So as the thread says, the 18 month old baby next door is left to cry in the middle of the night sometimes for up to 2 hours. Because he’s quite old to be crying like this, he winds himself up so it sounds like he’s going to be sick - he’s clearly so upset. It’s a different kind of crying from the newborn crying. I never complained about any of the newborn crying because that’s what new babies do, but this feels different. It’s been going on since Feb, so not continuously since he was a newborn. Both parents are NHS doctors, and I have spoken to them but they said there’s nothing they can do as he’s just being naughty and they don’t want to encourage him by bringing him into bed with them. She suggested I sleep downstairs on my sofa but that definitely isn’t an option for me! I guess I’m someone who never left my son to cry it out, even when I was sleep training him I went in and put my hand on his chest so he knew I was there. So I’m kind of at a loss. I have excellent earplugs but still I get woken up almost every night.
So my am I being unreasonable is: yes you are being unreasonable and you should suck it up, no you’re not being unreasonable and this is what I would do. Thank you for any tips and advice. I’m a lone parent and always have been so it’s just me, so it’s not even like I can send anyone else in to have a word with them. I also run my own business which takes a lot of headspace, so I’m struggling with the lack of sleep.