My neighbour (25F) has an 18m old child who she is constantly screaming at. And I don't just mean frustrated shouting as all parents will feel at one time or another, I'm talking screeching like a banshee at this child "You're pissing me off now"..."Go to sleep"..."What are you doing?!?!"..."Fuck sake".
I can hear this with her windows closed if I am outside and sometimes hear it when mine and her windows are both open. Baring in mind, we are both end terraces so share no common walls!
I feel for her as she is only young herself, but old enough to know better. Her own Mother doesn't seem great by all accounts (They were both screaming at each other in the street last summer calling each other slags, coke heads and weed heads). I have a feeling she has been dragged up herself. Had armed police outside the house shortly after this, something to do with the babies Dad, who had been in prison for the first 12m of her life. They found him to be in possession of a firearm (was in the paper) he was arrested and subsequently now back in prison.
I am at my wits end and feel absolutely terrified for this child. This kind of behaviour is clearly normal to her. As I've said, windows are open so absolutely zero shame and for the whole street to hear.
I reported to LA when she first moved in (when she was visibly about to drop) for smelling cannabis coming from the property. From then it's just an almost daily occurance of her screaming and swearing at this child for no apparent reason other than trying to get her to sleep. There also appears to be no routine for this child. Last Saturday morning all curtains in the bedroom were closed but windows open again screaming at the child "What do you want?!?!"...this went on at regular intervals for over an hour, silence for a few more hours then she appeared to surface around 2pm when going into the garden with LO.
What would you do?!