To want the babling toddler next door to be quiet.

[DeeSeeMee]

Next doors toddler talks constantly in the garden - that in itself would not be so bad but her parents constantly answer her! So it just a contant stream of nonsense loud chatter coming from the garden next door. I'm not going to say anything, but surely I'm not BU to find this annoying?
I appreciate little ones chatter but surely the parents must be aware they are being really noisy. I wish they would just ignore her or tell her to be quiet. I've resorted to headphones.

Toddlers talk ,some alot more than others ,yes it can be annoying but if the mum was ignoring the toddler you probably would have posted about how shes ignoring the child and neglecting it

YANBU but someone will be along in a minute to say you’re a misery guts, the sound of children chattering is the most beautiful sound of all, it takes a village, etc.

But I get you. When it’s just a stream of consciousness babble all day it goes right through you.

Headphones sound a good plan.

You’re not being unreasonable to find it annoying

Surely this is a windup?

MN always suggest headphones and it misses the point. You don’t want music or an audiobook. Just quiet!

There's an awful lot of stuff in every day life that pisses me off.
Toddlers chattering away isn't one of them.

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I'm sure the mum probably feels the same and has this all day and half the night in my case. If I stop and ignore I just get a very loud "mummy mummy mummy mummy" so I'm not sure which is more annoying?
Hopefully now more places are open they will spend time in different places for everyone's sanity

So you want parents not to interact with their child, help their speech and development and processing because you don't like the sound of a child.......

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Glad your not my neighbour with that ridiculous antics and thought processing!

As someone who's son didn't speak til he was 5, I love to hear toddlers speak. I missed all that. Yabu.

@Scottishskifun

So you want parents not to interact with their child, help their speech and development and processing because you don't like the sound of a child.......

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Glad your not my neighbour with that ridiculous antics and thought processing!

I think the whole point is that they don't interact with the child...

Do you have children yourself? Doesn’t sound like you do because if you did you would know that toddlers are not quiet. My son was non verbal and pretty silent until 4/5 - I wish he was a noisy toddler! They sound like great parents!

@nettytree

As someone who's son didn't speak til he was 5, I love to hear toddlers speak. I missed all that. Yabu.

This! Me too! My son was non verbal until 4.5 ish!

You are SO not being unreasonable but you’ll get your arse handed to you for making a thread about it.

Other people’s kids are the worst. But people are really precious about the ‘music’ of their voices and laughter. 🤢

@Hopdathelf

YANBU but someone will be along in a minute to say you’re a misery guts, the sound of children chattering is the most beautiful sound of all, it takes a village, etc.

But I get you. When it’s just a stream of consciousness babble all day it goes right through you.

Yep, OP is all that and a bag of chips

YANBU. The "finding their voice" stage is very annoying. Especially when it involves SHRIEKING with no attempt on the part of parents to teach/model quiet voices! Also over-keen parenting - the sort where they give a constant running commentary on everything. No need for it. As long as a child lives a normal life with other people speaking to/around them at least some of the time, they are not going to grow up mute!

I had toddlers - i talked to them of course but we were aware of other people!

Get yourself a place in an over 50s estate and hope no grandchildren ever visit. Problem solved.

@jellybeans44 the OP is complaining about the interaction.....

that in itself would not be so bad but her parents constantly answer her!

You can't stop a small child talking in their own garden

Personally I find the sound of my neighbours yakking away having a wine party with friends incredibly annoying but, unless it goes on until 2am, I would be incredibly unreasonable to tell them they weren't allowed to converse in their garden.

YABVU.

It is the over parenting that is driving me potty (which there has just been a long loud discussion about too).

YANBU, constant, repetitive noise is irritating. The sound of happy children playing is often irritating. It's not as bad as the sound of unhappy children crying, obviously. It also doesn't mean the child is doing anything wrong or should stop. It's fine to dislike it though.

It doesn't mean you're a misery. It doesn't mean you hate children. It just means you dislike the noise. And modelling speech is good parenting, but if the parents are simpering, that's worse for you.

(Just wait till they're older and get bought a bloody trampoline though.)

If you want peace and quiet go and live in the middle of nowhere ,I have a non verbal elevan year old,I would love to hear him talk,there's lots of irritating things people do ,it's all part and parcel of living in a community 🙄