I live in a townhouse and my neighbors that are attached to me play their ghetto music very loud some days, and you can hear the base really well right through the walls. I'm 35 weeks pregnant and will soon have a baby here and don't want to have to listen to that crap or have it keep my baby up. But I don't want to come across as a b*tch either. How do I tell them in a nice way to turn down their music?
2007-01-20 11:40:14 · 6 answers · asked by Momof2 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
Knock on their door and ask them to turn it down. And, point to your belly and let them know you'll be having a new addition and don't want the baby disturbed either.
2007-01-20 11:50:33 · answer #1 · answered by Baby #3 due 10/13/09 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have you asked them about turning it down? It's possible they don't realize how loud it is. Politely explain the situation and see what happens. If you don't get anywhere with that, and you're renting the townhouse, ask your landlord.
I have also heard of people hanging decorative blankets or quilts on the walls as soundproofing. It won't get rid of all the noise but it might help muffle it.
It's also amazing what babies can sleep through once they get used to it. After you get the baby home and settled, he/she may not be bothered by the noise, although I know you don't want to hear it. I used to be able to run the vacuum under my oldest son's crib while he was sleeping and it never woke him.
Good luck and congratulations!
2007-01-20 19:58:20 · answer #2 · answered by mom of 2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My gosh, if you find a nice way to tell your neighbors they're driving you nuts, please let me know! My neighbor mows about 65 to 70 times a year, and when I was pregnant and irritable I wanted to do him physical harm. He's also yelled outside our bedroom window before dawn and shoveled loudly at 6 AM on a weekend.
If nothing else, if it's really loud you should be able to call the cops and get a decibel reading to see if they're violating local codes. But since you live in a townhouse, it'll be pretty obvious that it was you.
At any rate, I can see them being willing to quiet down once in a while, but I doubt they're going to take kindly to being asked to quiet down in general. When I was in college, my neighbors had a really loud drunken party one night and I knocked on the ceiling with a broom. They knocked back and stacked beer bottles outside our door. When we told our landlord, he said he'd talk to them and added, "Call the cops next time."
But I digress. I wish I had a better answer for you. I hope someone does.
2007-01-20 19:52:39 · answer #3 · answered by serenity_ii 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a past, "pregnant,irritable and annoyed with my neighbor" woman,one day I couldn't take it any more,so, I went outside and yelled at the top of my lungs for them(the neighbors) to just back off.All of a sudden they were very respectful to me and when I had the baby they even congratulated me and asked if they were being to loud.
2007-01-20 22:27:55 · answer #4 · answered by CeCe M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's more then likely will not keep the baby but i may keep you up. you really don't want a baby to learn only when it quit because it will come to bite you later on down the road when you want to clean or have friends over. you need to speak to you neighbors them very nicely and calmly and ask then please turn it down. and just leave it at that. if that doesn't work talk to the manger of the complex.
2007-01-20 19:56:29 · answer #5 · answered by lady_jane_az 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Could you please not play your music so loud as it prevents me from sleeping and I need my rest because I'm fat as a blimp, my ankles are swollen, crabby as all get-up and I'm getting ready to pop this kid out."
If that doesn't work, MOVE.
2007-01-20 19:50:34 · answer #6 · answered by ghostwriter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