By ryzzostar - 25/05/2016 19:50 - United States - Seminole

Today, I finally got my screaming, teething, 1-year-old daughter down for a nap to hopefully get some work done. The second I opened my laptop, FedEx dropped off a package and rang the doorbell. My dog went nuts. Then my neighbor rang the doorbell to let me know I had a package. My daughter's awake now. FML
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I'm OP. There has been a sign on my doorbell since I brought her home that says "IF YOU RING THIS DOORBELL YOU WIN A SCREAMING BABY", as for the dog she's been through training (several times) but she failed... but she's as good-natured as they come, and my neighbor means well, he wanted to make sure I brought in the package because there has been a lot of theft in my neighborhood lately. My daughter was very premature but never been sick so we use natural remedies over Orajel and Tylenol/Motrin, she rarely fusses about her teeth, it was just one of those days.

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Why would your neighbors ring the bell? Is this some weird neighbor bullshit that people in suburbs do?

Put a sign on your door: "Caution: Sleeping baby. Caustic mother when wakened."

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ScarletteNyte 16

I know how you feel. Yesterday, my son fell asleep on some blankets I laid out (I don't have an exercise mat, so it works) and I was exercising next to him on some other blankets when my brother came up over on his motorcycle. This caused my dog to go crazy, waking my son up. I got the exercise done, but it would have been nice for him to be asleep. FYL, OP

As a mother of three, I hear your frustration. Yesterday, it took me over 2 hours to get my two week old baby to go to sleep. Two minutes after I put him in his bassinet, my husband came home from work and woke him up. Ugh!

My three-week-old finally fell asleep then my husband came home and was trying to wake her up. She did wake up, and was not happy. I was like whyyyyyyyyyy ???

that's exactly what happened to me. my husband was happy to be home from work and wanted to say hello to our baby. wrong timing!

That's when you give hubby the task of getting baby back to sleep.

I hope you made his ass get him back to sleep

Nosy neighbor. Prob looking out the window like a creep.

burgermike92 17

What is with a lot of neighbors being told about on FML being extremely nosy? I would hate to have neighbors like some of these people.

I've heard teething can be really painful. If you haven't already, try putting some baby orajel on your baby's gums to help relieve her pain. They also have teething rings she can chew on that you can buy. As for the door bell being rung when she's sleeping, you can buy or make a sign telling people not to ring the doorbell that you can put on the door.

Baby orajel has benzocaine and isnt recommended for use under 2. Not only is there a rare condition (which you won't know until it happens) that will put them in the hospital, but it numbs their throat and they cant swallow.

goream2013 6

We used to have a mail lady that would honk, repeatedly, when she dropped off a package. My husband orders a lot online. So just about everyday there would be a lady honking the horn at noon. right when it was nap time for my few month old daughter. after a few months, she finally stopped, after i complained several times.

kimiirenee 17

when my daughter was an infant (and even now that she's 3) I have a small note covering my doorbell saying, "please do not ring, sleeping child." as a parent, naptime is important for both kid and parent!! sorry this happened.

It's not gonna help now, but put a sign on the door asking people to not knock on the door because your baby is taking a nap.

OP, it will DEFINITELY be worth your time to both teach your dog a command that means "Enough" (which can be applied to a lot of things like roughhousing, licking, barking, etc) and to react more calmly to the doorbell. "Enough" comes in handy for the times the dog really does want to alert you to something. When he is barking about something valid, telling him "enough" lets him know that you hear his concern and that he does not need to continue to alert you to it. Or for playing, with a well trained dog, you can literally cut off a play session or put a stop to a play session where he's gotten too rough with literally a single word. It can be applied to all kinds of things and is very handy. No one likes a dog that freaks out at the doorbell so teaching him that it's not something to freak out over will make your life so much more pleasant. My own dogs will do that quiet "huff" bark, but they have been taught to lay on the floor away from the door, but in clear view so that anyone I might answer the door for that has less than shining intentions will see very clearly that I have two large, very alert dogs just behind me. I understand you have a young child, but taking small chunks of time every day to work with your dog will yield you results much faster than you think. A dog's attention span is pretty short, so it works best if you don't try to drill them on obedience for long periods of time anyway. 10-15 minutes a couple times a day will help you accomplish a lot with a dog that, hopefully, won't cause you grief by waking up your kid after a while!