Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Protection built in.

Meet the Other Phone.
Protection built in.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

Is 8am on a su day an acceptable time to take your kids to a play park?

150 replies

DrinkingAllTheGin · 29/05/2022 08:24

There is a play park in the middle of our housing estate. It is very very close to a lot of houses and flats. And particularly close to my flat. About 2 meters from my bedroom window.

At 7.50 this morning a dad came out with his 3 children and started playing with a basket ball and letting them run up the slide. General playing noise.

I don't mind the noise the rest of the day, I chose this flat after all, but 8am is too early. Right?

This woke me up and I assumed it was about 10.
DH is on his first day off in 10 days. Thankfully he could sleep through a small bomb and hasn't woken up.

AIBU to say 8am is inside play time?

Oh and I can't go out to say something. I look like a swamp monster before I shower.

OP posts:
Bobbins36 · 29/05/2022 08:27

Why not? Seems reasonable to me, it’s not that early. Bet the guys been up for hours already with his kids.

thegreenlight · 29/05/2022 08:27

To be fair, he’s probably been up with them since 5.30/6:00 if they’re anything like my kids! He’s been up a long time already - surly this was a consideration when you moved by a park?

Sirzy · 29/05/2022 08:27

If the park is in a residential area it’s unreasonable. Either wait or find a park that isn’t in a residential area

TheYearOfSmallThings · 29/05/2022 08:28

I wouldn't love it but I think the problem is the location of the a playground right next to your bedroom. This will be an ongoing issue.

12yearsinazkaban · 29/05/2022 08:28

yabu
it's a park, he's probably been up with the kids for 2 hours if he's got to the park for 8.
People aren't going to stop their lives because some stranger wants to sleep in.

ChunkyWallabe · 29/05/2022 08:28

I don't think it's too early. It's a public area there's no rules.

Can you use white noise?

Even if people did seem it too early, what would you do? Genuine question.

DashboardConfessional · 29/05/2022 08:29

Sirzy · 29/05/2022 08:27

If the park is in a residential area it’s unreasonable. Either wait or find a park that isn’t in a residential area

Agree. I'd take mine out to the park because it's the big town one. I wouldn't use the play equipment on the square outside my bedroom window (and about 50 other bedroom windows!)

taylorsdoinapart · 29/05/2022 08:29

I think a park at that time is fair game really. If you choose to live near a park then you need to accept small kids on it early and teenagers on it late.

Coka · 29/05/2022 08:29

YABU

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 29/05/2022 08:30

Sounds hell and too early. 9am onwards for a Sunday imo.

DoYouWantDecking · 29/05/2022 08:30

Tricky. It's a park, you knew that when you moved right next to it.
The ball bouncing is totally unreasonable.
I'd be really pissed off with kids playing right by my window that early. But also I wouldn't have moved there as I couldn't control anything about the situation.

FuzzyPenguin · 29/05/2022 08:31

Not to a park in the middle of an estate, yes to a more remote one. It’s normally 9am on a week day and I try to push it out to 10 on a weekend.

Certainly wouldn’t take a basket ball that early as they really echo, I try not to use one for too long even during the day.

MinnieMountain · 29/05/2022 08:31

Most parks are in residential areas. It’s like moving near a church and complaining about the bells.

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 29/05/2022 08:32

I see your point but ultimately it’s a park- would it be too early to take a dog out for a walk and have it bark?! I’ve been awake since 5.55- I’m not waiting until 11 to take the kids out.

Original poster
DrinkingAllTheGin · 29/05/2022 08:32

They have gone inside now as the toddler fell over and went into full toddler melt down.

I've been here 5 years and this is the first morning there has been a family in the play area so early.

I did know the risks when I bought the place. Hence why I haven't/didn't ask them to come back later.

OP posts:
Mememene · 29/05/2022 08:33

Sorry, he's took his kids to a play park. It's annoying but he is just being a good dad. Better let them run off some steam and be calmer afterwards indoors.

onewednesdayindecember · 29/05/2022 08:33

I used to have to get my child to the park at about this time at the weekends when he was little, because otherwise he’d be going crazy in our flat, disturbing the neighbours with screeching and tantrums. He used to get up at about 5.30 so 8am didn’t seem that early to me. I think 8am is an ok time. If it was 6am then fair enough

Svara · 29/05/2022 08:33

Is there a basketball hoop? If not I'd expect people to hold off on that until 9, but general play, fine. If there is one I think from 8 is reasonable.

Mememene · 29/05/2022 08:34

DrinkingAllTheGin · 29/05/2022 08:32

They have gone inside now as the toddler fell over and went into full toddler melt down.

I've been here 5 years and this is the first morning there has been a family in the play area so early.

I did know the risks when I bought the place. Hence why I haven't/didn't ask them to come back later.

That wouldn't end well

SoggyPaper · 29/05/2022 08:35

You’re like one of those people who buy a flat next to a music venue, then complain to the council to get it closed down because it’s noisy and people leaving it are a pain in the arse.

you have a flat where your bedroom window is next to a playground. This was entirely to be anticipated.

SoggyPaper · 29/05/2022 08:36

Svara · 29/05/2022 08:33

Is there a basketball hoop? If not I'd expect people to hold off on that until 9, but general play, fine. If there is one I think from 8 is reasonable.

Why would you expect people to wait til any particular time to use the park?

LetTheBirdsSing · 29/05/2022 08:37

My DC get up very early (5am) so 8am is the middle of the morning for us but no way would I take them to a park in the middle of a housing estate where they could disturb other people that early on a weekend. Just because I’m up early on a weekend doesn’t mean I need to inflict that on other people. 8am on a weekday is fine but not at the weekend. I think the earliest people should be making noise that could disturb others on a weekend is 9:30am, and actually 10am feels more civilised.

It’s hard being up with kids really early but he should take them out somewhere where they won’t disturb other people.

I don’t agree with “you chose to live near a park…” OP has said she doesn’t mind the noise from the park at other times. People should be courteous to others.

Fullofhotcrossbuns · 29/05/2022 08:37

You moved somewhere with a park outside so it’s on you .

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 29/05/2022 08:37

I think it’s too early on a Sunday. Maybe 8.30 +

Blanketpolicy · 29/05/2022 08:37

It is inconsiderate and while annoying, not so unacceptable you can complain.