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?

[mumeeee]

YABU. Having wood floors everywhere does increase the noise of anything.
A baby jumping in a jumperoo at 7am or even 9am would really get on my nerves.

[ProcrastinatorGeneral]

Ditch the jumperoo, get some rugs, start being a pleasant neighbour instead of an entitled cow. Sorted.

[Zippidydoodah]

Angielou- at "if she doesn't like it, she can move!" Are you for real?!

[Ughnotagain]

YABU.

Our house is carpeted but if my baby bangs her feet on the floor upstairs you can hear her downstairs. I imagine it'd be the same in her jumperoo. I don't care because my neighbours are definitely noisier than us but if I were in your situation I'd definitely be getting a rug. Don't be so bloody selfish!

[Wizzles]

I bet there's a thread somewhere which goes "AIBU to complain about my upstairs neighbours putting their DC in a jumparoo at 7am?"

If he needs to be held, have you tried a sling? If my DD is being awkward & I need to do stuff I pop her in there & carry on - she loves it.

[Minisoksmakehardwork]

Have you tried a door frame bouncer? It might be the vibrations of the freestanding jumperoo as much as the baby bouncing. At least if you remove the possibility of additional movement from the jumperoo and add plenty of mats underneath baby's feet it might help? But I'd definitely go down and have a listen while baby is in it so you can get an idea of whether your underneath neighbour is being particularly sensitive or whether you need to do more soundproofing.

[PaulAnkaTheDog]

I love all the people on these kind of threads who say things about the neighbour complaining about nothing and if can't be that bad. Clearly it is if they are complaining and the noise matches up with something in the OP's routine!

OP yabu. Put down rugs. Baby noise e.g. crying is fine, thumping isn't.

[MattDillonsPants]

OP I lived in a flat with children and it was HELL. I advise you to get out asap and get into a house.

It won't improve. My poor DC spent a year trying to tiptoe and not play naturally. Not fun.

[escapedfrommordor]

2.5 hours every day far too long in a jumperoo anyway besides the noise issue.
Get some carpet down or at least a rug. It is absolute hell living below inconsiderate neighbours. You really should try to find a solution.

[pictish]

I was going to suggest a door frame bouncer too...we had one that did all three of our lot and they loved it!

I suppose other posters will pile in and squawk about them being dangerous or something but like i say, we used one for all three with no problems and far less racket than that bloody jumparoo thing.

[littleleftie]

The fact the flat is rented doesn't stop you buying rugs does it?

7am is too early for that kind of racket.

You need to teach baby to play in a different way and not be so reliant on the bouncing.

You sound really selfish.

[PovertyPain]

You are coming across as very selfish OP. Did you think that all the mums would agree with you, as you don't seem to be acknowledging that YOU are in the wrong. I feel so sorry for your neighbour as I think you don't give a shit about how your behaviour impacts on them and I think you're going to let your child do whatever they want when they're older as you can't expect silence in a building with families and what will happen when he's older and starts running and jumping

I hope they move out and a party animal moves in, if you don't change your attitude. You choose to have a child so your neighbour, who I assume doesn't have one, should just suck it up?

[HackerFucker22]

Have to defend the OP in that 'just move to a house' really isn't as easy as it sounds. Many people cannot afford to just move house at the drop of a hat.

[BennyTheBall]

That sounds like a lot of time to me. I'd be pissed off too if I were you neighbour.

7am? Really inconsiderate.

[ExitPursuedByABear]

2.5 hours of bouncing.

[LettingAgentNightmare]

I think your neighbour is probably losing the will to live. A jumperoo is noisy, especially with wooden floors so having the constant thumping from 7am must be awful.

Why can't you put a rug down? Also, too long in a jumperoo everyday.

[Helloitsme88]

I have 2 DC and loved our jumperoo but 2.5 hours a day is way too long. Can your DC go on a play mat or occupy him with other age appropriate toys?
And sorry OP but wooden floors and all that bouncing would drive me insane. yabu

[BarbarianMum]

Quite a lot of sympathy from me OP because mine both loved the jumperoo and didn't like much else (except being carried - not in a sling, in my arms). And we lived in a flat ("luckily" with a noisy dog underneath us so no complaints about our noise from neighbor).

But yes 7am is too early. And you need to invest in some thick rugs.

Other people's noise is always less reasonable than one's own

[pictish]

You choose to have a child so your neighbour, who I assume doesn't have one, should just suck it up?
I didn't ask my neighbours if it was okay with them if I had a child Poverty - what are you on about?

[DeltaSunrise]

Oh god, yes YABU.

We used to live in a ground floor flat with a wooden floored flat above us. We could hear everything. The washing machine going on at 1am every morning (wtf why?), the young child being allowed to scoot/run/jump/play football in the flat, the mum's constant click clack of her bloody heels.

I understand that it's a rented property and you can't change the floors but you can make steps to sound proof it more.

Interlocking rubber mats covered with a thick rug in areas the baby plays/under the jumperoo/in a playpen. Stop the 7am and 9am jumping sessions.

I couldn't have moved out of that flat any quicker. Complete misery living under something like that.

[BarbarianMum]

Ds1 would tolerate this for 10min at a time without screaming, then maybe 15 minutes in the bouncy chair then heaven help you if you didn't pick him up and move round. I lovedY the jumperoo

[BitchyComment]

YABU really a lot.

Try thicker and denser foam.

2 and a half hours in a jumperoo sounds an awful lot,

[AnchorDownDeepBreath]

It depends heavily on the flat, I think - in our last place you could hear people walking and you'd definitely have heard a jumperoo. Here you can hear nothing, I can even do workout videos.

As your neighbours can hear, you need to fix the problem. Antagonising the situation will probably just lead to her doing it back, so loud music after bedtime or something, or complaints to your landlord.

Also, 2.5 hrs a day is far over the recommended time - it's not a great position for your babies hips. Whilst you might not be able to hold him all day, you need a solution that is better for him and your neighbours.

[bigTillyMint]

How much noise does a 7mo make in a jumperoo??? Surely he isn't that heavy-footed yet! Could you shorten the length a bit if he is hitting the floor too heavily? And get thick rugs and put a blanket (folded several times) under?

Aside from that, 7am is very early and 2.5hours a day is an awful lot of time in it

[CamboricumMinor]

YABU, especially at 7am. With wooden floors every little noise will sound much louder and it's 2 1/2 hours a day.
Next door have wooden floors and their children run around all the time, it's ridiculously noisy.