Changing diapers in public can be a dilemma for the average parent, and the inventors of the BabyDeck™ Stroller Ken Chuah and Jane Khor are no exception.

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 they finally did find it, the line was extremely long. After a lengthy wait in line, they entered a filthy restroom with a dirty changing table. 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 Ken and Jane 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, Ken and Jane 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.