What time is best to wait until to let your kids play in the garden?

[ObiJuanKenobi]

Our dc have just turned 2 and since the weather has brightened up love being in the garden playing.
One of them woke up at 430 this morning and has been asking non stop to go in the garden and is now having a mighty tantrum about it but I think it's not fair on our neighbours to have kids playing noisily in the garden early in the morning and they should wait until 9, DP thinks they can go and play now.

What time is reasonable?

With my neighbours (retired on both sides) I'd probably go for 8am. Happily one side is a lady with not great hearing, and the other side tend towards the noisy (the bloke likes to do loud woodwork accompanied by loud classic rock songs ) so we don't need to worry too much about being noisy!

4.30am.... ouch ouch ouch. There should only be one 4.30 in any given day, IMO. Hope you get an early night at least, op!

My neighbours throw their troupe of little darlings out in the garden from sun up to sun down.

Please don't let yours out before 8am on a weekday and at least 9am on weekends!!

I'd say 8 during the week, 9 at weekends at the very earliest. Later if the dcs can be persuaded.

8.30 ish whatever day.

But keep the noise down until gone 9.

Surely 7.30 would be reasonable on a weekday? We live on a VERY quiet road but by that point several horses and riders have been past, the chickens are clucking and the birds are singing. I don’t feel like well behaved children are going to be any noisier!

Surely 7.30 would be reasonable on a weekday?

No it wouldn't. Far too early.

Depends on windows,garden size etc. I can see next doors children in their garden but I haven’t heard them yet. Terraced houses but good size garden.

Echoing What another poster said...4.30am is a ridiculous time to be up with 2 year olds!

My 2 year old is put back into bed and isnt allowed up before 6am! He usually sleeps until 6.30 but can sometimes be heard at the gate (stair gate on bedroom door) asking to go downstairs in the middle of the night. Myself or my husband will then put him back into bed.

Anyway i think 8 is a reasonable time for the garden!

I think 7.30 weekdays is fine assuming it’s normal play noise not a screaming riot.
I also think 8.30 at weekends is fine.

We live rurally here and all our neighbours are up with animals by 6.30 so we let DC out from then, if they are awake.

Get black out blinds for your dc bedrooms. 4:30 is way too early to wake up, you won't survive the summer if they wake up regularly at 4:30am!

Our general unspoken rule around here is 8am for workmen starting jobs either weekdays or weekend. We're very rural and when Grandson stays he's outing the garden by that time though sometimes earlier if he's being quiet

Sorry didnt mean my post to sound so judgey but hope that 4.30am start is just a one off!

My neighbours one side work shifts including nights so I would never be able to guess what is a good time for them (train driver and air hostess) and the other side is retired. Luckily I get on great with both of them so hopefully they would say if anything was too noisy.

There are noise laws (which covers workmen/power tools etc) which I believe can only be used after 7am workdays and I think later in Sunday’s (8 maybe?)
I’d definitely not let a child play out earlier than that, but I’d stick to school hours tbf, so not before 9.

They have black out curtains and usually sleep until 7.30, his twin brother had to be woken up at 8.
Agreed 4.30 is definitely not a suitable time for 2 year olds to be running around. This morning was certainly a one off, unless they've been ill and up in the night!!

Depends how loud your kids are.

LOL at all the people saying 9 or 10 at weekends! Because your lie-in is so much more important than the children's wanting play and fresh air...

9/10

Depends how quiet the kids are.

My DD was a very early riser, but very happy to play on her own from 5am onwards.
She would play in the ( safe enclosed ) garden while I did work in the kitchen, - the kitchen door was open so she was within earshot and sight.

I would not have let her out of she was a screamer, no.

LOL at the idea that someone elses child "wanting play and fresh air" is so much more important than another persons lie-in when they've likely worked all week. If they are that desperate for fresh air, take 'em to the bloody park.

I think 7am is fine, earlier if they're not shrieking or shouting. As a kid I used to play quietly in the garden from around 6am.

7.30 seems fine for a weekday.
9 at the earliest on a weekend for me.

Everything is relative. The old folk who would moan about noisy kids forget they probably had noisy kids themselves many moons ago. The professional couple moaning about noisy kids forget they may have some themselves in the future etc etc.

Mine were out in the garden at 8 this morning for half an hour before we left for school. We have neighbours who work/go to school though so they wouldn't have been disturbing anyone.

We have a 9am on Saturday and 10 on sundays rule. Mine are early risers who never sleep past 6.30 (usually closer to 6) so it can be a pain when they are clock watching and moaning!

Mine are older but are often out as soon as they're ready for school, sometimes as early as 7.45. Neighbours both sides have similar aged kids. I wouldn't have a problem with yours being out at 7.30. I have more of a problem with kids playing out late at night when mine are in bed!