Stop mowing the lawn - it's nap time???

[EthansMom]

Actually, most experts recommend that you keep up a normal noise level during the day for napping babies. It helps them to learn to sleep more deeply at night, when everything is dark and quiet. And I wouldn't hesitate to tell that neighbor that her baby will sleep better at night if mowing, vacuuming, and dishwashers running, etc... is the background noise for daytime naps.

I'd be willing to bet that her baby keeps her up a lot at night.

 

[Ephany]

She's nuts, the world doesn't stop just because you want a little quiet in the middle of the day.

My neighbor who started mowing at 6:15am this morning on the other hand...

 

[JR6ooo4]

I need to cut the lawn soon, but DW is still sleeping... HEhehehehehe

Mikeeee

 

[TwinsinCA]

I guess I will be the dissenting opinion. I don't think she was nuts at all. If your houses are close together and the baby's room is on that side of the house, a shut window isn't going to help much. Some people are light sleepers and some are not. I don't think everyone can be "trained" to sleep through any kind of noise.

My kids are long past the napping stage but it was very frustrating when things your neighbors do prevent people in your own house from sleeping. I remember the days of a neighbor's dog or home improvement project waking my kids from their naps and then dealing with grumpy kids because they didn't get enough sleep. It isn't as though babies can wear ear plugs. And I'd hate the idea of using a white noise machine every day 'just in case'.

It isn't as though the lady reported the OP. She simply asked if she could delay the mowing. Which The OP did for 40 minutes (your babies much have taken short naps!!). I see nothing wrong with a neighbor asking for some consideration. Of course the OP is within her rights to do what she wants. But I think the OP is the rude one here.

 

[MichelleVW]

I was out mowing a few weeks ago at 7:45 A.M, but I live in the semi country and my neighbors aren't that close. But it's Texas and it's a million degrees by 9:30 so I have to start early or melt...

 

[MushyMushy]

I guess I will be the dissenting opinion. I don't think she was nuts at all. If your houses are close together and the baby's room is on that side of the house, a shut window isn't going to help much. Some people are light sleepers and some are not. I don't think everyone can be "trained" to sleep through any kind of noise.

My kids are long past the napping stage but it was very frustrating when things your neighbors do prevent people in your own house from sleeping. I remember the days of a neighbor's dog or home improvement project waking my kids from their naps and then dealing with grumpy kids because they didn't get enough sleep. It isn't as though babies can wear ear plugs. And I'd hate the idea of using a white noise machine every day 'just in case'.

It isn't as though the lady reported the OP. She simply asked if she could delay the mowing. Which The OP did for 40 minutes (your babies much have taken short naps!!). I see nothing wrong with a neighbor asking for some consideration. Of course the OP is within her rights to do what she wants. But I think the OP is the rude one here.

I think once you begin to expect your neighbors not to go about their daily business during reasonable hours, it's time to move to the country where you'll have all the peace and quiet you want.

To me, it's all part of being in a neighborhood. You're going to hear lawnmowers, kids playing, horns beeping, hammers nailing, etc. The world can't stop for one sleeping tot.

 

[JEmaryland]

I guess I will be the dissenting opinion. I don't think she was nuts at all. If your houses are close together and the baby's room is on that side of the house, a shut window isn't going to help much. Some people are light sleepers and some are not. I don't think everyone can be "trained" to sleep through any kind of noise.

My kids are long past the napping stage but it was very frustrating when things your neighbors do prevent people in your own house from sleeping. I remember the days of a neighbor's dog or home improvement project waking my kids from their naps and then dealing with grumpy kids because they didn't get enough sleep. It isn't as though babies can wear ear plugs. And I'd hate the idea of using a white noise machine every day 'just in case'.

It isn't as though the lady reported the OP. She simply asked if she could delay the mowing. Which The OP did for 40 minutes (your babies much have taken short naps!!). I see nothing wrong with a neighbor asking for some consideration. Of course the OP is within her rights to do what she wants. But I think the OP is the rude one here.

I couldn't disagree more.

 

[jrmasm]

But I think the OP is the rude one here.

Really? Babies nap morning and afternoon. Toddlers nat noonish into the afternoon. When exactly would be a good time to mow? 4:15 - 4:45pm. But that might upset colicky babies.

While I understand the frustration of a having to deal with a kid that was woken up too early from a nap, the neighbor was out of line.

 

[MushyMushy]

I was out mowing a few weeks ago at 7:45 A.M, but I live in the semi country and my neighbors aren't that close. But it's Texas and it's a million degrees by 9:30 so I have to start early or melt...

My neighbors have you beat - they were out at 6:30 mowing under my bedroom window! Yeah I was irritated, but never thought of telling him to stop despite the fact that they were breaking city ordinance!

 

[TwinsinCA]

No the world can't stop for one kid. But if my next door neighbor said "hey my kid is sleeping, can you keep it down?" I would. But that is me. Clearly I am in the minority.

 

[MichelleVW]

My neighbors have you beat - they were out at 6:30 mowing under my bedroom window! Yeah I was irritated, but never thought of telling him to stop despite the fact that they were breaking city ordinance!

wow...that's early. I would be annoyed too....I'm so glad I live in the country!!

I actually live in a subdivision in the country, but we all have at least 4 or 5 acres so no one is that close to you. I hear cows mooing when I go out in the morning, they aren't too noisy!!

