To make a complaint about hospital experience with DD?

Co-sleeping is against policy in my Paeds wards for the usual SIDS reasoning, it would be better to try and settle her in the cot alone

Being in hospital with a child is not a nice experience but I don't think you have anything to complain about. It all sounds fairly normal.
Definitely ask if she can have a proper bed rather than a cot so if needs be you can snuggle in with her which might help her sleep.
Your husbands job is to go to the nearest supermarket and stock up on a big pile of snacks for you and your daughter (although she will be getting meals if she's stays in). The ward will have a parents break room with fridge and microwave so he can get you some ready meals.
Best wishes and hope she is feeling better soon 💐

Did you ask for food for her? Mealtimes tend to be early so you may have missed the evening round although they might have been able to rustle a snack up for her. Parents are usually expected to go to the cafe, Sorry she is unwell and hope you are able to return home soon.

I too don't understand the actual complaint you'd make?

• Were you wanting food you your or DD? Did you actually ask anyone? There is often a parents room with a fridge/microwave/kettle so you can leave some food in there for yourself in future.
• The student was just making a suggestion to go onto the balcony. They weren't saying- go outside right now with no shoes or warm clothes on! Surely you could have said- would you mind getting us a blanket, collecting my shoes or holding DD whilst I get them myself?
• Cannulation in toddlers at the best of times is tricky with tiny veins, let alone when they unwell. If she was dehydrated, had a fever etc this would be even more difficult. Not unusual to get another clinician to help if first attempts failed.
• Get DH to take over for an hour so you can go outside in the sun, go home for a shower, get supplies and just have a breather for a while.

Wishing you all the best. I have been there. I wanted to complain in hospital with DD because I felt a doctor had been rude to me - implying I was downplaying my daughters illness. He wasn’t, as my mum gently pointed out. I was just utterly ragged. Sympathies to you.

As a PP said, sounds like you just fell between the cracks with the meals.
I have seen sandwiches handed round in A&E before, but at quite a random time, and not in every A&E: it's not a given.
Hopefully she'll sleep better tonight as it's more familiar.
Poor thing - hope she is well again soon.

Hope you have a better night OP

Yes. Please don't complain.
You're overtired and worried.
Hope you both have a better night tonight.

This you can insist on - I have in the past and it helped dramatically

I'm afraid I don't think there's anything here to complain about.

That is completely normal. The human body is not designed to be cannulated. it is often very tricky. it is standard for a nurse to limit their number of tries to 3 before calling for someone else.

They also needed to get a cannula into her and couldn’t do it, and after 3 tries in different areas called for a doctor, which I don’t know is normal or usual, but was awful.

It's distressing obviously but some people's veins are more difficult than others. It takes as many times as it takes.
A friend who's a paediatric nurse told me that numerous times, when they were trying their best to get a cannula in, they would have the parent asking "How many times will it take?".
Obviously, they were always kind and reassuring but occasionally they felt tempted to say "Well, I could it in 2 but I thought I'd take 4 because I'm a sadist".

Did you ask for any food?

It seems with timings you fell between the cracks. And she may not have been able to have any until seen as often nil by mouth is advised until they've seen a doctor?

so if your DD had slept soundly until woken by the rest of the children on the ward being noisy with no attempt to quieten them, that would have been fine?

The cannula is tricky when they are so small - hope she’s ok now

none of this sounds complaint worthy to me

I think hospitals are hard work with ill children but I don't think there was anything to complain about. I hope you get some sleep and your little one is on the mend.

Maybe she was dehydrated hence struggling with a cannula.

I’m sorry about your DD - hope she’s ok.
Your post is hugely off. There are other people to consider of course you were asked to go outside. As for the comment about food: It’s not actually a hotel. I think it would be awful and unreasonable to complain.

I think YABU. Not just to consider complaining but in your expectation to be fed and to be waking up others in the ward.

What would you be complaining about exactly? If admitted at 6pm, you just missed tea.

Why didn't you settle your child rather then let them play? Normally ill children aren't bothered by food & playing

Tbh I’m not sure the issue- you weren’t given food? Seriously who do you think will take your order given there aren’t enough staff to deal with medical issues.
yes you were disturbing other people, the suggestion to go outside was stupid granted but maybe meant well.