How to get out of a lease with four months left in Michigan?
Q. Is there any way to legally get out of a Michigan apartment lease with four months left? The noise above us is unbearable, and the lease does say that neighbors must keep noise at an acceptable level. The neighbors upstairs just moved three small children into their two-bedroom apartment, and these children run and stomp and jump all day causing my walls to shake and the chandelair in the kitchen to rattle and the lights to go out.
At night, there is more pounding on the walls -- from the kids in bunkbeds, maybe -- and pounding and jumping and creeking in our bedroom right above our bed. We have to sleep with earplugs in, and a fan on full-blast, but we can still hear the noise and are woken up at least three times a night.
I get no sleep. My husband is having to leave work early. And my children are getting woken up, too.
Do you think it would be wise to simply break the lease? What is the worse case as far as owing money be?
We have talked to the neighbors. Nothing.
We have called the police. Nothing.
We have talked to the landlord. Nothing.
And yes, we do have another place in mind. We were planning on moving there in Feb. 2007. So we would not be homeless.
At night, there is more pounding on the walls -- from the kids in bunkbeds, maybe -- and pounding and jumping and creeking in our bedroom right above our bed. We have to sleep with earplugs in, and a fan on full-blast, but we can still hear the noise and are woken up at least three times a night.
I get no sleep. My husband is having to leave work early. And my children are getting woken up, too.
Do you think it would be wise to simply break the lease? What is the worse case as far as owing money be?
We have talked to the neighbors. Nothing.
We have called the police. Nothing.
We have talked to the landlord. Nothing.
And yes, we do have another place in mind. We were planning on moving there in Feb. 2007. So we would not be homeless.
A. Sorry to hear that, I know it can wear you down. If the lease has a noise clause you could use it, BUT the responsibility to prove your charges is on you. I would use a tape recorder to record the noise. Prior to recording state the time, location in the house (it might need two recorders if there is noise in more than one part on the house at the same time)
I would suggest you take turns doing this. Do it in shifts, maybe 4 hours each, over one or more days. I realize this will cost you some money and some sleep, BUT if you break the lease it will cost you your deposit and (depending on how the lease is written) up to the entire remainder of the lease.
Armed with the tapes go to management. I will fore warn you now, they will try to move you to another apartment. I would suggest your choice
1. they pay to move you or
2. they make the offenders move to a different location.
If management refuses to do anything, saying the noise is not excessive, then you have two choices-well three really.
1. take your evidence and grievance to the owners of the complex
2. threaten to have your attorney sue them, BUT be prepared to follow through with the threat. otherwise management will label you a troublemaker and your life will become hell till your lease expires,even then they can blacklist you.
3. move and pay the penalty
PS: this is not the time to be unprepared. do your homework, and make good tapes, labeled well as to time and place. thisis important, because the attorney will cost you more than the rent involved unless he/she can bring in pain and suffering. in this, the tapes will be necessary.
I would suggest you take turns doing this. Do it in shifts, maybe 4 hours each, over one or more days. I realize this will cost you some money and some sleep, BUT if you break the lease it will cost you your deposit and (depending on how the lease is written) up to the entire remainder of the lease.
Armed with the tapes go to management. I will fore warn you now, they will try to move you to another apartment. I would suggest your choice
1. they pay to move you or
2. they make the offenders move to a different location.
If management refuses to do anything, saying the noise is not excessive, then you have two choices-well three really.
1. take your evidence and grievance to the owners of the complex
2. threaten to have your attorney sue them, BUT be prepared to follow through with the threat. otherwise management will label you a troublemaker and your life will become hell till your lease expires,even then they can blacklist you.
3. move and pay the penalty
PS: this is not the time to be unprepared. do your homework, and make good tapes, labeled well as to time and place. thisis important, because the attorney will cost you more than the rent involved unless he/she can bring in pain and suffering. in this, the tapes will be necessary.
How can I get my two daughters to sleep in their bed all night?
Q. I have a five year old and a two year old, Husband and I get them to sleep in the living room lights out t.v. still on once they fall asleep we put them in their bed in their bedroom, but then between midnight and two a.m. they are both in her bed. If we put them back in their bed, they eventually come back to ours. HELP PLEASE!
