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 didn't realise there were recommended time limits for the jumperoo - or maybe there weren't 10 years ago. On the bright side ds1 is now a dancer particularly noted for his jumps, so he at least appears to have escaped unscathed.

I'm starting to think that all these baby care threads are journalists. Where is the OP? Ask a question then don't coming back? It's rude.

Terry, OP might be annoyed at all the YABU replies.

It's the same on the tummy time thread. It's a conspiracy lorelei. A conspiracy, I tells you!

Terry - I was thinking "tummy time" must be about core strengthening!!

I found my workout really hard this afternoon, can I blame my folks for not giving me enough "tummy time" when I was wee?

Hook, line and sinker.

I have a jumperoo and cant be heard downstairs or in next room, so defo go down and check

I think your neighbour needs to get out more...

Is her bedroom directly underneath your kitchen? Doubtful...

If its bothering her that much she could go into another room.

Does she not have any children herself? Could this be why she is moaning at you?

It is for a maximum of a few months then your baby will grow out of the jumperoo.

Apologise, do what you can to minimise the noise and don't worry about it.

Yes, grow out of the jumperoo & according to the OP start running & jumping instead.

If the downstairs neighbour was posting on MN, having exhausted polite channels, she'd be encouraged to complain to the landlord & start providing noise of her own.

artisan roast - really, is this what you would say if this evening your next door neighbour started doing diy on the party wall at the same time as the jumperoo?

Or they played music in their garden and you could hear it clearly in your house?

my experience of people who cause noise nuisance is that they do it repeatedly. so when the jumperoo isn't wanted any more then it will be a rumbling brick trolley, or furniture Olympics, or marching or something else and the OP, who has clearly done a runner hours ago, will just keep doing the "well he likes doing it and cries if he doesn't" defence.

Noise nuisance, regular and sustained that interferes with your quiet enjoyment of your property is absolute torture. you anticipate it, you look at the clock you know its coming, you cant concentrate until it stops.

you only have to meet people who have suffered noise nuisance from their neighbours to see how utterly exhausting it is and how it takes over their lives.

Noise nuisance isn't just loud music or barking dogs. its this. as I said upthread, I wish the neighbours were reading this because I would tell them to get down to their local Env Health to get this stopped.

Yabu to put baby in jumparoo for 2.5 hrs a day! Let alone to make neighbour listen to it.

I know it's tough- I have a baby same age and a 3 yo at home but baby needs to go on the floor. This is how they develop gross motor skills.

If baby is grizzly/clingy put them in sling. Or during dinner prep baby might sit in high chair with some food to play with while I cook.

Maybe your baby could have a jumparoo session around the middle of day.

mummymeister - I can't help but think this is a risk you take by living in a flat, isn't it?

I did say that OP should minimise the impact of the jumperoo.

Furthermore I have been on the receiving end of noisy neighbours, I live in a student area so several times during the year they have late night loud parties. I move rooms and if its still going loudly after 1am I phone the police, simple. However, I would love to see the faces of Env Health when they receive the phone call about a baby in a jumperoo...

I am not entirely sure what everyone wants this poor woman and her child to do? Move house?

poor woman

My sympathy is with the neighbour.

We don't actually know how loud it is, though.

I've lived in flats where you could hear a pin drop on the floor above, and having really noisy neighbours was sheer, sheer hell. But I've also lived in a house with all wood floors where I could hardly even hear my baby in a jumperoo if I was on the floor below.

Obviously the neighbours are bothered, so OP should go her best to get the noise to reasonable levels and find out how loud it is for the neighbours already. But we can't actually tell, from here, what the noise levels are in someone else's downstairs neighbour's flat.

YABU to use a jumperoo at all. Horrible for hip development. But, if you must use it, limit it to 20 mins at a time 2 or 3 times a day. He's in it far too much

YABU
Wood floor when you are upstairs is hell for whoever lives below you, its a FACT which is why it is usually banned in flats.

YABU. Poor neighbour has complained! So you stop.

Sorry for delay, was in hills with no signal! Thanks for all opinions

He has a playpen, loads of toys, bouncer, rocker and I interact with him a lot. But I can't be constantly playing with him- I need to get on with housework, laundry, cooking, taking a shower etc. He's way too heavy for sling now, my back can't take it. Also I think a 7-month old is too big to be strapped to mum all day at home!
If I don't play with him constantly and he can't bounce, he just cries. I've followed instructions re assembling jumparoo and setting it up at correct height for him so I don't feel it's bad for him. HV said its fine as long as they rest after half an hour.

We go to swimming, baby sensory, wheelie-fit, baby massage, yoga and also to the park for long walks, so out every day.

I still feel neighbour should put up with it (how loud can one small jumping baby be?!) but yes I will ask her if I can listen downstairs. I doubt it is as loud as she makes out. Also some noise is to be expected in flats. I hear my upstairs neighbour's kids running, shouting, singing etc and the dog scampering across floor but wouldn't dream of complaining about daytime noise!

He wears socks to jump and already has foal mat on a thick rug, can't put more padding under as he'll slip. He doesn't jump continuously he often rests and fiddles with toys while standing. He has the music on but on quiet setting.

Why on earth did you bother to ask AIBU? You have been told that you are yet still here you are, justifying, minimizing blah blah blah. Pity your neighbour.

Seriously OP the jumping would drive any normal person batshit! I bet the neighbour loves it when you take him swimming, to the park etc. You are being VVVVVVVVVU. Why did you other to post?

I can't believe you would justify 2.5 hours a day in a jumperoo so that you can get stuff done. A jumperoo is for entertainment purposes and should be used for short periods under supervision, it isn't a babysitter.
I would ignore any health visitor who said that length of time is okay as long as he rests for half an hour afterwards.
Can you not find other things for baby to do for at least 2 of those half hour sessions?

You've had 3+ pages of people saying YABVU and saying why but you still think YANBU? Right. Why, exactly, did you bother posting? Did you read the parts about what might happen if your neighbour reported you to the council?

You could hear our jumperoo all over the house and we had carpet. The repetitive thumping is probably driving your poor neighbour batty and you don't seem to give a stuff.

I still feel neighbour should put up with it

Oh right. You're one of those parents.

7am is not daytime, it's first thing in the morning and too early to disturb neighbours once you are aware you're causing a disturbance. And 30 mins is too long IMO, 20 mins would show some consideration.