Neighbour mimicking my distressed two year old

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First AIBU so be gentle!

We have had on going problems with our neighbours, they use our drive without even mentioning it and things like that. It all came to a head a few months ago, the air was cleared and things have been better since then.

Last night my 2 year old woke up crying at 12pm, I went into him straight away as its unusual for him to wake in night now (we did have some issues with his sleep when he was much younger but I never left him to cry in his room). I settled him down, left him, all was fine, I popped to the loo and he started crying again. I went back in and resettled him, and could hear my neighbour mimicking his crying and calling our mummy.

Is this not a bit odd and and a tad unreasonable? To be honest I want to say something but don't think that will help!

YANBU. He was behaving weirdly - but just ignore. Anything else makes you look like the odd one which would be unfair!

not to be rude but why do you care so much?...tbh he honest he could have been swearing and saying 'wont that fucking child shut up!!'he would have had the right ..would that have been any better?..he was in his own house ..I say get over it...he does sound like knob so expectations should never be too high I say..

Mumcentre plus - not sure why i care so much, guess just bothered that its such a childish response. You have got me thinking though

changing bedroom not an option but am looking into soundproofig for my own sanity.

Ho hum, onwards and upwards

How old are your neighbours exactly? What a bizarre, childish way to react.

I'd deal with it the same way as I deal with my own children when they are being stupid - ignore them. Do not waste breath by responding to them.

If it's any consolation my father did that to my 9mo in front of me the other day. He also likes to remind my older children all the time of the offensive and rude things they said to him when they were 3. eg: describing him as a "big, fat man" (he is); saying "good!" (allegedly) when told Granpa was indeed packing to go.

My father (alas), for example, is...

Agree with lots of other posters...okay, he is entitled to let off steam at being woken, but a(from what you say your little one doesnt normally wake and b)to mimic a child is really ODD...

Perhaps you feel especially angry because they havent been very nice people to live next too?

When my DD was only weeks old we popped round to see neighbour so they could meet her and their first comments were that they had nicknamed her "screamer" !! and then telling me how tired they were from being woken by her crying the last few nights!

People are odd. Hope they move soon and you get lovely new people next door!

Agree with lots of other posters...okay, he is entitled to let off steam at being woken, but a(from what you say your little one doesnt normally wake and b)to mimic a child is really ODD...

Perhaps you feel especially angry because they havent been very nice people to live next too?

When my DD was only weeks old we popped round to see neighbour so they could meet her and their first comments were that they had nicknamed her "screamer" !! and then telling me how tired they were from being woken by her crying the last few nights!

People are odd. Hope they move soon and you get lovely new people next door!

Agree with lots of other posters...okay, he is entitled to let off steam at being woken, but a(from what you say your little one doesnt normally wake and b)to mimic a child is really ODD...

Perhaps you feel especially angry because they havent been very nice people to live next too?

When my DD was only weeks old we popped round to see neighbour so they could meet her and their first comments were that they had nicknamed her "screamer" !! and then telling me how tired they were from being woken by her crying the last few nights!

People are odd. Hope they move soon and you get lovely new people next door!

Oh bugger, not sure why my replies went mad there. Sorry!

That is weird. Creepy.

Who mocks an upset child? Most people feel sympathy.

Steer clear.

It could have been a sort of joke between them about starting a family (as you said they were going to be soon) - they get woken up and he says "that'll soon be us" or something along these lines, she says that she doesn't mind it, will be worth it etc. Then he starts doing a baby impression to wind her up... it's a shame you heard but I think something like that is more likely than having a nasty motive. I don't know them though, but I wouldn't make a fuss unless they do it every time.

I would say in all 'innocence' - "oh is your mother staying with you? I heard you calling for her in the night... I hope you're feeling better now"

See what happens.