@gail: In all fairness though, it’s not fair to a toddler to try to restrain him… he has no control over where he lives. Plus, someday, that downstairs neighbor’s baby is going to be a toddler and their toddler might like to bang on the walls instead of the floor. And then their neighbors will complain to them. Maybe “suck it up” was a little harsh, but the reality of living in an apartment is such. Leases have quiet hours indicated, and anything not included in those quiet hours really can’t be argued with, especially if we’re talking about a normal, growing child’s development being stunted because they’re restrained to watching TV all the time just so the downstairs neighbor – who must’ve known the risks of being in a ground floor apartment – has dead quiet all the time. Why is one baby more important than the other?
This sounded a little confrontational upon re-reading it; gail, this wasn’t my intention. Really only the first few lines were directed toward you and the rest was me rambling :)