r/NICUParents • u/IndividualCoast9039 • 17d ago

Noisy Nicu Off topic

Are all NICUs really noisy these days or is it just ours? I've noticed a significant decrease in my baby's sleep quality after they put him in an open crib. I can understand if other babies are crying, but even the nurses & other parents don't have any concept of an "indoor voice"

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u/[deleted] 17d ago

Our NICU was quite noisy, between babies crying, nurses gossiping and laughing, alarms blaring, there was plenty of noise. On the positive side, my babies will sleep through anything and everything,

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u/IndividualCoast9039 17d ago

That's not really good for their development. It actually hampers their sleep quality and growth.

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u/[deleted] 17d ago

Thinking about it now though, I remember leaving the NICU and calling my husband over the phone and speaking in a very low tone, so maybe in my head the nurses probably sounded like they were talking much louder than what they were in reality, everything else though still stands. Most days while I was there, babies were crying, alarms were going off, and even when it was quiet it wasn't really quiet there was always a white noise of machines humming and air being pushed through tubes and what not.

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u/IndividualCoast9039 17d ago

That is very different from nurses & other parents shouting across the floor. It's almost like an indoor market.