Neighbour's screaming child.

[Lopéz]

Better suited to Mumsnet I'm sure, but I'm curious about one of my neighbour's children.

I'm not sure how old the child is, but it's definitely not a baby. It screams (not cries, screams) relentlessly for over an hour at a time, several times a day - morning, night, afternoon. It's been doing this every day for at least six months.

I know toddlers have phases of screaming or times where they might scream a few times in a row, but this seems like a great deal more than that, it just screams, takes a breath, screams over and over until it eventually runs out of energy I suppose, and then an hour or two later it starts again.

Question is, to the OcUK parents, does this sound "normal"?

 

[Minstadave]

Doesn't sound normal. Have you tried speaking to their parents? Are you worried about their welfare?

 

[Ayahuasca]

Yes, some people have wailing little demon spawns.

 

[Raz]

Could be due to a condition. One of my friends has a boy who used to scream a lot, was later diagnosed with autism.

 

[Slam62]

Call social services, what could go wrong?

 

[throwaway4372]

move house

 

[Lopéz]

I did wonder if it might be autism or something similar.
I should clarify, I have no idea where this child lives, I live in an apartment that backs onto several other large apartment buildings and the screaming could be coming from any one of well over 300 apartments, so I can't speak to the parents. Plus they likely don't speak English anyway.

It must be soul destroying to actually share an apartment with.

 

[Lopéz]

Call social services, what could go wrong?

I don't think they care about screaming children in Austria.

 

[Slam62]

I don't think they care about screaming children in Austria.

They might

 

[UTmaniac]

There's only one thing left to do, set the intro to Roobarb & Custard on repeat with volume turned to 11.

 

[gingergundog]

Looked at thread title, yeah this is a cheesefest thread

Looked at username

 

[Lopéz]

Looked at thread title, yeah this is a cheesefest thread

Looked at username

I should have written it in cheesefests' tone of voice just to really throw people off.

Don't you hate screaming children? We have got one next door and it screams non stop. I think the parents should go and work a shift in a supermarket so they can see how difficult it is to put up with other people's problems!

 

[uber soldat]

Burn it with fire, then nuke it from orbit just to make sure.

 

[dlockers]

I did wonder if it might be autism or something similar.
I should clarify, I have no idea where this child lives, I live in an apartment that backs onto several other large apartment buildings and the screaming could be coming from any one of well over 300 apartments, so I can't speak to the parents. Plus they likely don't speak English anyway.

It must be soul destroying to actually share an apartment with.

How do you know he is screaming if you don't speak Austrian?

 

[gingergundog]

I should have written it in cheesefests' tone of voice just to really throw people off.

Don't you hate screaming children? We have got one next door and it screams non stop. I think the parents should go and work a shift in a supermarket so they can see how difficult it is to put up with other people's problems!

Yeah not a fan of screaming kids, but its what they do, that and poop. Bit like my puppy, screamed and pooped(not comparing owning a dog to being a parent before anyone has a wobbly), but for a much shorter period.

 

[Scuzi]

 

[Jelly4mybelly]

That does not sound normal but I would be more concerned if the parents were shouting and screaming all the time. Can you try talking to them about children indirectly and see if anything comes back?

Obviously you are better placed than I to draw a judgement.

 

[m@rty]

Check the hidden basement

 

[gingergundog]

Ahh its Joseph Fritzl, had to google it, knew I had seen his face before(I was not a victim)

 

[Lopéz]

How do you know he is screaming if you don't speak Austrian?

It screams in German, silly!