Loud family

Deblondie1

I just almost lost it next to Emily's isolette. I was holding her and trying to get her comfy so she would stop desating. We found a spot that worked for her and not 10 min later in walked a guy w his 3 early-teenaged kids. The 4 of the proceeded to talk loudly, squeal, talk over each other, etc. One of the girls loudly says she is so glad her brother isn't on bubbles (the 3 babies in the room are) and she hopes her brother doesn't stay long. I know I shouldn't take it personally but dang! We have been in the NICU for 54 days and we have another 35 days, minimum. And while they are over there carrying on, my daughter starts desating and bradying. A lot. I couldn't get her stable at first. And neither of the nurses did a damn thing. I put Emily back in her isolette and her nurse came over. She said that some babies don't like noise. No sh*t sherlock! I'm so annoyed and upset right now! I asked her to say something to the family and she said she would. I'm sorry for such a long, annoyed post.

Deblondie1

And I understand they were excited but the nurses should have pulled them aside. My daughter wasn't the only baby "fussing."

*Chicken*

OMG People are so stupid!!! 

I can't believe the nurses didn't tell them to shut up. Right, they are excited, but they are not the only ones with babies in the NICU.

When my IL were in town my FIL cell phone rang LOUDLY, I was annoyed but didn't say anything because, you know, sometimes you forget to turn your phone to silence. Then he hands the phone to my MIL who proceeds to yell "HELLO?". I mean, really??  You know where you are you can't be a little more quiet. So I told her to quiet down while my husband was saying to her 'just because the person on the phone is talking loud doesn't mean you have too'.  Thankfully, she had the sense to tell FIL to turn his phone off.

The next time you go see your LO, maybe talk to the head nurse about it see what she thinks. I bet she would find it unacceptable and probably tell the rest of the nurses to quiet people down when they are being loud. 

 

MrsLee22

We had a family like that at one point... our NICU has a very strict 2-person-per-bedside rule that they ALWAYS had to be "reminded" of, they never remembered to wash their hands, they were SO LOUD omg, basically they were so annoying and not at all respectful of the fact that there were OTHER PEOPLE'S SICK BABIES there. Luckily for us, their baby was a 35 weeker and didn't stay very long lol.

I would definitely say something to the nurses next time. Sticking up for your baby is way more important than being polite!

jcsntms06

*Chicken*:

OMG People are so stupid!!! 

I can't believe the nurses didn't tell them to shut up. Right, they are excited, but they are not the only ones with babies in the NICU.

When my IL were in town my FIL cell phone rang LOUDLY, I was annoyed but didn't say anything because, you know, sometimes you forget to turn your phone to silence. Then he hands the phone to my MIL who proceeds to yell "HELLO?". I mean, really??  You know where you are you can't be a little more quiet. So I told her to quiet down while my husband was saying to her 'just because the person on the phone is talking loud doesn't mean you have too'.  Thankfully, she had the sense to tell FIL to turn his phone off.

The next time you go see your LO, maybe talk to the head nurse about it see what she thinks. I bet she would find it unacceptable and probably tell the rest of the nurses to quiet people down when they are being loud. 

 

This pisses me off. I remember in our NICU that Cell phones didn't get service, I was so very thankful. Families are in there spending time w/their LO, they don't need people calling or answering phones. 

As for the OP, I'm sorry you have to deal with that. I would definitely say something to the head nurse. 

*Chicken*

jcsntms06:

*Chicken*:

OMG People are so stupid!!! 

I can't believe the nurses didn't tell them to shut up. Right, they are excited, but they are not the only ones with babies in the NICU.

When my IL were in town my FIL cell phone rang LOUDLY, I was annoyed but didn't say anything because, you know, sometimes you forget to turn your phone to silence. Then he hands the phone to my MIL who proceeds to yell "HELLO?". I mean, really??  You know where you are you can't be a little more quiet. So I told her to quiet down while my husband was saying to her 'just because the person on the phone is talking loud doesn't mean you have too'.  Thankfully, she had the sense to tell FIL to turn his phone off.

The next time you go see your LO, maybe talk to the head nurse about it see what she thinks. I bet she would find it unacceptable and probably tell the rest of the nurses to quiet people down when they are being loud. 

 

This pisses me off. I remember in our NICU that Cell phones didn't get service, I was so very thankful. Families are in there spending time w/their LO, they don't need people calling or answering phones. 

As for the OP, I'm sorry you have to deal with that. I would definitely say something to the head nurse. 

 

My cell doesn't get service in the NICU and was surprised that his did (same carrier). Anyway, I would have told him to turn the phone  to silence once my MIL was done talking but she beat me too it....I actually don't know why she answered it, it was just my BIL, her son, it could have waited. I will remind him to turn his phone off/to silent when he comes down next.

Deblondie1

I talked to the nurse manager that afternoon and she said that she would take care of it. I also talked to the nurse and she apologized and said that the baby wasn't her's  so she didn't know how to approach the family. They were gone when I got back from pumping, thank goodness. The baby was transferred that night and we haven't had the problem. If it happens again, I'll file another complaint. Oh, and they recently got rid of the "No more that 2 people at the bedside" rule. Which is fine, as long as it isn't in the super intensive nursery! Those babies  can't handle it!