One hot summer,
while attending a family reunion in a San Antonio theme park
with their first baby Ethan, 3 months, Ken and Jane found
themselves struggling to locate a restroom. When Jane finally did find it, the line was
extremely long. After a lengthy wait in line, the mom had no
choice but changing her baby's diaper on a dirty changing
station. Since Ethan’s
diaper needed to be changed every two hours, this became an
unbearable situation. They hoped this experience would be
limited to the theme park. However, at the mall with a group
of family members, Jane found herself having walk to the
restroom at the other end of mall on numerous occasions
while the rest of the party waited. At home, they learned
that even their favorite, privately owned, downtown
restaurant was not equipped with a changing table in its
restroom.
Experiences like these in the ensuing months forced both of
them to make a tough decision. They sold their compact car
for an SUV in the hope that the more spacious interior would
offer them a place to change Ethan’s diapers when they ran
errands or made public outings. They soon realized that this
was a temporary solution to the complex problem of changing
diapers in public places, especially when the SUV was parked
at a great distance such as at the mall. The problem
intensified when they took a vacation abroad. Many countries
do not provide facilities for parents with babies and small
children. At one point, the parents were forced to change
Ethan’s diaper on the floor of the subway station. In other
cases, they changed it on the floor in the corner of a
bookstore or at odd places in tourist hot spots, that is, as
long as the location was clean.
This perpetual dilemma became the impetus that drove the
invention of the BabyDeck™ Stroller. Ken and Jane decided
that only a portable changing station would do and that,
since the stroller is a necessity for any parent who goes
outdoors with their babies, the design would be a perfect
fit.
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