Screaming baby next door

[msion1]

Our neighbor's baby screams for an extensive period of time during the middle of the night. It's gotten to the point where it drastically affects our sleep. What can I do? Anything? I've mentioned the fact that we hear her crying to the grandmother and grandfather just to see what they'd say. They said some babies have a harder time than others. This baby is a year old and she doesn't just cry, she screams bloody murder. Apparently, she sleeps in the room adjacent to ours. Is there anything we can do besides get earplugs?

We don't know the parents other than the polite neighborly "hello." But they have to hear her like we do...or do they? Perhaps they invested in earplugs and we didn't. I don't thinkt he baby is being abused. But given what we hear through the walls, I don't think the parents are all that happy. My guess is that the baby lives in a tense environment and perhaps acts out accordingly.

I'm not trying to cause any embarrassment or discomfort. I just want to be able to sleep through the night. Any suggestions? are earplugs the only option? I'm a light sleeper to creating some other noise to drown out the baby screaming isn't really an option.

[TJ31]

Our neighbor's baby screams for an extensive period of time during the middle of the night. It's gotten to the point where it drastically affects our sleep. What can I do? Anything? I've mentioned the fact that we hear her crying to the grandmother and grandfather just to see what they'd say. They said some babies have a harder time than others. This baby is a year old and she doesn't just cry, she screams bloody murder. Apparently, she sleeps in the room adjacent to ours. Is there anything we can do besides get earplugs?

We don't know the parents other than the polite neighborly "hello." But they have to hear her like we do...or do they? Perhaps they invested in earplugs and we didn't. I don't thinkt he baby is being abused. But given what we hear through the walls, I don't think the parents are all that happy. My guess is that the baby lives in a tense environment and perhaps acts out accordingly.

I'm not trying to cause any embarrassment or discomfort. I just want to be able to sleep through the night. Any suggestions? are earplugs the only option? I'm a light sleeper to creating some other noise to drown out the baby screaming isn't really an option.


It sounds like the baby could be colicky. Both my nieces had it and they would cry for hours and hours at a time and the cries and screams were awful. Unfortunately, there isn't much you can do for it except to wait for the baby to outgrow it.

[Lenin]

Perhaps you could ask that they put the baby's crib in a room that isn't adjacent to yours. It might not mean moving the baby's whole room...just make sure the crib is somewhere else during the wee hours.


I once got positive results asking a neighbor to move his stereo speakers away from our common wall...it helped a lot.

Alas, the walls are SO thin in this complex that noise is always a problem.

[msion1]

Thanks for your suggestions. I was afraid that anything we say might be offensive. But yes, I may try asking them to move the baby's crib into another room. Hopefully, they'll do it. If not, I guess we'll just have to deal with it.