This morning, as I scraped off my car, my neighbor's boyfriend, who stays over a few nights a week (and who I have never seen or met, just know because of his car and their...noises...at night) popped out of his door in his pajamas and approached me. He asked if I lived upstairs and let me know that my toddler wakes him and his girlfriend every morning at 6:30. I nodded. He then let me know that as it got warmer he would appreciate if we would take our son outside or keep him quiet in the mornings. I said we could try. He wasn't an asshole and neither was I, though it sure would have been nice if he had at least introduced himself. Now I'm sitting at work wondering how on earth to keep my two year old quiet and, really, there is pretty much no way except putting on the TV and I'm not willing to start that habit. He gets maybe 1 hour of screen time a week and I'm happy with that.Now, we don't let our son dribble balls or bang things on the floor early in the morning. In fact, I thought we were doing well because he just plays, runs and walks around (though the floors are wood). I get noise travels, because we can also often hear them, and I know they tend to stay up late (she is a grad student, unsure about him) so they want to sleep in. I get it, sleep is precious, but I am at a loss of what to do and even IF I should do anything. When my son gets up he is full throttle, but on weekdays when he goes to daycare, we are up 6/6:30 and out of the house by 7:15/7:30 and he goes to bed at 7:30.Thoughts? Should I write a note apologizing to them? Like I said, I wasn't rude to him, but I basically said it's hard to keep a 2 year old quiet but that we could try. Also relevant is that we are *probably* moving in 2 months, though I didn't tell him that as we are waiting on more info on a house. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2FOjHqO
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