Overall: Good. Clean room with private cubicles, and all the other things you need for a snug but comfy visit. Nappy change, feeds, rest and play.
Good Points: Easy to find! Clean and in great condition. Two private feeding cubicles, with a microwave in each one. Comfortable armchairs. Curtains for privacy. Separate cubicle for nappy changes. Nappy bin right next to the change table. Clean and tidy toilet at the end of the room. Sink, soap and hand dryer. Single wall mounted activity centre against the main wall.
Bad Points: No additional powerpoints for those mums needing to express. Tiny feeding cubicles. No separate sink for food prep. No paper towels. Just one sink.
Good Points: Easy to find! Clean and in great condition. Two private feeding cubicles, with a microwave in each one. Comfortable armchairs. Curtains for privacy. Separate cubicle for nappy changes. Nappy bin right next to the change table. Clean and tidy toilet at the end of the room. Sink, soap and hand dryer. Single wall mounted activity centre against the main wall.
Bad Points: No additional powerpoints for those mums needing to express. Tiny feeding cubicles. No separate sink for food prep. No paper towels. Just one sink.
We spend loads of time in north-west Sydney, but hadn’t ventured out to Stanhope Village until yesterday. It’s really quite a nice relaxed shopping centre. The instant likeability for anyone with small children is that it’s all on ground level. No steps, stairs, escalators or lifts to navigate. This makes life so much easier for those of us with little people and prams to look after. There’s two Parent Rooms here, one at the Coles end and the other at the K-Mart end. We only reviewed the one near Coles during this visit. Spending time in the outdoor, partially covered play area took up the rest of our time. We’ll just have to come back another day to check out the other Parent Room (might check out the library across the road on that visit too!)
The Parent Rooms and toilets here are really well sign posted, which is such a relief. This room is down the hall on the right hand side, as you walk into the Coles end of the Village from the carpark. The door is one of those pesky pressurised swing doors, so you’ll probably need to use your body weight or the pram to push the door open and keep it open while you get you and your little ones inside. The last thing you want is the door to swing shut on you or your little one.
I do love finding clean, well maintained, great condition Parent Rooms. This is one of them. The feeding cubicles, furniture, play centre…everything…..is all in great condition and has been well looked after. It doesn’t make you cringe and want to get out of there asap. While the feeding cubicles really are incredibly small, that they’re in such good nick makes up for it.
There are two private feeding cubicles. Each has a curtain at the front for privacy, and inside there’s a comfy blue armchair, plus above there’s a microwave and shelf. How good is that?! It looks like mums who bottle feed are being recognised and appreciated. Even when bottle-feeding, you still like a bit of privacy for your baby.
There are two downsides, however, to these cubicles. The first being there’s no additional powerpoints for mums who need to express. The second is the cubicles are just so small!! There’s no way you can have you, baby, and your pram in the cubicle with the curtain closed. It’s just not going to happen. Either keep the pram outside the curtain, or if you’re not happy doing that, keep the curtain open and the pram half-in, half-out of the cubicle.
Past the two cubicles is the nappy change cubicle. Yep! There’s a separate cubicle for changing little bottoms. Again, it’s quite small but you’re probably not likely to want to spend anymore time in here than is essential anyway. There’s a wall mounted fold out change table, which is clean. Below and to the side is the nappy bin. Nothing more to tell.
At the very end of the room is the toilet. Like the rest of the facilities, it’s clean and in great condition. While there’s just the one toilet, there are hand rails which will be useful to little ones who need a bit of assistance getting on and off the loo. For washing hands, there’s a sink, soap and hand-dryer. Sadly no paper towels.
This really is a pretty good Parent Room. I know the other one near K-Mart is bigger and has a couple of extra features, but this one is just fine. Easy to find, in great condition, so go check it out. Let me know what you think of it too.
One reply on “Stanhope Village (Parent Room #1) – Corner Stanhope Parkway & Sentry Drive, Stanhope Gardens NSW”
Hi Bek
I've just discovered your blog and think it is a wonderful service you are providing. I'm over the parent's rooms that are simply a glorified toilet (and smell like one!) so websites like yours encourage centres to lift their act.
Our company makes the wall mounted Play Panels that feature in a lot of your reviews. I would love to tap into your network to let us know if any of our Play Panels need attention in any of the centres as sometimes there are parts missing or broken or just plain dirty. We can then contact the centre and send them spare parts, etc.
You can contact me at michelle@childfriendly.com.au.
Thanks so much and stay in touch 🙂
Michelle