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.

Are they performance parenting, OP?

YABVU.

I don’t think it’s a normal thing to be irritated by. If you’re that annoyed hearing a toddler and mum having a conversation, then you’re likely to be the sort of person who always has to find something to get annoyed about.

I would say pandering parenting- kids babble that is fine - it doesnt mean they are looking for a response all the time.

Toddler babbling is lovely to hear, adults babbling is really annoying

OP you are falling victim to the stabby, people rage. Take a deep breath, pour yourself a drink and look forward to the early teen years when all they do is grunt.

Person talks in their own garden AIBU?

@abeanbaked

Go and live in a retirement village with only the eerie silence of awaiting the grim reaper then.

What a vile comment

“I wish they would just ignore her or tell her to be quiet.“

You are being extremely unreasonable and everyone telling you otherwise is very unpleasant.

Not unreasonable to find it annoying, but unreasonable to expect her to be told to shut up because you want silence in the garden. The headphones seem a more than adequate solution. Alternatively, you could go inside.

At least the toddler isn’t screeching I guess?

YANBU to find it annoying but YABU to expect them to tell a toddler to stop talking!
The child beside me loves to ring the bell on her bike, I want to rip that bell off and destroy it, it drives me mad but she’s a child enjoying riding her bike and doing nothing wrong, I wouldn’t dream of asking her to stop doing it.

Yanbu they should shut that child up ffs!! how dare they talk!

@AlmostSummer21 not much more vile then wanting someone to ignore a toddler or make them shut up because you find their babbling annoying.

When comments like this pop up I always think ‘thank god you joined the world fully formed age 25, and no one every had to wipe your backside or listen to you chatter’

It’s a child. Talking. In their own garden. Give your head a wobble, eh?

We have a little 2 year old girl next to us, she's a delight and I love hearing her interact with the parents and they interact with her. There's no performance parenting, they're quite relaxed with her but they absolutely respond if she's chatting or asking questions. Your neighbours child may well be driving their parents mad with the chat and questions but it's a normal part of life and they are in their own garden.

Perhaps this toddler, through babbling and interacting with her parents, will become articulate and literate unlike you. You are being hugely unreasonable.

@DeeSeeMee

I would say pandering parenting- kids babble that is fine - it doesnt mean they are looking for a response all the time.

When You have someone in your garden do some loud wifing/parenting/ dog chatting.

Toddler babbling I can handle all the day long, parent talking back fine. Over loud, over performance parenting needs mocking!

@MiniCooperLover

We have a little 2 year old girl next to us, she's a delight and I love hearing her interact with the parents and they interact with her. There's no performance parenting, they're quite relaxed with her but they absolutely respond if she's chatting or asking questions. Your neighbours child may well be driving their parents mad with the chat and questions but it's a normal part of life and they are in their own garden.

That's lovely. Nice normal family 😊

Because ignoring a toddler or constantly telling them to shut up is so much better for their development than actually engaging in conversation even when it’s about some non-sense... and then we wonder why children have poor comprehension and poor abilities in general as the grow up. I’d be happy these parents seem to actually enjoy spending time with their child and stimulate them. I guess your kids, if you ever have/had them, would be sent into the living room with a tablet all day long.

Oh pur-lease! I have no other words for the depths of your unreasonableness!

[quote SparrowNest]@AlmostSummer21 not much more vile then wanting someone to ignore a toddler or make them shut up because you find their babbling annoying.[/quote]
I didn't say it was?! I said her comment was vile. One isn't related to the other.

Children shrieking is annoying. Adults playing loud music is annoying. Both show a lack of consideration for others.

YANBU to find toddler babbling annoying as we all have different sounds which wind us up.

However, YABVU to think that it's a socially unacceptable noise and that parents shouldn't talk to their children or should be discouraging conversation when in their own garden.

YANBU. I say this sat on my sofa with the doors and windows shut while the children next door shout and scream in their garden.