friend was told prior to coming (she’s never been to my house) that my baby is loud and plays all day. She’s on break from school as well. Well apparently, my kid was becoming overwhelming for her and she kept asking her to be quiet and go upstairs. I could hear her from my office. I gently remind her that Naija will not stay upstairs for 9 hours quiet. It’s not happening. She seems to understand but I’m hearing her unravel as the day progresses. By the time we’re both finished with work, she

That’s crazy. She is a guest, your daughter is just being a normal kid and lives there. If she doesn’t like it she can leave.

It wouldn’t be the end of the world to teach the 5yo how to behave when house guests are in your home. Being a little more quiet, bringing awareness of others, that the world doesn’t revolve around them isn’t the worst thing to impose on a child for a few days.

I admire you. You handled this a lot better than I would have. She would have been gone that day. (And this is coming from the mother of a 25 and 14 year old) She should have chosen somewhere else to stay if she is not used to children. That baby lives there, she does not.

That's your daughters home. The 5c year old doesn't have to go away or change. It's HER home!!

So many entitled people underneath this thread. You cannot come to somebody’s house and designate what they can and can’t do. Putting up ‘do not touch’ signs is crazy. 

My husband I don’t have children and our nephews moved to our town a month ago. At Christmas more nephews were around plus a lot of family. We were overwhelmed once or eight times. For the most part we just played with the nephews outdoors where the loud didn’t seem so loud. A few time tho we just explained we needed some quiet time. It’s ok. We were in a space it was safe and expected for the nephews to be loud. It’s our responsibility to deal with us. Not the nephews

Lots of people work from home. If she’s a guest and can’t deal with the noise, she can always go to a coffee shop or library to work Problem solved

Some of these folks and comments are dumb asf if her ass wanted special accommodations she should have stayed her ASS HOME not come to someone else’s home as a guest with demands tf like you should be grateful that some allowed you to stay at their home for a WEEK for FREE Smdh

I don’t even like kids, but she is staying in YOUR house like wtf, nobody is going to come into my house and tell me how to live. If you are in someone else’s home and they are nice enough to allow that you work with the way THEY live, if you have a problem with it you shouldn’t have come or can get a hotel.