I know I'm being a grumpy bitch but...

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I'm stuck on a childrens' ward with DS and all of the adults are talking really loudly. He's knacked , I'm knacked why can't people speak just a little bit more quietly?!?

The screaming babies, howling toddlers and poor kid crying whilst vomiting are loud enough. [Earplugs smiley]

Oh poor you and poor DS. Hope he is okay. You would think on a children's ward of all places, people would be quiet

Oh you poor thing. Here's some

I remember years ago, when dd was around 4 and in GOSH over NYE. She was fast asleep by 8pm, all the ward lights went down, and the parent's lounge (where my microwave meal and wine was stored) had been taken over by a large extended family meeting which I couldn't interrupt. I was starving, couldn't get to the TV, so sat in the corridor for hours on a hard chair. Eventually, I got a bag of crisps from a vending machine, got lost in the bowels of the hospital basement looking for my allocated room (in which I might be joined at any point by another random parent in the other bed!) and phoned dh, who was with ds at a hilarious party with all our closest friends. "Miss you loads," they chortled down the phone.

I went to bed and cried.

Oh, and I hope your ds is OK!!

I'm not at GOSH ( thank God, been there done that and got a few T-shirts). It's just SO loud! And we're going to have to wake him every 2 hours to give him meds

Its gonna be a long night!!

You're perfectly entitled to feel grumpy. I would be too. Thank God for Mumsnet.

Can I tell you my dds favourite joke to cheer you up?

What do you call a man with a rabbit up his bum?

Warren.

Definitely not being unreasonable it's really hard being on the childrens ward with everything else going on. Hope your DS gets better soon.

Hope you and your ds are ok

Can't you tell them to STFU ask them to be quiet? It's nearly 10pm!

If you don't feel brave enough is there a nurse around?

Hope you aren't stuck in there too long
x

I feel for you. When my mum was in hospital in January the inane bullshit nattering at full volume drove me absolutely mad. I did eventually approach some of the worst offenders and they were very nice and accommodating so it might be worth a try?

It's the nurses! They're lovely, very caring and loud in equal measure!!

And the free TV ends at 7pm

I was in hospital for a week last year following surgery for a broken leg. Lovely nurses, I agree, but I could hear the hum of their voices at the nurses' station ALL F*ING NIGHT!!!!!! I was so pathetically grateful for their help in all my basic bodily functions, however, that I didn't dare ask them to keep it down.

Fucking feminists!

LOL wrong thread! Sorry!

It's the nurses!

I'm surprised by this TBH. Are they very young? It might be worth giving some feedback to the ward manager at some point - either now, if you're comfortable with it, or after your DS is discharged? I hope they settle down soon

well, if it's the nurses I would absolutely ask them to keep it quiet, and escalate your complaint if they don't.

When I was training, wards were run by battle-axe ward sisters and charge nurses who would have brooked none of this nonsense, and who would have reminded see noisy parents that the children, including theirs, need the best night's sleep they can get, if they are to get well as quickly as possible.

Some noise is to be expected on a children's' ward - but I did nights on a childrens' ward when I was training, and we did our best to keep it quiet - and by-and-large, I think we did a reasonable job.

These parents sound at best thoughtless, and at worst, selfish.

I hope the ward quietens down, and you get as good a night as possible, OP.

Oops - I missed that it was the nurses! I am imagining what the Sisters I worked with would have said to that sort of behaviour, and even though I am nearly 50, and haven't been a student nurse for 28 years, I am still quaking in my boots!

They've just dished out more drugs and the volume has dropped considerably(ish). Am eyeing up my "comfy" camp bed and hoping DS stops bloody snoring soon. Mind you his sleepy snorts distract from the compulsory squeaky cupboard door found on every NHS ward.

Just go and ask them to speak a bit more quietly (or suggest they go and clean a cupboard or something) they prob don't realise how loudly they are talking they aren't being malicious just forgetful !

And we might be going home!

That's good news OP!

Are you home yet.