Aibu neighbours kids!!

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So, OK I might be being a grumpy asshole because of all the wine I drank last night, and the fact I didn't get home till 3am but.....neighbours kids were out in the garden this morning at just got 8o clock! Screaming, shouting and squealing in that loud squealy way little girls have.

Is this not a tad early for a Sunday morning?! Or am I just being a moody hungover prick

Today
7.15. That’s far too early.

I used to keep dd in TIL 9am on a Sunday.

I don't let my 2 out until 9.00 a.m. They are incapable of not making a noise.

Kids out at 8 on a nice sunny morning is fine.

Not screaming and shouting it's not.

I wouldn't let mine out until 10/11. Anything before that is too early, maybe 9 on a weekday

There's a lot of parents on this thread that I'm glad I don't live next door.
We were out with our noisy toddler at 7am this morning in his sand pit. I did have a thought for the neighbours but it's a nice day!!
It's not a nice day for your neighbours being woken by a noisy toddler whose parents don't give a stuff about anyone else

I think 8 is okay, 9 is preferable - whether its kids, lawn mowers or anything else.

It might be because of the extremely hot weather. If they are not out between 11 and 3, they are probably having a siesta.
Shouting and squealing loudly for hours at a time is never ok though, regardless of the hour.

My neighbours would get till 9am, then I'm putting my toddlers in the garden.

9am here. However my neighbour 5 doors down allows her kids out as early as they please. They turned up at my door at 5.45am one morning. I didn't hear the door but my next door neighbour told me she had seen them when she was in her kitchen. They are also out till gone 10pm screaming and climbing on shed roofs

I used to let mine about about 9am unless they were just playing quietly at the sand/water table or something.

Any loud screaming and they were straight in.

I’d let mine out at 8am but not before. I think 8am is fair game. Not stupidly early but also not so late you’re keeping kids in too long. Mine would be climbing the walls by 9am

Depends, but even young kids should not be yelling squealing and shouting so loud it disturbs sleeping neighbours at 8am. It's possible for kids to play without being annoying, alas some parents don't encourage their offspring to be considerate

I wouldn't let mine out until 9am especially on a Sunday.

Anything before 9am or after 9pm makes me grumpy.

I think you need to make allowances with the hot weather. It's sensible to keep children in the shade between 11 and 3 when it's very hot. That leaves the morning and late afternoon or evening to play outside. I would normally say 9 am is fine on weekends but I think 8 am is reasonable in the heat. I wouldn't be happy with squealing and screaming at any time though.

I don’t let mine out in the garden until 9am on weekends out of respect. But we have to listen to their dog constantly barking out in the garden so I don’t know why I bother!!

Were you silent when you arrived home drunk at 3am then?

YANBU OP!

I don't let my kids out until 9am and even then I tell them no screaming and shouting for the first hour. It's so disrespectful to your neighbours otherwise, I think.

Ha they’re kids.. it’s sunny... you’re being grumpy because you’re hung over.

I wouldn’t enjoy hearing it with a hangover, but wouldn’t be cross with the kids, it their fault you’re feeling like poo.

I think 8am for outdoors playing does feel a bit early for a Sunday morning, although I’m not sure I’d personally be bothered by it I do think it’s earlier than the norm (around here anyway). I’ve always had 9am as a general rule. I’m not sure why, it just ‘feels’ right. I’m sure there will be people who fancy lying in longer than that (I certainly did pre-DC), but I think 9am is a completely normal middle ground between early risers and late starters.

I’m particularly wary of annoying other people even though others’ noise doesn’t tend to annoy me, I think noisy activities are best suited for during the day when noise is most common, eg 11am-4pm, again just a ‘feeling’ I have and my own preoccupation with not being a nuisance. So I personally wouldn’t have my DC being noisy outdoors at 9am, however I don’t actually think it would be reasonable to complain at that time. It’s all part and parcel of living among others!

Well, I certainly didn't rock up home screaming my way through the door.
Detached house so I can't see how I could've woken them when I didn't even wake my own kids or partner 🤷‍♂️

Mine are out from 8am, a little bit loud but I don’t tolerate screaming and any arguments they’re straight inside.

I don’t feel guilty about normal playing noise at that time, just as I’m sure my neighbours don’t feel guilty using their garden at 7pm when my kids are trying to sleep. Compromises all round.

That's way too early. I always kept mine in until at least 9am and even then I thought that was early. I moved house a few years ago to get away from neighbours who loved performance parenting in the summer, the earlier the better.......had to move for my sanity and blood pressure.

Mine were out pretty early. But if you are my neighbour then I'd say that the way you shout at your kids makes us about even.

Next door was hammering, building a drawer of some kind at 7.30am today.

In 5his weather though, you need to start early because it gets so hot so soon.