u/LulutoDot

In all my years of apt living I have never lived near kids, just pets and it's been mostly perfectly fine noise wise. We bought the top floor apt to not have upstairs neighbor noise. A single mom of a 6 yr old bought the unit below us. It's hardwood floors, and I got a glance inside their unit as I happened to walk by w their front door open one day and I didn't see a rug in the living room.

It's mostly OK noise wise but some weeknights, it's a few hours of on and off heel pounding running back and forth through the apt and what sounds like jumping off their couch. It'll shake my floor and sounds like thunder. It feels like I can never fully relax as I'm waiting for the next !bang! Again it's from BELOW.

Sometimes the kid's running will wake us before 7am as he heel stomps around on the hardwood floor and slams around a lot. The vibrations move up. We have rugs /rug pads in most of rug appropriate areas (just not most of dining room, bathrooms and kitchen).

The person who lived there before, had a small dog and we never heard a thing, so I don't know if it's necessarily the structure or the behavior or a combo. I turn on a air filter to drown it out but it's annoying as we do our best to be quiet (avoiding heel walking, not slamming doors/cabinets, keep tv down etc).

I know kids won't be mostly quiet, I get it, but growing up I'd never be allowed to run around indoors, even in a single family home, let alone in an apt with neighbors so close. Again, I don't expect total quiet but it's a lot of running/jumping /shaking/pounding and we live very close to a playground.

I'm just not sure, what is reasonable /unreasonable amount of noise apart from the egregious, obvious crazy noise (e.g. into late hours of night, 5 kids running amok etc). Also, it's mostly during usual non quiet hours (except early morning) but I also think that doesn't mean you don't need to be considerate of your neighbors during those times.

So what's reasonable?

Aldi's always seems to verge on going bad :(

In an old reddit post somewhere I know someone had mentioned you don't need that huge back band for support. There are brands out there that still have support and 2 rosw of closure. I remember being surprised thinking it was a requirement but nope. 32 G for reference. Edit: I should mention US size

Al Son de Mi Barrio closed :(

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Thanks for listening, I want to move to the Northern woods of Maine.

We don't have our own canoe so would need that too!

I-m size 8 but can't wear deep v neck or back less dresses, or tiny straps. I need the coverage bc I hate when my bra /lots of cleavage pops out in any way.

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I also find elastic waists almost always uncomfortable. Pls help! I've searched Old Navy, Madewell, Boden, Title Nine, Marine Layer, J. Crew.

Just brought them outside and in a day all my new figlets were gone.😡