An angry camper who was kept awake by the screams of a child in another tent has asked whether its unreasonable to think that the parents should have taken the toddler home.
While camping is often seen a great family activity, one woman claims to have been left 'sleep deprived' after loud screams came from a neighbouring tent right through until the early hours of the morning, reported EdinburghLive.
She took to a popular parenting online forum to ask if she was being unreasonable to think parents are selfish. In a rant, she asked why would the parents not go home out of consideration.
On Mumnset she wrote: "AIBU [Am I being unreasonable] to think the parents are selfish? Fourth night in a row. Toddler screams from 10.30pm till 11.30pm - every night and then periodically every couple of hours. Not sad baby crying but toddler tantrum screaming and shouting.
"I am beginning to think it is the spawn of Satan. Why would you go camping if your child doesn’t sleep, and why wouldn’t you go home out of consideration for others after a couple of nights?
"They are quiet now but I’m awake since the last screams at 3.30am. Should I go and shake their tent in sleep deprived, demented revenge?"
The comments on Mumsnet quickly gathered with many criticising the woman for not being prepared.
One wrote: "When your walls are made of plastic it's unreasonable to expect to not hear conversations, drunks, laughing, sex, and babies crying. Next time take some ear plugs!"
A second added: "I'm on holiday currently - not camping though! And my toddler has been very unsettled - it wasn't expected at all though - they sleep fine at home! So it's a bit unfair of you - no one really knows how young children are going to be when taking them away for the first time.
"That being said if it was that bad I'd have put them in the car and sat with with them to try and minimise the disruption."
"Yes it’s annoying - but the parents are going to be far more tired and stressed than you, and probably not in a rational frame of mind," a third interjected.
One was more sympathetic: "I feel for you, can you move tents."
"I always think this when I see the threads about people taking babies camping. I'd have to go and say something. If it was my child I'd put them in the car and get off the site. No way would I subject others to that night after night," another said.
Another simply replied: "Why would anyone go camping in the first place is the question that puzzles me."
