Have got proper cabin fever today after not leaving the house with the kids... I work term-time but have school holidays off so normally none of us are home. However, the last couple of days we've stayed home as I've been trying to catch up with all the housework I don't get to do when working FT.
My 2 DC are LOUD. Maybe it just sounds loud to me, maybe it sounds loud to everyone, idk. They have been in and out of the garden whooping and screeching all day long. Toddler DS had a half hour tantrum between lunch/nap and DD has ASD and is prone to constant grunting which I find infuriating, and would imagine others would too.
I feel sorry for our neighbours! We have only been here a few months and this is the first time we've been at home during the day this length of time.
I want to take round a bottle of wine and a box of chocolates to the neighbours to apologise and just to show I am aware of how much of a PITA it must be to have such noisy kids next door. We are out for the next few days and then it's back to school/work so will be quiet as of tomorrow.
DH says this is a bad idea as it draws attention to it and sets a precedent for them beginning to complain about the noise levels.
I think it is just a thoughtful gesture, one that I would probably appreciate if in my neighbours shoes.
AIBU?
AIBU?
AIBU to take round a box of chocolates and a bottle of wine?
LittleWingSoul · 12/04/2017 21:29
I'm thinking that the poor mother has just given up on enforcing bedtimes after the arrival of her third DS. (I think he was unplanned but can't be sure.) Her DH doesn't help much when he's home and he's a GP so he works very long hours. I'm not even sure how she manages to drag them up in the morning for school, but credit to her, she gets them up and out on time every day, like clockwork. Fortunately none of the bedrooms are adjoining rooms so at bedtime we can't really hear them, even when they're in elephant stampede mode. Mostly I just feel sorry for her, and wonder how she isn't losing her marbles in all that chaos, but it does mean that when DS has one of his pterodactyl-on-fire tantrums at 7.30am I don't get too angsty about it. Silver linings and all that. 
Oh it's my older DD (8.5) who makes most of the noise! But yes, that sounds like a lovely idea and the kids would love it too. We'll do that on Saturday! Thank you MumW :-)
It feels like a non-issue now that they are both finally asleep and I've had a glass of wine myself. I'm by no means the worst neighbour on the terrace, there is a student house on the end. Perhaps I was over thinking and just a wee bit stressed out by the grunting and drudgery of housework. I'm not a SAHM for a reason - I can't cope with it!
DH is cooking me meatballs while I peruse MN.
And.... breathe! 
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