Neighbour complaining about jumparoo

[SeaLeaf]

We live in a first floor apartment. Downstairs neighbour is complaining about 'thumping' noise when baby goes in jumparoo! I've put a foam mat under it and tried moving it to other rooms but she still complains! We have wood floors everywhere and I prefer to keep it in kitchen so I can cook!

He's 7months and uses it for about 30mins at a time, usually 7am, 9am, 1pm, 3pm, 6pm.

I feel she should put up with it, you can't expect silence in a building with families and what will happen when he's older and starts running and jumping?
Why should he be denied playtime in his favourite toy?

What do others think?

I had never heard the term "jumparoo" before and had assumed this thread would be about a cross-breed of dog or maybe even a rescue kangaroo. I am disappointed.

We're in an upstairs flat too & It's in our lease that all rooms must be carpeted (except kitchen & bathroom).

why the heck would you want to have a 7mo in a jumparoo for 2.5hrs a day? that seems like a heck of a lot? don't they do bad things to leg development and such?

YABU. Poor neighbour. It must be driving them crazy. You really should not have wooden floors in an upstairs flat and if you do you shouldn't be jumping up and down for 2 1/5 hrs a day. Perhaps limit it to twice a day after 9 and before 6.

2.5 hours a day?!?!?! I think you need to find another way to entertain your baby.

I thought this too but was too polite to say it. I even thought that it can't be doing the little ones hips much good. Or imagined some kind of weird repetitive strain injury.

Then I would point your neighbour in the direction of your landlord and get them to make a complaint, couched in terms that it's the flooring that's an issue, not any resident in particular. What a prat to have put in wooden flooring. Is the LL a professional? Because if not (ie it's someone renting out their own flat) they may well be breaking the leasehold agreement - many specify that you can't have hard flooring in upper floor flats.

In the meantime, you are going to have to find something else for the baby to do. I know it's hard but I really feel for your neighbour. They are not being U.

I think it's really selfish and inconsiderate of you to just have an attitude of 'why should my child be restricted and she needs to deal with it' when you can try numerous other ways to entertain him and still be mindful of others. That noise on a wooden floor is hugely irritating and loud.

Even if you can't change the floors, big thick rugs must still be doable?

Yabu. Stop the 7 and 9 am slots, that's so unfair on your neighbours. How rude of you.

'It's rented so we can't change the floors.'

One word: rugs.

7am, wow! And I bet the noise is much worse than you think. Yes he will be running and jumping soon and that will also be noisy but a constant repetitive thudding (for half an hour at a time) is much more of a disturbance.

If it doesn't stop then I expect the tenant will take the complaint to the landlord and then the council.

Regular noise like that will be far more annoying than intermittent running, jumping and footsteps. Either soundproof better or cut back on the time he is spending in it, half an hour 5 times a day is way more than your neighbour should have to put up with.

We looked at some new-build flats a while ago, and the only parts of the flats with carpeting were the bedrooms. The rest was all laminate flooring, and tiles in the bathroom. Same flooring in every flat.

It looked nice, but it does seem odd that there aren't guidelines about putting carpets down when building upstairs flats (except in bathrooms and kitchens) because of the potential noise issues.

YABU. I think you need to go downstairs (when somebody else is supervising the baby obviously) and listen to the noise. But I can't imagine she'd complain for no reason. And those things are loud. When we had one, you could hear it all over the house so I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was noisy for a downstairs neighbour - especially since you have wooden floors.

Jumperoos aren't very good for babies' hips. 20 minutes is the maximum and I think 6 times a day is too much. Drop the 7am bounce, that's completely unfair. You can't have 30 minutes of thumping on a wooden floor at 7am, out of the question.

It does seem a hell of a long time for a 7mo to be exercising every day!

"He is only happy when bouncing or being held" - sounds like he's trained you very well

At that age my DS loved the playpen - all his favourite things were in there. Especially popular was a frame with dangling textured things that made different squeaks & rattles. I could move the pen to near me if I were busy.

YABU
I would hate to have to put up with that
Especially at 7 am
That much time in it surely can't be good for a baby?

I feel she should put up with it, you can't expect silence in a building with families and what will happen when he's older and starts running and jumping?

I would hope by the time he's old enough for running and jumping you'll have developed some manners and will take him to the park to do it instead of subjecting your neighbours to constant noise, but judging by the rest of the post, I fear that's doubtful. Have you ever lived in a downstairs flat?!

I would imagine it's not the volume but the vibration, a constant quiet noise can be highly irritating. I would reduce the length of each session to 20 mins, 30 is probably tipping her over the edge. And cut out the 7am one, far too early if you are a considerate neighbour. This is just the start of the noise as he becomes more mobile so showing consideration now may help relations at a later date. Or just ignore her, only think of your and your child's needs and piss her off.

I'm really surprised that people seem to think that's it's unreasonable to have wooden floors. I've been flathunting recently and most do - esp modern flats. And there is no way even the nicest landlord is going to agree to go to the expense of putting carpets in. But you could try a rug

As the mother of two children and someone who has lived in two flats under wood floors above, I'm really sorry, but YABU. You're going to have to find some way of soundproofing ot another way of entertaining him. And definitely drop the 7am. That's really inconsiderate.

The 7 am is ridiculous. You need to soundproof the best you can or your neighbour rightly could make an anti social noise claim about you. Plus that many hours in the jumperoo per day cannot be good for the baby!

The OP has already said her baby is only happy when held or in the jumperoo so what exactly is she supposed to do when she needs to make food and stuff?

OP I had one of these babies - it gets better I promise! Could you try putting blankets or towels underneath to see if it's worth investing in a rug? I can't see it being that loud either but might be worth going downstairs to check. Also is your kitchen above their kitchen?