Morrisons delivery at 9:50 has woken the baby!

[northernlights84]

Just that really! The Morrisons truck has just rolled up outside our house and started loudly unloading our neighbours shopping! The lovely loud banging has woken up my son who is now crying.

What makes it worse is that the sodding woman who lives there doesn't work!!!! So it could have been delivered at any time!

Aibu and a cranky old lady or is it too late for loud deliverys!

Well tonight I didn't even get in from work until 9pm when should I have ,y shopping delivered?

Maybe your neighbour has been at work all day/been out doing things/ couldn't get an earlier slot

Your child could be sleeping any time of day and could be woken up any time by a delivery of they aren't a heavy sleeper

YABU

I'm consistently woken up in the middle of the night by nextdoor's crying baby, but I don't say a word because babies cry.

So unless your baby never cries I would not say anything and let the woman get her bloody shopping.

You are being unreasonable and cranky. You can't shelter your child from noise if you live near other people. It's just a part of every day life. Birds, cars, doorbells, hoovers, children playing, sirens.

Definitely being unreasonable, later time slots are cheaper and it may be more convenient for her to be delivered at this time?

She shouldn't have to make sure her delivery slots suit your babies bedtime.

My baby just got woken up by my own tesco delivery! They give you a four hour slot and today they came right at the end of it.

The good news is that dp has to put the shopping away while I snuggle the baby...

YANBU. The world doesn't revolve around you and your baby but it doesn't revolve around your neighbour either! I don't see what's wrong with wishing that neighbours would be more considerate with noise when it comes to small babies and toddlers. It's only when you have a baby who is not a great sleeper that you realise how shitty it is to have a baby woken up.

I don't see how a 9pm delivery would literally be her only option out of all the other options - going shopping in person during the day, doing click and collect, an earlier delivery time, etc.

This is exactly why I think parents shouldn't get in the habit of tip toeing and whispering once their baby has called asleep. My husband and I pledged not to change our evening routine once our son was born and so now he isn't a fidgety sleeper. So much so that once he is asleep the smoke alarm can go off and he won't wake up..

haha only half my post appeared!
didnt mean it to sound sarky, i think it was the word naps instead of in bed. what can i say, im tired and have pmt

YABU and ridiculous.The world does not revolve around you and your DC.

YABU. The world doesn't stop turning because your child is asleep.

mowgelijeffs Its nice that strategy worked for you but it doesn't work out for everyone. Some babies and kids are just lighter sleepers than others - we tried the "keep making noise as usual" thing for the first few months and it didn't work at all, so we started to try and be more considerate with noise after baby's bedtime, just as we would be with eachother or with guests in the house, and he slept much better. Now he's nearly 3 and sleeps through most noises but in the first year or so he was such a light sleeper.

School kids also go to bed before 9pm so I wouldn't be happy with neighbours, deliveries etc making lots of noise that late at night! It's not unreasonable to want a quiet neighbourhood after say 7 or 8pm!

So it'd be ok to wake your child if she had a job?
Lol, I'm not working at the moment, on maternity leave. I still have plenty of time commitments that mean I'm not around in the day, plus, 1 pound slots are generally after 8 or 9.
That extra 1 pound saved could quite easily buy a few bags of value pasta, or some fruit, veg or personal care items.
The world doesn't revolve around your child.

Sounds like your baby needs to get used to sleeping through a little noise!

I'm sure you're just massively frustrated which is why you're coming across as you are - but really YABU - your neighbour has no idea of your routines and nor is she likely to consider them.

Don't worry, the staying asleep gets easier!!

Crunchy .. Yes I suppose you're right.
If I have another child then I hope I get another baby who is as easy as our son! We are really lucky. Sorry if the post came across as a bit smug.

It's just that I think it's over the top that neighbours getting a delivery wakes a child up.
Maybe move the child to the back of the house?

Well maybe it is just me being grumpy! I'll take it that I am BU! Although it was loud enough to wake my son- who sleeps at the back of the house!

Also we live on a closed street so no one walks past- normally no noise at all. Maybe I should take myself back off to bed!

YABU, I personally don't have shopping delivered late at night but I wouldn't consider 9pm to be too late if that's a slot they had left.

Agree with Fenella if your child is a light sleeper simply move further away from road where delivery van stops (usually back of house).

lol I know I realised after... I'm in 24hr clock brain.

I was similarly ranty once about neighbour mowing lawn at 9pm and waking ds. My friend shut me down with a 'not everything revolves around you and your kid'.

Crunchy - I don't get home until 3am a lot of the time. I try to minimise noise but obviously my car engine, headlights, door closing etc will be heard. Can't do much about that!

Som people really are quite rude though...maybe I'm not the only cranky one Alice!

Does she even know you have a baby?

If you want her to be more considerate would you consider click and collect on her behalf if she can't collect on her own? She may have a reason for home deliveries. Does she drive?

A friendly conversation may help you also by the lines of tired, cranky baby, night noises, would you like help with shopping? Help the world go round and prevent these late night deliveries in return for a good deed

Whilst I understand your annoyance YABU. IME if a baby (or adult) is sound asleep a diesel tractor packed with gongs and trumpet players would not disturb them. If they are teetering on the edge of wake and sleep a small feather drifting past will jolt them into wakefulness.

I sometimes work shifts which wrecks my sleeping patterns and so find myself woken when I would prefer to sleep (bin men, police helicopters, next-door's kids on the trampoline, couriers leaving a package for next-door but one). It's a bummer but my life is not more important then the lives of my neighbours.