 

[tasha99]

It's rude to ask someone to adjust their schedule to suit a napping kid--between 9 am and 9 pm, people should be allowed to live their lives. I used to work mids, and it never occurred to me to ask my neighbors to quiet down, even when their toddler drove a bigwheel around in the apartment upstairs. I just got a noisy fan and dealt with it. I think coddling a kid by being super quiet during naptime is just setting him up for sleep problems anyway.

 

[MichelleVW]

No the world can't stop for one kid. But if my next door neighbor said "hey my kid is sleeping, can you keep it down?" I would. But that is me. Clearly I am in the minority.

I would agree with you if the issue was dogs that never stop barking, but not a lawn mower in the middle of the day.

 

[clh2]

We joke about lawn mowing times at our neighborhood picnics.

On a nice Saturday morning - the mowers are anxiously pacing in their houses...UNTIL the first person has enough guts to go out. Then everyone else goes out within about the next 5 minutes.

What is the neighbor going to do with all the fireworks tonight??? And tomorrow night??? And Sunday night???

 

[DrCavin]

I would have said I will stop, but only if you agree to finish my mowing later today.

 

[clh2]

The fireworks in our subdivision have already started! and it is 10:37 a.m.

It is going to be a long weekend...

 

[MaumeeMom]

I guess I will be the dissenting opinion. I don't think she was nuts at all. If your houses are close together and the baby's room is on that side of the house, a shut window isn't going to help much. Some people are light sleepers and some are not. I don't think everyone can be "trained" to sleep through any kind of noise.

My kids are long past the napping stage but it was very frustrating when things your neighbors do prevent people in your own house from sleeping. I remember the days of a neighbor's dog or home improvement project waking my kids from their naps and then dealing with grumpy kids because they didn't get enough sleep. It isn't as though babies can wear ear plugs. And I'd hate the idea of using a white noise machine every day 'just in case'.

It isn't as though the lady reported the OP. She simply asked if she could delay the mowing. Which The OP did for 40 minutes (your babies much have taken short naps!!). I see nothing wrong with a neighbor asking for some consideration. Of course the OP is within her rights to do what she wants. But I think the OP is the rude one here.

I used to work nights. I would sleep from 7am until early afternoon. I would never have thought to ask someone to stop doing something so that I could sleep. It was a fact of life that there would be noise during the day and I dealt with it. Just as when my babies were young and napping - there is noise during the day. If you want absolute quiet - move to the country, life in the city is noisy.

Now, I have a neighbor who works nights and sleeps days. A while back I had some diseased trees cut down. I made sure to tell him when the crew was coming so that he would be prepared for the chainsaws. I thought that was the least that I could do but there is no way I could have scheduled the chainsaws around a naptime. By the way, my neighbor is great and would never expect special treatment.

The OP stopped for a while, which was very nice of them to do. I do not think that they were rude at all. People are busy and need to get things done when they can - between 9-9 is fair game.

 

[marlynnp]

I guess I will be the dissenting opinion. I don't think she was nuts at all. If your houses are close together and the baby's room is on that side of the house, a shut window isn't going to help much. Some people are light sleepers and some are not. I don't think everyone can be "trained" to sleep through any kind of noise.

My kids are long past the napping stage but it was very frustrating when things your neighbors do prevent people in your own house from sleeping. I remember the days of a neighbor's dog or home improvement project waking my kids from their naps and then dealing with grumpy kids because they didn't get enough sleep. It isn't as though babies can wear ear plugs. And I'd hate the idea of using a white noise machine every day 'just in case'.

It isn't as though the lady reported the OP. She simply asked if she could delay the mowing. Which The OP did for 40 minutes (your babies much have taken short naps!!). I see nothing wrong with a neighbor asking for some consideration. Of course the OP is within her rights to do what she wants. But I think the OP is the rude one here.

And just who takes these reports????

It's insane to think that the world is going to stop during naptime - I don't care how old the napper is, lol.

When our daughter was a baby we went to visit my husband's sister who also had a baby a few months younger. We got there, the door was closed, we rang the bell. Well, BIL had a fit ~ "What are you doing? You have a kid, you should know better!"
My husband and I were like wth? We do have a kid and we let every thing happen just like usual when she sleeps. The dog barks, the tv or radio is on, we do chores, whatever...

 

[ols386]

I think that's a bit silly. Starting a lawn mower at 11am isn't really early in the morning. I wouldn't have had the nerve to go to my next door neighbor's and ask them to not mow because my child was napping. Now if the child had been ill, that might be a different story.

Some people think it's all about them and their children.

 

[ols386]

I guess I will be the dissenting opinion. I don't think she was nuts at all. If your houses are close together and the baby's room is on that side of the house, a shut window isn't going to help much. Some people are light sleepers and some are not. I don't think everyone can be "trained" to sleep through any kind of noise.

My kids are long past the napping stage but it was very frustrating when things your neighbors do prevent people in your own house from sleeping. I remember the days of a neighbor's dog or home improvement project waking my kids from their naps and then dealing with grumpy kids because they didn't get enough sleep. It isn't as though babies can wear ear plugs. And I'd hate the idea of using a white noise machine every day 'just in case'.

It isn't as though the lady reported the OP. She simply asked if she could delay the mowing. Which The OP did for 40 minutes (your babies much have taken short naps!!). I see nothing wrong with a neighbor asking for some consideration. Of course the OP is within her rights to do what she wants. But I think the OP is the rude one here.

Sometimes kids are grumpy....it's just part of having kids, in my opinion.

I don't think the op was rude at all, I think the neighbor was.