I live in the downstairs apartment and signed my 2nd year lease in May. My new neighbors just moved in a few months ago. I never had an issue with the previous neighbors upstairs just the usual walking or when they talk loud nothing bad. I know the consequences of living on the bottom but there should be some consideration for the people that do. I have a knee injury so living on a 2nd floor is out of the question or getting a house is a possibility next year.

Anyway, My neighbor is a single mom of a 2 year old. We get along great. She's around my age, we borrow things from each other, etc. Her family lives close by so they're always over to help with her son. They're really nice people. We talk all the time, when my nephew was here we did playdates, went trick or treating together etc. The issue is her son runs around their apartment but when he does he stomps really hard. It will go on for hours and even during the night. I try to tolerate it but there's times where it gets to be too much and an annoyance. If I'm home during the day, whoever is watching him while she's at work usually let's him just stomp the entire day.

I've actually knocked on her door and asked them to quiet down because I was going to bed and she was nice about it. It didn't last long about a day or two. It started back up and I sent her a text and it seemed like it stopped for awhile and now it's starting back up again. Idk what else to do. I don't want to be that person to nag but I'm at my wits end. I don't want to ruin the relationship we do have but I'm just so over the stomping. The running is tolerable but with the stomping I'm just waiting for my pictures to fall off the wall. Thats how bad it is.

Edit: I in no way said that she has to keep an eye on him 24/7. It's only been twice that I've asked her if they can keep it down because it was that bad. Why shouldn't I get to enjoy being in my home like everyone else? Yes I get it it's an apartment but I should still be able to be comfortable.

Omg you ladies kill me. No one said I was asking him to just sit in the house all day so stop putting words in my mouth. All I ask was to limit the stomping. There's no reason why I can't enjoy my freaking apartment when I was here first and there's no reason he should still be stomping at 10-11 at night.

I love that I'm getting attacked but I really don't care what you ladies have to say. Most of you probably haven't lived in an apartment and I shouldn't have to move when I was here first. To the ones who are laughing at when I said he shouldn't be stomping at 10-11 there is a such thing as quiet hours in our complex. Thanks to the ones who understand me. Even people who I know personally that have kids agree with me. I even had them come over to see for themselves how bad it was so until you can see for yourself your assumptions and your opinions don't really matter.