20 Comments

• Stephanie K. says:

  at 7:45 am

  Yes! Also, that lawn mower, motor cycle, loudly talking neighbor…etc etc…

  Reply
  • andy says:

    at 1:28 pm

    Oh yessirie! The While the Baby is sleeping STFU List runs to the moon and back. Your items are at the top. Urg.

    Reply
• Ang says:

  at 9:16 am

  any noise during that delicate stage where they could wake up but really should sleep a little longer is enough to send any parent into insane shushing mode. I’ll shush anything if it will buy me another 20 minutes, the difference between cranky kid and happy kid.

  Reply
  • andy says:

    at 1:29 pm

    Completely. Those 15 minute naps that were supposed to be full-on naps are awful. There’s no getting them back to sleep, so it’s just lasting it out until an early bedtime.

    Reply
• Nil17 says:

  at 9:29 am

  This is so true. I just told my dogs to shut up so they didn’t wake my 2mo old girl. I will move heaven & earth to keep my 17mo old son asleep once he finally decides to nap!

  Reply
• Alan says:

  at 9:55 am

  I commend her on not using profane expletives!
  When the garbage truck comes roaring to a stop (complete with shrieking brakes) during nap time around our house, what comes out of my mouth would make Howard Stern blush.

  Reply
• Beth says:

  at 9:56 am

  I say something similar to this everyday for the past two months. My building is undergoing a facelift and the contractors are constantly banging, sawing, walking on the roof (I’m on the top floor)cutting thru brick walls. Grrr… Argh!!! So for the past two months I have had a miserable child that has completed the H position in our bed. Insanity here i come.

  Reply
  • andy says:

    at 1:36 pm

    OH GOD!!! THAT’S RIGHT!!! We had renovations next door when Lucas was 3 months old. Soooooo aweful. We rearranged our sleep schedules as best we coudl to avoid the worst of it.

    Reply
• Ashley says:

  at 10:15 am

  We close all the blinds, doors, everything–it’s bunker mode. Anything to get ours to SHUT UP (which we can’t scream at them anymore since kid has become a parrot). There is much profanity, but always calmly whispered.

  Reply
  • andy says:

    at 1:35 pm

    Yeah, we got thicker curtains just for the sound dampening. The neighbors dog is an old German Shepherd and half blind, so he goes operatic at the drop of a leaf. Apparently Lizzie and my lines in the opera are all swear words.

    Reply
• anna @ HaHas for HooHas says:

  at 12:37 pm

  Not waking up a baby can get so serious, that if they’re sleeping in a room I need something in – I’ve army crawled, slowly, holding my breath. Probably better than a Navy Seal. I don’t have proof, I’m just guessing.

  Reply
  • andy says:

    at 1:33 pm

    You. Are. Rad.

    Reply
• Natasha says:

  at 12:45 pm

  My neighbors lawn/snow maintenance people come at 8 PM all the time! And they use a high powered snow/leaf blower thingy! I may or may not have opened the front door and told them to STFU once….maybe….

  Reply
  • charlie says:

    at 12:54 pm

    Saying STFU out your door once categorizes you in the section for sainthood. That is all. 😉

    Reply
• Jack'n'Lils says:

  at 1:21 pm

  I think if I tell my husband to, “Just be quiet if you’re going upstairs!” once more, then there might be a divorce on the cards. It becomes an obsession!

  Reply
  • andy says:

    at 1:32 pm

    Ha ha ha! I have kind of a “carrying” voice, people say. But I’m mean reeeeally carries. As in my voice could probably carry a full-grown man up a flight of stairs.

    I’m no stranger to shushes. 😉

    Reply
• Mary says:

  at 3:50 pm

  With my two kids, I always kept the noisy fairly noisy while they slept so they would get used to it. The trick is to start the moment they arrive home from the hospital. That way you can watch TV, use the washer/dryer, etc. when the kids are sleeping. Everybody wins!

  Reply
  • andy says:

    at 4:45 pm

    That’s a good one. We had some success with doing that as well. But we overlooked me standing in the adjoining room screaming, “BARK! BARK! BARK BARK!!! BARK!” and so forth. 😉

    Reply
    • Ang says:

      at 5:50 pm

      Ha! excellent advice for the next baby shower i attend:)

      Reply
• daddy by default says:

  at 9:11 am

  We were on the road the other day and my wife says, “did you see that dog? I think it was a great dane. That thing must take man size dumps.” The next half hour of the ride was silent.

  Reply