Worried neighbours are annoyed about my crying baby

I was initially worried about this too when we first brought LO home as she was crying nearly every hour through the night. We're semi detached and whilst we don't have any grievances with next door there have been numerous occasions where they play extremely loud music into the night and loud arguments too but we've never said anything to them so I was armed with that as ammunition if they ever said anything. They've got a little girl about 7 years old so hopefully they remember what it's like. Unfortunately babies cry that's their way of communicating it doesn't last forever it's not like you're being intentionally antisocial, easier said than done as I had the same worries too but try not to think about it too much! All you can do is apologise if they ever bring it up and maybe suggest they get some earplugs 😬

I've always been nervous about neighbours hearing me. I live in the corner unit of a block of flats and when I found out I was pregnant my downstairs neighbour came to my door complaining about something falling from our balcony and proceeded to scream at me about how loud we are all the time. I'd never even met this woman before!

I was way too nice to her for the way she spoke to me, and it still makes me angry to this day. My baby cries a lot, and she's LOUD and each time I feel awful for my neighbours, then I have to remind myself she's just a baby and that's what they do and I'm doing my best. If they've got a problem but don't have the balls to come and speak to you about it, they don't deserve your energy.

I know it’s easier said than done, but try not to think about them. At the end of the day, babies cry 🤷🏼‍♀️ there’s so much worse they could have than being next to a family. I used to panic when my first cried in public but I just stopped caring. It still overstimulates me but I don’t care what people think. Children cry and anyone that has a child that doesn’t or will stop just on the back of a look, something more is going on x

Don't worry about it, its only a short period they'll be crying like this for, and if they have kids and grandkids they'll understand even if it is a bit annoying! We spoke to my neighbours with both ours and apologised if they've getting woke up at daft o'clock but with my first they said they didn't mind at all and actually liked the sound of a baby (i think they were being polite 😂) they said they can't hear my second, she's doesnt cry as much as my first but if i can hear them laughing they can deffo hear her crying 🤣
If you don't feel confident speaking to them ask you partner to go round or just put a letter through door and lightheartedly say sorry for the early wake ups bare with us, and I guarantee they will say it's fine and then you'll have peace of mind then and won't worry about the noise anymore 😊
And if they are mad about it, so what! Babies cry! They'll have to deal with it won't they 😂

Thanks everyone ❤️❤️