The cable in the hotel room only has a few channels for cable. I was flipping through looking for ESPN to watch the LSU/A&M game. Alas, it doesn’t look like ESPN is carried. Due to high carriage fees, I’d imagine. This honestly strikes as an anti-family policy, though. ABC/ESPN should give them a break. After all, we want dads to stick around and accompany the baby for the first couple days, it’s helpful that he’s not missing games. Note, I would not actually let this come between me and time with Baby. But I’m not that hard core of a fan!
Anyhow, they lack ESPN but have a lot of family-friendly channels (Hallmark, Cooking Channel, etc.), which makes sense.
There is one that only makes sense where I live, though. They have a home shopping network… for livestock. Welcome to Arapaho!
Arapaho is indeed in love with its cowboy mythology. All along the walls of the hallway of this place are artful pictures and paintings of the beautiful scenery and, whenever people appear, it’s almost always in cowboy hats. I have difficulty imagining that people are really going to be buying livestock from a hospital. But the channel is free (I’m sure), and I wouldn’t be surprised if admin got a kick out of it.
Anyhow, they lack ESPN but have a lot of family-friendly channels (Hallmark, Cooking Channel, etc.), which makes sense.
It makes sense, but I’d imagine that it’s a problem for patients who have medium to long-term stays in the hospital. Imagine being a sports fan stuck in a cancer ward and you’re missing out because the hospital doesn’t carry the regional sports network or ESPN. Luckily, some hospitals have wi-fi for the patients and their families, so there are some ways around this, but not every patient has access to that.
Comment by David Alexander — October 20, 2012 @ 2:07 pm
I don’t understand how you are in a hotel and not at home. Did you have to travel a long way for the birth? Is the hotel one of those extended-stay places they have right next to some hospitals?
When I had my second, the hospital had moved to some new system, called “triad care” I think, that involved never taking the baby out of my room. So, I never got a break. This was supposed to foster mother-infant bonding, but I think it just makes it easier on the staff.
Comment by stone — October 20, 2012 @ 4:54 pm
That’s cause I said hotel when I meant hospital. I think of it as a hotel room for some reason.
Comment by trumwill — October 20, 2012 @ 5:11 pm
This was supposed to foster mother-infant bonding, but I think it just makes it easier on the staff.
One of my friends recently had a child, and he’d argue the same thing. You’re left with the child on your own, and the nurses periodically check in to make sure that you’re okay. Otherwise, you’re doing the work that the nurses used to do in regards to watching over the children. It’s probably a terrible system for single mothers or those who have husbands that are away for various reasons. My friend didn’t like it much either since he felt “trapped” in the room, and sleep deprived since he felt the need to stay up while his wife slept.
Comment by David Alexander — October 20, 2012 @ 5:50 pm
It makes sense, but I’d imagine that it’s a problem for patients who have medium to long-term stays in the hospital.
That’s very true.
Luckily, some hospitals have wi-fi for the patients and their families, so there are some ways around this, but not every patient has access to that.
Including this one. Which, alas, I hadn’t thought of. I could have gone to one of those illicit sites. Ah, well.
Comment by trumwill — October 20, 2012 @ 9:35 pm
David,
Yeah, if this place has a nursery, I haven’t seen it. Clancy said that we could ask the nurses for some help, though she might have said that is because she is who she is. In the main, it feels like we’re on our own. BUT! I still feel some degree of appreciation for the help we’ve received with just the small stuff (or teaching us how to do the small stuff).
Comment by trumwill — October 20, 2012 @ 9:55 pm
I sent my husband home at night both times. For one thing, he had to figure out how to install the car seat. Have you done that yet?
Comment by stone — October 23, 2012 @ 11:44 pm