change a diaper near the sitting area or hallway leading up to the toilets. You have no other option and you can go to a corner. You probably won’t bring your stroller here because there are about a flight of stairs to get to the hallway leading to the toilets. If you can change your baby in the stroller (recline it all the way and just do it), I would do it up in the square. If you don’t want to go down to the toilets because there will be people down there and they will stare and look at you…Change the baby in the square or on a bench. I did it very quickly on a park bench and I saw another couple changing a tiny baby in the stroller. It was cold, but sometimes you just can’t take the public staring. Also, obviously you can change the diaper in the church itself. It is quite dark in there, but there are always tons of people. Finding a space without getting in the way of camera may be difficult!


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