Mum left fuming by 'selfish' neighbour who wakes her up at 5.30am every day

26.05.2022 - 16:53 / dailyrecord.co.uk

A fed up mum is at her "wit's end" with her "inconsiderate" neighbour who wakes up her and her children at 5.30am every single day.

The woman, who lives in a semi-rural area, says that her neighbours are "friendly enough", but that she and her family generally keep to themselves.

However, the man who lives next door is causing daily irritation when he takes his dogs out for a walk at the crack of dawn, the Mirror reports.

The mum claims he leaves "every single morning at 5.30am without fail", with the dogs barking loudly - waking up the frazzled parent and her three young children.

Frustrated with feeling knackered after continually having to start her day at first light, the mum wants to ask her neighbour to switch up his routine.

Taking to Mumsnet's popular Am I Being Unreasonable (AIBU) thread, she sought advice on whether such a request would be justified.

In a post titled "[AIBU] To ask neighbour to change his routine?" , she penned: "Our neighbours are a retired couple in their 60s. They're friendly enough but beyond saying good morning we usually keep ourselves to ourselves. They have two small dogs, we have three.

"Every single morning at 5.30am without fail my neighbour walks his dogs past the front of our house and up the road. Every time the dogs bark from the time they leave his house until they're past our house. Without fail this wakes either me, or one of my children (3 under 5) and therefore me.

"I can't wear earplugs as the children still wake in the night but I'm at my wit's end - my youngest still wakes several times in the night, the other two do occasionally and so being up for the day at 5.30 is killing me! I'm absolutely knackered.

"Wibu [would I be unreasonable] to speak to the neighbour to ask him