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Saying shut up to a 1/2 year old

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Redruby2020 · 26/04/2024 11:48

I could say alot about this situation, and I can elaborate if needs be.
But I just want to focus on this point for now. Parent/s saying shut up to a child whether it is said in a nice or nasty way I don't think it's appropriate. Said child is now saying it back to the mother, which obviously children will do. And today, mother has got annoyed when child has said it back to her.
Well that is very hypocritical for a start.

Also what do you think of kids being stuck in all weekend, there might be some days out, or events happening. But can very often be stuck in from Friday after school until Monday morning.
Also in the holidays unless a holiday is planned, maybe out 1/2 times in a week. There is a garden and children aren't encouraged it doesn't seem, to go out in it. I am aware said children have asthma which I'm sorry to say it, the mother smoking heavily throughout both pregnancy's can't have helped.
Do you think that's got anything to do with being more anxious about taking them out etc?!

Also letting youngest run up and down the kitchen/sitting room from 8/8.30 anywhere up until 10/11pm. I'm not saying for 2/3 hours straight, but frequently throughout those hours.
I have to put my headphones on because once my DC is in bed. I want to do some chores and unwind a bit etc before bed. This is all I have to listen to every night.
And them waiting up for whenever the bf father of the youngest out of two kids, gets there. Who apparently doesn't live there, so she claims on her own, but is there 7 days a week. He is a big mouth too doesn't care that anyone else might have kids asleep I find it all very disrespectful.

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Redruby2020 · 26/04/2024 17:37

Sapphire387 · 26/04/2024 15:54

Oh god, OP. You sound like a really nosey neighbour. Stop your obsession with what they're doing and focus on your own life. What you are detailing is not abuse - you're just being judgey.

I'm not nosey I don't have to creep around listening or try hard to catch what's happening. Put it this way, if they lay in bed and have a normal voice level chat I can hear it all from my bedroom above.

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Redruby2020 · 26/04/2024 17:41

longapple · 26/04/2024 14:57

Saying shut up isn't polite but it's hardly abuse and is probably and end of tether reaction to endless talking. I'm sure she's worked out where the child learned it and is feeling crap about it.

Maybe they don't like their garden. It sounds like they have a nosy neighbour which would put me off going out there. If the child has asthma cold air or pollen could set it off. Or they might get foxes and cats crapping everywhere. Without knowing what they are doing you can't really judge their choice to not use the garden. My child spent their entire time outside at nursery when he was there, so we didn't prioritise being outside at the weekend and did crafting type activities instead (which he missed out on at nursery due to being unwilling to leave the mud he was wallowing in).

A child who wakes up at 8 and has a long nap in the daytime could easily be up until 11. It probably suits the parents to not be woken up at 5 and to get some time in the middle of the day while the kid sleeps.

No it's not end of tether. And if you already feel like that, and know you are depressed fed up etc. You don't wait to move then say I want another child. Then say after that I am depressed stuck at home looking after kids. You have to help yourself sometimes.
It would be like me, having gone through what I have, finding parenting a challenge and my own personal difficulties, and knowing what I have is enough, and then doing it all over again.

If the child is a bit whiney, asking for things, crying etc. That's what she does.
She likes kids when they are quiet. Which is why I think she found it annoying when mine was noisy, but that's what kids do.

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Redruby2020 · 26/04/2024 17:43

@Sugarcoatedalmonds I don't spie on next door, they are not nextdoor lol. It is information I have been told.
Sorry maybe it's me who is a bit silly then. But if someone is there nights and works in the day, lol I think it's safe to say they live there.
She has said in the past she is on her own. I hate it when women with a partner do that, when there are people who are really on their own.

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OutOfTheHouse · 26/04/2024 17:58

For someone you don’t like you know an awful lot about her.
Report her to social services about her parenting if you like, although I can tell you that there is nothing there that will get them to turn up.
Report her for benefits fraud if you want to.

It’s horrible having neighbours like that, I have similar. She shouts at her kids and is just plain rude to them. It’s upsetting to hear and can become rather all consuming. Remember though, you can’t change what she’s doing, but you can change how you react to it.

Everythinggreen · 26/04/2024 18:01

You both sound like nightmare neighbours to me. One shouty and noisy and the other a busy body.

LBFseBrom · 26/04/2024 19:47

I'm sorry I misunderstood, I thought you were in a terraced house, Redruby.

Try not to think about whether or not your downstairs neighbour is on her own, it's not your business.

The biggest problem you have is the noise. It is possible to soundproof your floor and wouldn't cost the earth. I found this which may be of interest to you:

A Practical Guide to Soundproofing Floors in Your Home - RugPadUSA

Soundproofing floors is the easiest way to keep your sanity when you have noisy floors, neighbors, or family. Here's how to do it.

https://www.rugpadusa.com/articles/a-practical-guide-to-soundproofing-floors-in-your-home

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