One neighbor with an odd request may be getting the short end of the stick unless Mom is able to come up with a creative solution. Apparently, the anonymous neighbor wrote a note about mom’s noisy children and begged her to keep them quiet during the hours between 7 am and 7 pm when most people are awake and doing other things.

Simply put, the note asked Mom and her family to keep the noise down at all hours of the day. She knew that her children were pretty loud, but the mom had no clue that they were disturbing the neighbors at all hours of the day like that and wanted to see if she could accommodate the request. But were her children really doing anything out of the ordinary? Don’t most children make noise between the hours of seven in the morning and seven at night when they go back to bed for a restful night of sleep?

Mom said, “We have lived in our rented apartment for six years with no issues. Now we have two toddlers and are going through the challenges of raising them.”

Mom and her partner tried to be respectful of the neighbors, so they tacked up a note explaining that the toddlers were experiencing more frequent temper tantrums and that the parents were doing everything in their power to keep the children’s noise level down so the explosive emotions are not as disruptive during the day.

Most of the people at the apartment complex were understanding of Mom and her struggles to keep her toddlers from screaming and slamming things around while having a tantrum. However, one “new couple” was not willing to allow the children to get loud at all and wanted the mom to fix the problem immediately.

“We haven’t even spoken to them or met them yet,” Mom said. Nevertheless, the couple wrote a snarky note and posted it in the common area for Mom to find.

“Hi, neighbor,” the note began. “We can hear banging noises almost every day that starts from early morning. It is disturbing our sleep, particularly on weekends. We would appreciate it if you could please stop the noise and have a little consideration for your neighbors and that you live in an apartment block where the noises radiate around. If you’re unable to control the noise, we may need to lodge a formal complaint to building management. Thanking you for your consideration.”

Mom disagreed with the note since her toddlers are doing much better now.

“He doesn’t bang every day, only throws toys when having tantrums which can be quite frequent, I guess. I think the banging she is talking about it when they drop toys in the morning or run, as we have floorboards,” the mom said. “They wake up at seven and go to bed at seven. Construction can start at 7 am anyway.”

Mom added, “We are doing our best.”

Do you think these neighbors are being reasonable, or should mom work harder to keep her toddlers quiet?