To ask the bed in front to keep it down?

[lgcoopers]

There's a baby in the bed opposite with their mum and dad

They are playing something really loud of their telly they've rented, or phones. I don't know which

Trouble is, it's not just loud. It's frightening me. It's a TV series I've seen bits of before and it frightened me/freaks me out

Would I be unreasonable to ask a nurse to get them to keep it down?

It's just my baby daughter on the ward with me, otherwise. No other patients

AIBU?

Have you your own headphones you could use so you don't hear the TV hope it calms down soon enough and congratulations on your new arrival p.s. ignore the haters on this post they aren't worth your time xx

I'm with OP on this. It's a re-enactment show with lots of supernatural 'true' events and the voices sometimes are very creepy.

He will try? You could offer to show him how if he struggles with the volume!

She hasn't had a baby

He will "try". What a load of bollocks. It's not hard, just press volume down 🙄

You need to tell the staff you will be discharging your dc.wjem I had a dc on NYE they insisted I stay in for rest. Afternoon visiting and the lady opposite had 11 visitors pulling a hamper..
I went home.

He will try? Knob

Surely the easiest way around this is for hospitals to ban the use of devices/TVs UNLESS headphones are used.

Is that taking away someone rights or something? Sounds simple enough to me in the interests of all who are sharing a joint space. Same goes for restricting the number of visitors. Covid in a lot of ways showed it can be done.

Hardly a suitable programme for a paediatric ward, it's a good thing there are only babies on the ward at the moment. Older children might be scared. It's the sort of thing that would have played on my mind when young. Now I just wouldn't bother with it, it's rubbish.

The least the couple can do is turn the sound down, or have subtitles. For goodness sake, they can probably catch up with the programme when they get home anyway.

@greenhousegal totally agree. Patients should sign a charter of agreed behaviour at admission. If they don't stick to it., bye then. Next patient please!!

Discharge her child because someone is listening to something too loudly in the afternoon?

Don't get me wrong, I think they sound like selfish pricks, but discharging your child for this would be ridiculous.

Steal the ipad

@FictionalCharacter it depends on the ward rules. Pre covid we let both parents stay 24/7. We don't allow both to stay overnight anymore. But both parents can be there in the day.

“the haters” 😅. Perhaps mumsnet isn’t for you?

She's perfectly entitled to feel the way she does and equally entitled to a bit of peace and quiet. Isn't the idea that people recover.

OP, frankly they sound like arseholes.

Haters?

When my mother was in her last days she shared a ward bay with another elderly woman. Sunday afternoon this lady had family visit and they put the TV on for the kids, it was The Chipmunks movie. My Mum started the breathe irregularly and I called the nurse, they came and the curtains were drawn, doctor called etc. The movie was still going, they could see what was happening but didn’t turn it off, or turn the volume down.

I lost my rag when the singing started, I wasn’t seeing my mother pass away to The Chipmunks singing Single Ladies. I got told off by the Ward Sister for swearing.

At that point I’d have said, ‘oh, it’s really easy, you don’t need to try - let me show you’ and reached over and turned it down myself. What a wassock.

@abblie
Have you your own headphones you could use so you don't hear the TV hope it calms down soon enough and congratulations on your new arrival p.s. ignore the haters on this post they aren't worth your time xx

NetHUNS is that way -->

Sounds irritating. It would help if anyone who listened on a ward used headphones

I have actually shouted "shut up already" to someone doing this when my dad was in hospital

it wasn't my first attempt but he didn't listen to the others. This option worked, anyone visiting who can do that for you OP?

Oh my god. i am so sorry. And the ward sister told you off? That's insane.

I had pre eclampsia when pregnant with my DS15 plus I was autistic and didn't know back then. Do ask the nurse to have a word as from personal experience it's horrible. Sending hugs xxx

I'm gonna guess you don't have any training in human psychology @2bazookas
Or much empathy ...

“I’ll try”??!

Surely there is no need to have anything playing without headphones. Don’t let them disturb you, OP. They should be the ones to be embarrassed, not you.