'My neighbour's screaming baby keeps me up all night - I'm sick of it'

03 February 2023 , 12:23

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She thinks they are sleep training their baby (stock photo) (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

A woman is fed up with the young couple next door as their baby screams for two hours at a time, leaving the woman wide awake.

She thinks the baby is under two-years-old and that the parents are sleep training their child as the baby screams in the bedroom right next door to hers.

The screaming, which has been going on for months, leaves her unable to sleep and as she already struggles with nodding off, she doesn't think it is fair on her.

Taking to Mumsnet to air her frustration, she adds that she does not want to start an argument with the parents.

The screaming can last around two hours (stock photo) (Getty Images)

In the post, the woman, who remained anonymous, explained: "My neighbours are a young couple and have a small child, I'm really not sure how old but definitely under two.

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"I am frequently woken up in the middle of the night by the child not crying but screaming bloody murder for a good 30 minutes to an hour, sometimes a full two hours of on and off screams."

She added that a recent abusive relationship has left her with mental health issues so she often struggles with sleep as it is and finds the screaming even more distressing.

"I understand babies cry and this is just temporary," she said.

"But I don't think it's fair that I am regularly losing sleep over it. But I struggle with confrontation and don't want to cause an argument."

In response, many offered their advice to the frustrated woman but suggested that the parents are probably just as tired and are trying everything to get their baby down.

One person wrote: "Maybe the child just doesn't sleep? I doubt there is anything they can do or they would already be doing it! Can you have your bed or bedroom elsewhere?"

While another stated: "Earplugs? Hopefully it's just a temporary thing, it also might not be sleep training, it could be something like night terrors."

A third penned: "Get yourself some good earplugs. They might be having a difficult enough time with a baby that won't settle without their neighbour making them feel worse."

Freddie Bennett