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\"Child's<\/a>Baby’Tems<\/strong>
\nHire baby equipment in Paris without lugging yours along!
\nBaby’Tems’ blog<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0raveling with baby tips while in Paris (in English)<\/p>\n

Changer les couches on Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es<\/strong>
\nThe words sound poetic but in reality, they mean that you are changing the baby’s diapers on the Champs- \u00c9lys\u00e9es.
\nSometimes it seems that women of the world are on a constant quest for a certain spot. Well, we have to help babies that need changing learn about this important endeavor.<\/p>\n

If it is cold outside and a Paris park bench won’t do, the task has been made easier and convenient whether you are at\u00a0Printemps<\/strong>,\u00a0Galeries Lafayette<\/strong>\u00a0or at the\u00a0PointWC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Packing the gear<\/strong>
\nTraveling with a baby can also be filled with other “what if” scenarios. Questions such as renting a stroller, finding a baby sitter that will come to your hotel, emergency numbers, and reading about Paris baby tips. These questions might enter your mind with your new traveling companion.<\/p>\n

For renting baby equipment in Paris \u2028Contact Camille at\u00a0Baby’tems<\/strong>. You will find a complete catalog of all that Camille offers on her Web site. Find out current information on traveling with small children on\u00a0Camille’s blog (in French)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pack up the diaper bag and bring the family to Paris, the answers await you herein.<\/p>\n

PointWC<\/strong>
\nI found PointWC, which is located near the avenue and metro Franklin Roosevelt and the Boulevard Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es in a shopping mall (also located in Printemps and Carrousel du Louvre).<\/p>\n

It is a lively, designer-styled public bathroom like you have never experienced.<\/p>\n

When you change the baby here, your cost to enter the toilet also allows you to borrow a padded changing mat.
\nPointWC has a special stall that is not only equipped with a toilet and sink, but has a changing table and a kiddie toilet.<\/p>\n

It is more comfortable and clean than your caf\u00e9, department store or museum bathroom; it is more of an attraction because it is unusually different.<\/p>\n

Each stall\/cabines<\/em>\u00a0is unique. The “Kids” stall by Laufen comes equipped with a sink, changing table, big person’s toilet and a little person’s toilet, plus the changing amenities, if necessary. Eric Salles, the owner, knows what it is like; he has children of his own for experience!<\/p>\n

If you forgot the diaper, use the handy dispenser has one.<\/p>\n

Finding the changing table\u00a0 <\/strong>
\nWhile in the children’s department of Printemps one day, I stepped off the elevator, looked to the left and spotted mothers and babies in a cheerful, little room full of baby furniture.<\/p>\n

Even Galeries Lafayette has a nursery that is located on the fourth floor of their children’s department.<\/p>\n

When I thought I had found them all, my visit to le Bon March\u00e9 turned up a simple spot on the lower level.<\/p>\n

Printemps (inquire for current location)<\/strong>
\nWhen you exit the elevator on the “-1” level (sous-sol\/basement level) in the “Maison” building you will see the “l’Espace B\u00e9b\u00e9” to your left.<\/p>\n

Happening upon this nursery is what originally set me on this trail to find other places that might provide a shopping-with-a-baby dream come true.<\/p>\n

Would you like to borrow a stroller while shopping at Printemps? Contact the help desk (l’Espace Printemps Service) on the same level.<\/p>\n

The room in Printemps (in cooperation with the French magazine Parents) provides a sink, microwave oven, bottle warmer, high chairs, chair to breast feed and a changing table.<\/p>\n

For a free baby kit, go to to the information counter, “l’ Espace Printemps Service” (between the Polo Ralph Lauren and Timberland stands) in the children’s department.<\/p>\n

This service center is a counter with chairs in front of it. If you reach the lingerie section, you have gone too far.<\/p>\n

Inside this kit, you will find a liter of milk, water, a baby bib and spoon, and something for “mom or dad” to read.<\/p>\n

Galeries Lafayette (inquire for current location)<\/strong>\u00a0has a baby care station that provides bottle warmers, diapers, changing table, a cooler with drinks, etc.
\nTheir nursery overlooks the street, (as opposed to be within a building without windows). It has subtle lighting and soft drinks available, but offers no kit.\u2028\u2028La nurserie de Bl\u00e9dina is located on the 4th floor of the main store near the baby care department behind the Jacadi section.<\/p>\n

Bl\u00e9dina<\/strong>, the French baby food specialist, sponsors the Galeries Lafayette nursery.
\nFor more information you can contact Galeries Lafayette at the telephone number: 01 42 82 33 09.<\/p>\n

Le Bon March\u00e9<\/strong>
\nI found a changing table at Bon March\u00e9 on the lower level (-1). But that is about all it is.<\/p>\n

Le Bon March\u00e9 provides a toilet area with three stalls strictly for mothers to be and mothers with children.<\/p>\n

They have a changing table that has a padded changing mat, paper to put on the mat, step stools for the little ones, a water fountain and a padded chair. This is a “bare bones” facility.<\/p>\n

From the main entrance take the escalator in the middle of the store. At the lower level turn left and once past stationery, and look for the sign “les 3 hiboux” on the right. Follow the path down the stairs\u00a0 into the children’s department.<\/p>\n

