AIBU to think you don't let your children play out in the garden to scream at each other/play at 7.45 on a Sunday morning!

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I genuinely thought I had had a massive lie in when I was woken up by the sound of children playing -but no, it was before 8am!

Mum has just ineffectually started shushing them but was met with a toddler screaming 'NO' at her

Now I appreciate these children may be early risers etc but have a bit of consideration for your neighbours, surely?!

Doesn't sound like "low level " playing noises though! (Not sure if this exists with toddlers!)

im interested about all this screaming that you lot have!

DC are sitting here waiting for 9am so they can go and play on the new trampoline, and they've been up since 6.30 asking.

That's what Saturday morning tv was for when we were growing up, to keep us quiet inside until it was an acceptable time to go and make noise outside.
YANBU

Our neighbours were up at 7, we could hear them through the wall, so I had no problems letting my two out at 8. We have been up since 5.30, and they are destroying what shreds of sanity I had remaining, so I needed them out. They weren't shrieking though, just went and hid in their play house at the end of the garden for a bit whilst I hung washing out.

So I'm not sure. I may have been unreasonable, but I'm exhausted and kind of no longer care...

When I was a child we weren't allowed out at all on a Sunday, my two are older and they weren't allowed out until after lunch (although as we go to church that wasn't really a problem). 9am or 10am seems reasonable but 7.45am is not very fair.

That is very good, and considerate, parenting, blibblibs!

The title says, 'scream at each other/ play' so I wasn't sure if the OP meant that, even if these children weren't screeching at each other, they still should not be out so early.

Unreasonable imo but some people just dont care, give a shit or are able to think about anyone other than their little darlings needs.

I think unless you live in the absolute middle of nowhere a bit of common sense goes along away to keeping harmony amongst your neighbours.

Yesterday I was woken at 6.40 am by a neighbours yapping dog but more so by the woman shouting at the dog to come back and shut up.

This morning I have been woken at 7.30 by the power tool dick head down the road who has every noisy fucking gadget known to man to maintain his postage stamp sized garden.

Thankfully the woman with the high pitched screaming toddler than she seemed to think was OK to let out and play at 7am every day all last summer has moved house!

I don't object to the general noise of children playing but it's the high pitched, ear piercing screams that jar. We have a group of kids at the bottom of the garden, they scream a lot.

I try and wait until I can hear sounds of life or 9ish, but must admit that sometimes when we have been up since 6, I forget and shoo them outside. I just lose track of time. It's usually a weekday in the holidays when this happens, though. They have sport on weekend mornings.

I think kids should be allowed out early to play and make playing noises.

I don't let my kids scream any time of day - they get told.

Does that mean that now 9am has passed I can now stop stressing over dc making noise? They aren't outside but our windows are open

It depends. Mine have been out since about 8am but they've just been pottering around playing in the sandpit so not really making a lot of noise. Noisy games involving running around and shouting Raaaaaaaa have to wait until 9am.

didn't know there was a rule.
I have been up with my two youngest (3 and 2) since 5.30 went outside to hang out the washing at 7.00 and they have been playing out from then. It's beautiful out here and difficult 3 yo is marginally less difficult outdoors.

I haven't let them on the trampoline as the repetitive springy noise is too annoying.

5.30 am?
shitting nora

YANBU. This morning someone round here was mowing their bloody lawn at 8am. Luckily DD gets up at 7.45am (grrrr why does she do that no matter what time she goes to bed) but still it was the principle! Being light does not mean you can do afternoony things!

Mine will play out in the garden quietly in the morning but the trampoline has to wait until after 9am or so. It's not getting much use at the moment as we have full sun on our garden all day and it gets too hot!
Much nicer than where we used to live as the neighbours would complain about them laughing and giggling in the paddling pool even in the afternoons.

YANBU. My poor DH is trying to sleep after a 12 hour might shift. Neighbours know this as they waved him off yesterday evening yet they still let their kids out at 7.30am shouting and screaming. No-one seems to have any consideration any more. We have a little park just 10 mins walk which is much more suitable for the fucking football they are playing.

I keep hoping the ball comes over the fence.

was just wondering if it was too early now! (old neighbours complained once as we mowed our lawn at 10 30am)

was just wondering if it was too early now! (old neighbours complained once as we mowed our lawn at 10 30am)

Exceptions apply for Birthdays, Christmas and Easter

DH finished work at 5 am. But it is totally unreasonable to expect people to curtail their daily activities (certainly after 9 am) because of shift workers. That's what earplugs and blackout curtains are for.

And I did not buy a house with a garden just to have to take my kids to a park whenever they want to play out.

That said, my little darlings woke around 8.15, are still going with a long leisurely breakfast and will probably need to be swept outside with my broom in half an hour or so!