Baby crying more than 6 hours

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NC for this.

I'm awake and not able to sleep as I this terrible flu bug. Nonetheless I am here cosied up in bed with MN and two cats on my lap for company.

I live with one upstairs neighbour in a maisonette and for the last 6-7 hours their baby has been crying. A really distressed low level wailing. Stops for about 10 minutes and then starts again.

I find baby crying noise extremely distressing and I can't find my headphones. This is in addition to 4 years of no fail morning and evening wailing and crying from their older child. Usually remedied by the parents whooping at the child as a distraction. Obviously doesn't work as the child is probably looking for comfort.

I understand child rearing is hard as I have DC myself and I am a single parent but AIBU to just be at the end of my tether now and want to rip my ears off.

Sadly some people are definitely saying don't report.
As for not reporting for 4 years people don't report for far more than that and with a lot more evidence. I used to work a lot in this area and it shocking what people ignore.

Yeah i got the same. I was told constantly crying and feeling like I cant cope all day is normal and we will look at antidepressants in two weeks. Bad decision with my history of mental health. And by the two weeks it was too late. She treated me like i was hysterical too. I hope your situation improves. The system is indeed broken x

It’s horrible to think that children are suffering and people are ignoring warning signs.
I hope this comes to nothing because I can’t imagine the guilt the OP will feel if there is something actually going on

How old is baby? My first had colic for 12 weeks, my second had colic for the first 5 months - doctors said there was nothing else we could do to help baby outside of what we were already doing, just ride out the storm.

Either make an anonymous complaint through Childline website or contact social services, I would rather contact someone who will go and check in on the children/parents, than do nothing and find myself sobbing in court in 6 months time that I did nothing and a child has died.

SS are there to help, not just take children away and put them in care. They can support the parents if there is an issue and over guidance and help.

This is the most balanced and to the point advice I have seen on here and is correct - and social services DID take my baby!

But.. that was down to failing on behalf of many other services, not theirs.

They have been amazing helping me and my boy since we came home. I couldn't have coped without them and a year or so later, we only see them every 6 weeks and that ends for good in may. They are Really amazing. (when they get it right at least)

So i 100 percent agree with this