Babies: 3 - 6 Months
melalinga
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Noisy neighbours
melalinga
member
So my partner and i moved into our house 3 months ago, and absolutely love the area. It's quiet, peaceful and lovely.
Except when the next for neighbours 2 boys get home from school each day.
They are so noisy and loud!! They go outside to play, but scream and shout.
The baby's room is right next to their yard, and its so loud in there!!
I put baby down at 7 pm reach night and these kids are 8 and 10 and are outside until 9-9 30 pm!!!
I don't expect them to tiptoe around the baby, but seriously, is the screaming necessary? ? Have a bit of consideration! !
Sorry just needed to vent. Fortunately it doesn't actually wake the baby up, but i go to bed around 8 myself so that i get enough rest, it does affect my sleeping
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Except when the next for neighbours 2 boys get home from school each day.
They are so noisy and loud!! They go outside to play, but scream and shout.
The baby's room is right next to their yard, and its so loud in there!!
I put baby down at 7 pm reach night and these kids are 8 and 10 and are outside until 9-9 30 pm!!!
I don't expect them to tiptoe around the baby, but seriously, is the screaming necessary? ? Have a bit of consideration! !
Sorry just needed to vent. Fortunately it doesn't actually wake the baby up, but i go to bed around 8 myself so that i get enough rest, it does affect my sleeping
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Re: Noisy neighbours
WHAT?? Kids have the audacity to play outside their own house? Some nerve they have.
What exactly should these kids have consideration for? Its not these kids fault you have a baby.
If they are too loud get ear plugs or a sound machine. This post reminds me of so many sancti-mommies who think the world stops moving when they have a baby.
**** Formerly Snoflakes4eva****
As i said, i don't expect them to tiptoe around the baby. It's just frustrating. Bring a mother is hard and 'tiring' work and it sucks that i can't go to bed and have an early night because kids are screaming next door
In all for playing outside, but at a reasonable hour and ditch the screaming.
You can have an early night even though kids are outside. But it doesn't sound like you are willing to make any modifications yourself (like ear plugs, sound machines, higher quality windows, etc.)
And after school to 9pm are perfectly reasonable times for a kids to play outside. Now if the kids are still screaming at 11pm, that might warranted a conversation with the kid's parents.
**** Formerly Snoflakes4eva****
It's summer here atm so i presume when the weather cools they will stay in.
I totally see your side too and yes, you can vent. It's frustrating when neighbors bug you. But hey, at least your LO will be used to sleeping when it's loud!
Wait until you have a 3 year old
Check your town's noise ordinances. Children really shouldn't be outside past 9pm, and if they're screaming past a certain time (typically 10pm is when noise ordinances kick in) you could report it and have the parents get a warning. I'm sure you're not the only one trying to settle down and sleep. How old are these kids anyways?
Yes. Let kids be outside and play and be kids. But also learn that there are others who are affected by your actions.
It's called parenting.
Going straight to the police or village would come off very hostile and like overkill. If the kids are actually screaming, not just playing outside, then speak to the parents. But I do think its unreasonable to expect silence after 9pm.
**** Formerly Snoflakes4eva****
It was just a suggestion, she's new to the neighborhood and it would be a way to anonymously raise the issue. Doesn't mean she has to do it.
Silence isn't expected from kids, agreed, but after 9pm screaming and in a neighborhood where the neighbors are close enough to hear you?
I had to be up at 6:30am when I was their ages (8 and 10) to catch the bus for school... My butt was in bed or near to it.