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To get annoyed at my SIL

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Charmander123 · 21/01/2018 16:59

My SIL is a teenager (15) and I have a baby. Everytime she sees me she's very good and considerate with the baby. She's stayed at ours this week whilst her parents are at a wedding. She's sleep upstairs so doesn't wake up to he baby crying.
We love close so her friends can visit for a shirt time. She makes SO much noise/screams. And it's worse when they are around. I started asking very politly to be quiet as the baby was asleep/had a bad night. Which the quiet lasts 10 minutes :-(
It's really bad even just with us where I constantly have to remind her to be a lite quieter. (By day 2 she had woken the baby every nap ) it'd day 4 now and she's gotten no better. I'm usually very patient with her and we get along really well but eventually I snapped and told her to shut up otherwise she'll be the one dealing with the baby crying if she wakes her up. To which she now is calling me a bully. My DH agrees with me but she's very stubborn.

So was IBU or is she being a dramatic teen? X

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LIZS · 21/01/2018 17:04

Yabu, a group of teens is naturally loud. If you don't want baby disturbed during the day tell her to go to theirs.

Charmander123 · 21/01/2018 17:08

It's not just with them (thry aren't even round that long) it's just all the time with her. X

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TheQueenOfWands · 21/01/2018 17:10

Send her home.

She's 15. She can be alone for a few days.

dragonwarrior · 21/01/2018 17:11

It's your house so your rules but tbh, you are being a bit pfb.... the baby needs to learn to sleep through noise

ChasedByBees · 21/01/2018 17:11

Is there anywhere she can go while the baby naps? I would let her know when the baby is sleeping and tell her to be quiet or she has to go out during the next nap (daytime / safety permitting of course). It won’t work if you’re in the middle of nowhere.

But no, you’re not a bully or BU.

DearMrDilkington · 21/01/2018 17:16

PFB, I was the same with dd when she was a baby, I now look back and cringe at myself.

Bellamuerte · 21/01/2018 17:26

Firstly I'd stop her friends coming round. Secondly I'd phone her parents and ask them to have a word as she won't be welcome to stay in future if she can't be quiet.

Hercules12 · 21/01/2018 17:26

Noise from other kids is normal for babies. Ds was a noisy 8 year old when dd was born.

greeeen · 21/01/2018 18:29

Your house your rules, I would have sent her home on day 2. Definitely would not allow her to have friends over if she can't respect the house rules.

ijustwannadance · 21/01/2018 18:38

You lasted 4 days before telling her to shut up. More patience than me.
Why is she screaming anyway?
No friends round and I agree with others, at 15 she can be at home alone for a while and be more bloody considerate.

llangennith · 21/01/2018 18:45

When you’re asked to have her again say sorry but no. Teenagers aren’t all noisy and thoughtless but this one certainly is.

DontWannaBeObamasElf · 21/01/2018 19:02

There’s a difference between a baby getting used to sleeping with a noisy young sibling around and baby who usually has undisturbed sleep being woken up by a 15 year old who is old enough to know better!

Charmander123 · 21/01/2018 19:36

Yeah my baby sleeps through hoovering and lots but a sudden shout from her and a scream at her laughing at something g on her phone /being on the phone etc. Wakes/scares the baby

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BackforGood · 21/01/2018 19:39

So, when she is on her own, she screams ? Hmm

Why ?
I can understand going off in peals of laughter or whatever when her friends are with her, but when she's just hanging about on her own ? Confused

proudmum4 · 21/01/2018 19:39

I can understand the baby needs to sleep through noise, I hoover and be noisy when mine sleeps! But to be that loud their waking them up every nap then that's not on !

proudmum4 · 21/01/2018 19:47

If your in someone's else's home, you respect their rules !

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