If you need a ramp, it is to the left in the corner and is called “Chemin des pousettes”. The nursery is in the Burberry corner just past Bonpoint. (By the way, I just found out that Bonpoint has an outlet store located at 82 rue de Grenelle in the 7th arrondissement.)<\/p>\n

C&A<\/strong>
\nThe clothing store,\u00a0 on Boulevard Haussmann 49 is a possibility for a desperate moment, especially if you need to breast feed and are not sure of public reaction. Lucille comes through the train station Gare Saint Lazare often and suggests\u00a0C&A<\/strong>\u00a0as a “good place to change the baby and did the necessary in their Customer Services area. Not that comfortable but when one is a desperate mum ! Good spot to breast feed mainly .”<\/p>\n

Additional information<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Babysitting and childcare<\/strong>
\nIn case you want to have some more information, I thought providing names of local babysitting companies might be helpful and also a place to rent baby items.<\/p>\n

A childcare directory and classifieds are available on the The\u00a0Angloinfo<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0website for Paris and Ile-de-France . You may also find contact information for au pairs, nannies, and several doctors on this global expat network.<\/p>\n

A friend at the British Embassy provided some contacts if you are looking for a babysitter.<\/p>\n

The following are more for those who live in the Paris region:
\nAllo Assistance Baby Chou<\/strong>:\u00a0 01 43 13 33 23. Quality Approved by the prefecture de Police.\u2028 Home Service: 01 34 12 21 05
\nAu paradis des Petits: 01 43 65 58 58. Provides a baby sitter in an hour for Paris and in 2 hours for near sububrbs.<\/p>\n

The weekly magazine\u00a0l’Officiel des spectacles<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0lists several sources for babysitting\/ “gardes d’enfants” and the current fees.<\/p>\n

MESSAGE<\/strong>\u00a0– a mother support group provides a wide range of help and information services. We can help members with choosing a doctor or a place to have their baby in Paris and preparing for birth and breast or bottle-feeding. There is a confidential support line that provides help with many parenting concerns, as well as information on education options.<\/p>\n

MESSAGE also publishes the\u00a0ABCs of Parenting in Paris<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– a practical guide for English-speaking parents living in Paris with children. This guide covers more than 100 topics on family life in the capital, ranging from childcare and education to using medical and emergency services. Scroll down the page for a link to the Acrobat (.pdf) document.<\/p>\n

Calling from a phone in Paris, the\u00a0free emergency numbers<\/strong>\u00a0are:
\n15<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0emergency doctor<\/strong>\u00a0(SAMU – Le Service d’Aide M\u00e9dicale Urgente de Paris), doctor on call (SOS m\u00e9d\u00e9cins),
\n17<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0police<\/strong>,
\n18<\/strong>\u00a0for the\u00a0fire department<\/strong>\u00a0(pompiers), etc.<\/p>\n

Traveling by train<\/strong>
\nThe\u00a0TGV<\/strong>\u00a0(high speed train) provides a “Family” space.
\nContact them for all questions. Near the “Family” area is a nursery equipped with a changing table and bottle warmer.\u2028If you have food that requires heating, contact the personnel in the dining car to use their microwave.<\/p>\n

Note: When you buy a ticket, put in the country where you will pick up your tickets. You avoid using a third party and can either pay on line and pick up your ticket at a machine or pick it up at the SNCF\/TGV ticket counter at any train station.<\/p>\n

Addresses<\/strong>
\nPointWC\u00a0<\/strong>– Champs-Elys\u00e9es\u202826 Champs-Elys\u00e9es (at the beginning of the Champs-Elys\u00e9es)
\nMetro: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 75008\u2028Telephone : 01 42 56 35 25\u2028\u2028Open : 7 days a week between 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. \u2028Contact: Eric Salles<\/p>\n

Find PointWC at the following addresses:
\nPOINTWC – Champs Elys\u00e9es, 26 Avenue Champs Elys\u00e9es, 75008 (the original)
\nTelephone 01 42 80 26 48
\nPOINTWC – Printemps Haussmann, 64 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris 75009
\nPOINTWC – Carrousel du Louvre, 99 rue de Rivoli, Paris 75001<\/p>\n

Printemps<\/strong>
\n64, boulevard Haussmann 75009 \u2028Open: Monday to Saturday from 9:35 a.m. to 7 p.m.
\nOpen late: Thursdays to 10 p.m.
\nTelephone : 01 42 82 57 87<\/p>\n

Galeries Lafayette<\/strong>
\nHaussmann store Their international Web site http:\/\/www2.galerieslafayette.com\/international\/index.do I do not know how long this link will be working.\u202840, blvd Haussmann 75009 \u2028Open: Monday through Saturday : 09:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.\u2028Late night opening every Thursday until 9 p.m.\u2028Closed on Sunday
\nTelephone : 01 42 82 34 56<\/p>\n

Le Bon March\u00e9<\/strong>
\n24, rue de S\u00e8vres 75007
\nOpen Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 7.p.m.
\nThursday: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
\nSaturday: 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
\nTelephone 01 44 39 80 00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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