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?

MEEEEEE!!!!! It's all about MEEEEE and my BABYYYYY!!!

That's all I'm hearing from the OP. Her poor poor neighbour.

Who needs to do 2.5 hours housework / cooking every day in a flat??

You aren't doing your baby any favours by constantly entertaining them with noisy flashy toys BTW, it's good for them to learn how to entertain themselves. Could you at least babywear for the first and last of your FIVE (!) Housework sessions?

OP my 9 month old was like this at 7 months, as he realised the fun of exploring and wanting to be a bit more independent it got a bit easier with regards to the clingyness. I always had to do housework when he was in bed and during the day I couldn't do much at all except be with him. It's hard to believe that 2 months ago he was like this as he's so different now, we also had a very dependent relationship with the jumperoo because sometimes I just needed a break! So i totally get where you're coming from. My DS is very much a creature of habit and becomes very upset when routines change, it could be that your DS is so used to his jumperoo routine that he becomes upset when you try not to use it because it's not what he expected. It can become a bit of a vicious circle (no pun intended!).

Once your baby is past this phase he'll be more than happy to crawl around and play with his toys rather than needing to be in the jumperoo. I'd definitely look at alternatives in the meantime, the exersaucer is supposed to be a fun toy which is similar but very quiet. I'd perhaps start by using the jumperoo for fewer sessions during the day, the easiest is probably the 7am one as you could build something else into your morning routine. My DS loves anything that isn't a toy, so you could use something he's never played with before to catch his attention whilst you prepare his breakfast etc. A little ball pool might be exciting for him, there are loads of baby entertainment ideas on Pinterest and Facebook. Once he learns to do other things the grizzles will stop.

I'd pop down to your neighbour and speak to them, just explain that DS is going through a bit of a phase and that you'll work on the jumperoo noise but it might take a little while. It's not worth damaging your relationship with your neighbour if you plan on living there for a while, it's hard to see why they can't be more understanding when you've finally found something that makes life a little easier but try not to blame them for not getting it. To them you're just causing a noise and the irritation has built up.

Puglife presumably somebody who doesn't enjoy spending time with their baby for whatever reason?

I'm not seeing what housework you have to do in a flat
Seriously?! That actually made me laugh!

OP, stick a good thick cushion or something under his feet. Your neighbour has a point but there are a lot of huge overreactions on this thread.

CamboricumMinor that's a bit harsh, the OP shouldn't be made out to not enjoy spending time with her baby just because she does other things during the day whilst she is caring for him! I choose to go to work, I don't have to, and it's certainly not because I don't spending time with my baby.

Some people on here are so cock sure of their authority on what OP ought to be doing with her time. The self appointed experts on someone else's day. The sanctimony and the arrogance. Ugh.

Narcycow
There was more to my past that I managed to delete before posting
I meant I don't see what takes 2 and a half hours and especially not at 7 am

I'm glad I have always been too self indulgent to spend that much time cleaning and cooking.

I don't even know what a jumperoo is, is it like those bouncy things you hang in the door?

OP - AIBU?
Everyone else - yes YABU
OP - no I'm not, my neighbour is
Everyone else - No she's not, here's ways to do things differently/improve the situation
OP - No IANBU

No one is an expert of OP's day but lots of us have been in a similar situation with a clingy baby and it is perfectly possible to manage without a jumperoo (plenty of us never had one) and it's perfectly possible to use it less often, or even just not first thing in the morning, which would help appease the neighbour.
And I really don't think it's good for the baby to be in one for 2 and a half hours a day.

OP asked a question and people have answered it. Don't ask the question if you won't like the answer.

It's so horrible living below a flat with wooden floors. Absolute misery.

I agree with feck off.
Babies can be bloody hard work.
Don't be inconsiderate to your neighbours.

YABVVU

As a physiotherapist I would say a 7 month old baby should not spending 2.5 hours a day in a Jumparoo. 45 mins max a day.

I'm not seeing what housework you have to do in a flat
Seriously?! That actually made me laugh!

I want one of the magic no housework flats

OP you sound a really nasty piece of work

And you'll be raising your kid to be inconsiderate of others too. Sigh.

Add me to waiting list of magic self cleaning flats please

To posters saying about rug beneath his feet, it will be the noise of the whole frame. Carpet +!rug + mat might work.

I'm concerned op will go down and hear the noise and say "oh it's not bad" because it's her child noise and she's mentally tuned it out.

So grateful for my nice neighbours.

They're not no cleaning, but they don't need 2.5 hrs a day, surely.

2.5 hrs one a week and a quick wipe down of the surfaces in the kitchen and bathroom at the end of the day would be enough I would think.

Lorelei that's really harsh, you can't say that about someone based on a MN post!

Op I agree, yabu, speak to your landlord about soundproofing. Do you have a copy of the head lease? (You should have). That may say no hard flooring without adequate soundproofing.

Dizzy, I didn't accuse OP of being a rampant criminal or someone who pulls the legs off spiders.

Her attitude is very mean and nasty and inconsiderate and I used a phrase that reflects that.

Rafa, try living in a small flat for a while!

Well I live in a flat, and I don't spend more than an hour cleaning everyday but I am a bit of a slattern bunging the washing in takes a total of 1 minute, hanging it up takes 5.
Washing up - 10 minutes twice a day
Hoovering - 5 minutes
Cooking a meal - 30 minutes max
Everything else - do it in the evenings or at the weekend.

Wooden floors can be very echoey downstairs. Could you pay her a visit when your partner is home and ds in/on it?

I live in a very small flat,

I have a minion who goes round untidying and uncleaning after me I think he's 3

Maybe my standards are too high. I do have OCD (but not cleaning OCD) I think it looks worse in a small flat leaving things not done than perhaps in a larger home it would?

Feck, nor do I but OP said she is making baby food, doing laundry, cooking, as well as cleaning. Everyone is different. I actually think it's bizarre that the OP is getting stick for not spending the jumperoo time with her baby.

And she has a baby, the feeding and laundry will be constant. I've no objection to op managing her time as she wants to, it's the horrible attitude to neighbour that's the issue.