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Of course, they also, kick, fight, scream, and thump.

Yesterday we got our second complaint that the children are too noisy. Like baseball, it’s “3 strikes, you’re out”. It came with this pretty little note attatched, “please correct the problem”.

The issue seems to be that our kids get up too early. We thought so too…..

But is 7:30 too early? They straggle out, domino style, from 7:15-7:45 for Chez’ Mom’s Breakfast. They don’t make noise until about 8:15, when they start to really wake up. Except for the fat, sweet, baby, who chatters from 5:30-7, and grunts for more food to be shoveled in faster than Daddy would like.

Problem is, the neighbors consist of one night worker who sleeps until 10, and two disabled folks who are, for the most part, home all day. They would like the children to be quiet in the morning and afternoon.

Afternoon? The complex quiet hours are 10 pm-8 am. The kids are in bed by 8 so we’re fine there. But in the middle of the day, I confess, I’m not inclined to harp on them for making noise in thier play.

Not that they are a bunch of banshees, understand. But I guess four kids have no business being confined in a 3rd floor apartment, where every step is a thump. Where neighbors aren’t used to children and all play is “loud play”. Moving is miserable but on the other side will be yard and a home on the ground. In a house where “they are being too quiet” means there is major mischief happening, I want my kids seen AND heard!

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