Neighbour waking me up

I've tried lots of different sleep ear plugs. The only ones that are comfortable for me are the EAR yellow foam ones (I buy a 250 box from Amazon). Good luck with your quest for sleep.

I use Mack’s silicone ones - they work well for me.

6am before heading off to work… hardly the crack of dawn.

By definition it was before the crack of dawn. Some people are just selfish op. I use the wax ear plugs from Boots.

I’m sorry you’re grieving but this is just normal living with neighbour noise. My bin lorry comes at 0630 anyway. Have you tried a Snoozeband? Mine really helps cut out background noise.

Oh come on. The Op makes no reference to this being an ongoing issue. It’s 6am on a Wednesday. He’s new to the area. Maybe just realised that it was bin day and thought…. Shit got to get them out before I leave for work!

The issue isn’t your neighbour. It’s your own issues leading to poor sleep that need to be addressed.

I’m also grieving and don’t sleep but I know life goes on around you. Bins get collected at ridiculous o’clock so it’s not unusual to have people rushing to put them out early, or late at night the night before. It’s what life is like living near other people.

I also use the wax ear plugs. Keep them in your hand for a few minutes before use and they become really pliable and you can fit them to the exact contours of your ears.

Also, when I'm having occasional sleep problems, I use Kalms Once a Night tablets. They're herbal and assist with dropping off again if you wake in the night.

6am is normal round here for putting bins out. Sorry for your loss OP.

Honestly OP, life doesn't revolve around you and your specific circumstances. How is he supposed to know you are grieving and not falling asleep until 2am?

Maybe he is thinking that he doesn't want to take the bins out at 7pm because it could wake up the young children of another neighbour who've just fallen asleep!

So sorry that you’re grieving OP and not sleeping. That’s not a combination that’s going to make you feel good.

We don’t have bin problems but the neighbour across the road leaves for work at 5 which seems to involve multiple van door slams every morning.

Some people are just selfish twats.

I use Hush Silicone ear plugs - they're £3.99 for a pack of seven and one is sufficient for 2 ears and they really do block out the noise. I also use Pukka Night Time tea bags and they help immensely. I am a terrible sleeper these days but those things combined with Trip Dream Drops have really helped me in recent months.

I'm so sorry for your loss OP💐

We're all terribly organised about getting our bins lined up the night before in our close,however the first bin lorry came at 7.25am and straightaway there was the sound of multiple wheelies being dragged back to their respective homes( including ours,thanks to our kind ndn)! There's another lorry due soon for the food waste.Although the food waste bins aren't wheelies,there will be a certain amount of clatter along with that.Some weeks there are two wheelie bins to put out and bring back in again.

I too slept badly last night due to my flippin' back.Can't do too much about the bin lorries though I'm afraid; as PPs have said,they're all part of normal routine and I'm used to expecting a certain amount of racket every Wednesday morning.

Some excellent suggestions for sleep help from previous posters.Are you able to catch up on any sleep at all today?Look after yourself xx

Im really sorry about your losses, but actually your neighbour is doing what is needed.
While most of us do put the bins out the night before, our council is very clear they shouldnt be left out overnight.

It probably feels like a long wsy off, but I hope tonight is more restful for you.

Being woken up when it feels like you just managed to drop off an hour ago is the absolute pits, when all you want to do is sleep.

Silicone earplugs and an eye mask are definitely worth a try, I also use the Mack's ones, and they really do cut out most noise. Hope tonight is better.

Our council has said bins can't be put out the night before!

I am sure your neigbour would much rather not leave for work at 5am. And van doors are notoriously noisy (we had one, we didn't love it either but that's the question for the manufacturer). Not everything is "selfish", some things are just life.

YANBU OP, but neither are your neighbours. Hope you start to feel better soon.

He's putting his bins out, not having a rave. YABU.

Yabu but it is understandable, sleep is so precious and you are obviously really sensitive to noise atm. Your neighbour has likely been doing this all the time but you have never noticed before because you have been in a deep sleep. I am sorry you are grieving and your sleep is suffering, agree with others on ear plugs. The best ones I have used are called watery ear plugs think they are meant to protect ears when doing water sports but also cut out noise really well

Sorry for your loss and that this is affecting your sleep but your neighbour hasn't done anything wrong, he had to get his bins out or they'd have been missed. It's easy to forget bin day the night before no matter how long you've lived there I've not remembered until half 5 in morning and only knew because bin lorry woke me up with the yellow flashing lights and noise from the next street before. So even though I understand sleep deprivation isn't great yabu, I hope the earplugs you buy works and that you are getting sufficient support through your grief.

I'm sorry you're grieving and having a hard time sleeping. It's horrible and I think it's normal to feel irritated by being woken up by your neighbour, even if he's not really done anything wrong. Maybe he fell asleep last night and only remembered the bins this morning!