Do you think my neighbors think bad things when my 2 year old cries ?

Question

All children cry, and they have children of their own, but I've always wondered if they think something is going on.

We love our daughter, and treat her like a queen, we would never harm her in any way, in fact we have trouble telling her no at the store. She is a very happy, healthy baby.

I am just concerned about our neighbors, we live in a duplex and the walls are thin. Am I being paranoid ?

Answer 1

It really depends on who your neighbors are. My neighbor many years ago called the police on us because my daughter was throwing a temper tantrum-on Father's Day no less, I don't even spank my children let alone abuse them in anyway, I was humiliated and so angry at her, I haven't talked to her since. If they are normal people they will realize that babies cry A LOT!

Answer 2

To be honest with you. YES. if the baby is crying so bad continuously, someone, anyone, even the neighbors will hear it, especially through thin walls. They will think you are hitting your child & abusing her. It doesn't make any sense if a child is always crying & most of the time, you can tell what is wrong by the type of crying children do. There are different sounds of crying. One for hungry, one for irritated, one for sleepy & one if it's being abused. I don't know about other people, but me....I can definitely identify what kind of crying children are doing. You should find out what you can do with you daughter to help her not cry so much since you think she might send out the wrong signals to your neighbors. Saying NO at the store is not going to help you. You need to find another way to communicate with your child. They are still in the process of growing up, so don't expect them to understand you & obey you right away. Raising a child comes from teaching & being patient. Communicating with your child is a good idea. Don't slap her or yell at her just because she still cries after you say NO at the store. It's NOT a human thing to do to hit a child for any reason. Raising children the right way comes from great patience. Great parents come from great patience & especially true understanding.

Answer 3

From what you have described about your daughter being a happy and healthy child, she should not be crying that frequently as to disturb your neighbour. The immediate solution is not so much how not to intrude on your neighbours' peace but more on whether you are over pampering your child. If she thinks that every time she cries, she'll get what she wants, she will continue to cry. She may even learn to scream besides crying. You may want to get some help on that.

Answer 4

Okay first of all the worse thing for an out of control child is to have an out of control parent. You sound better equipped other than the spanking part to deal with her fit. I would suggest that maybe your fiance leave the house and take a drive for a while this situation is not being helped at all by him and his lack of emotional self control. Once you fiance is out of the house then you can deal with your daughter without having him put additional stress on you. As far as the neighbors, are you in an apartment if so then they are typically use to hearing the noise anyway so I wouldn't focus on them as much as your daughters needs first. She sounds quite upset figure out what has made her so terribly upset and then you will be able to do something more about it. She is upset for a reason in her mind, do you honestly think that she wants to be this out of control. The first thing I would do is stop the spanking this obviously isn't going to help. Try placing her in time out, make a really soft time out spot not to punish but to help her calm down. Choose a corner of your house/apartment and put some pillows maybe some favorite stuffed animals there. Make the time out less of punishment and more comforting, place her there and tell her your in a time out until you can calm down and talk to mommy. Once she calms down find out why she got so upset, do what you can to comfort her, and let her know you love her she may be out of control and it's terrifying to her. Then when your fiance comes back make it clear to him that next time he needs to remain more in control.

Answer 5

Let Them think what they want to think if they think your doing something wrong, O' well thats they're problem.
Shine them on dont let people get you down.

Answer 6

Yes.

Answer 7

You're paranoid--kids cry.

Answer 8

"frankie says relax..."
and you should, don't worry about it, unless your neighbors are really nosy, i don't think they will care

Answer 9

ur funny