A. Hi - firstly I don't think it's a terrible thing that your kids both like being in the 'family' bed. It's pretty much only our Western culture that sees it as odd - the rest of the world see it as odd that our kids have separate beds in the first place. But then I can understand the need for a good night's sleep (especially if your bed isn't terribly big.
I really recommend the 'No cry sleep solution for toddlers and pre-schoolers' by Elizabeth Pantley. She tells you how sleep works, makes lots of suggestions, and you can then develop a strategy which fits your particular situation. Explaining to the children that you need some sleep can help a lot. Given that your children are both old enough to understand what you mean, it might be worth setting a date and telling them that after that date, they won't be sleeping in your bed any more. Or setting a time before which they aren't allowed to come to your bed. You can show them this time on a clock, or buy a special clock where you set the time and the rabbit doesn't wake up until that time - so it's a visual check as to whether they are allowed to come to your bed or not.
Another approach which she says many parents have found useful is to invent the 'morning fairy' who gives the child a (small, inexpensive) present when the child has slept the whole night in his or her own bed. You buy and wrap them beforehand so there's no danger of running out! And she suggests that after about a month, you either tell them you can re-wrap the presents again (which most children, apparently, don't mind - the pleasure being in the unwrapping) or say that the morning fairy has gone on to help a different child to learn to sleep in their own bed.
Above all, you need to work out why your children are coming in to your bed, design an approach that fits with your own situation, and stick to it for at least a few days before you decide if it's working or not. It won't be easy, especially if you are tired to start with!
I have a 5 year old and a 2 year old as well, and a superking size bed so it's not so difficult to sleep when all of us are in it (including my partner). But the 5 year old rarely gets into our bed (only if he's ill or has woken up from a nightmare or something) and I'm getting the 2 year old used to sleeping more in his own bed. If I'm awake enough when he comes in, I move him back into his own bed. After a point I don't bother any more. So at the moment he doesn't seem to be in our bed until about 4am, which isn't too bad. I'm working on slowly moving that time so that I get to sleep until at least 6am!
I really recommend the 'No cry sleep solution for toddlers and pre-schoolers' by Elizabeth Pantley. She tells you how sleep works, makes lots of suggestions, and you can then develop a strategy which fits your particular situation. Explaining to the children that you need some sleep can help a lot. Given that your children are both old enough to understand what you mean, it might be worth setting a date and telling them that after that date, they won't be sleeping in your bed any more. Or setting a time before which they aren't allowed to come to your bed. You can show them this time on a clock, or buy a special clock where you set the time and the rabbit doesn't wake up until that time - so it's a visual check as to whether they are allowed to come to your bed or not.
Another approach which she says many parents have found useful is to invent the 'morning fairy' who gives the child a (small, inexpensive) present when the child has slept the whole night in his or her own bed. You buy and wrap them beforehand so there's no danger of running out! And she suggests that after about a month, you either tell them you can re-wrap the presents again (which most children, apparently, don't mind - the pleasure being in the unwrapping) or say that the morning fairy has gone on to help a different child to learn to sleep in their own bed.
Above all, you need to work out why your children are coming in to your bed, design an approach that fits with your own situation, and stick to it for at least a few days before you decide if it's working or not. It won't be easy, especially if you are tired to start with!
I have a 5 year old and a 2 year old as well, and a superking size bed so it's not so difficult to sleep when all of us are in it (including my partner). But the 5 year old rarely gets into our bed (only if he's ill or has woken up from a nightmare or something) and I'm getting the 2 year old used to sleeping more in his own bed. If I'm awake enough when he comes in, I move him back into his own bed. After a point I don't bother any more. So at the moment he doesn't seem to be in our bed until about 4am, which isn't too bad. I'm working on slowly moving that time so that I get to sleep until at least 6am!
How do i get more sleep at night?
Q. I'm 16 years old, on average i get 6 hours of sleep per night and that's not enough. I always feel tired, and I'm a fit kid. I exercise 1-2 a day, but they are not near bed time. Suggestions?
A. i have 3 suggestions................they all work
1.............go to walmart get a package called.........levity. Its yellow pills and about 80 of them per package. it costs about 4-5$. take one pill about an hour before going to bed..it will make you very low and slow.
2..................at walmart there is another product called...meltonin. you take about 1/3 of a pill about 1 hour before going to bed......putter around, take a bath.....make sure you bedding is clean....sit up in your bed and read for a few mintues and you will begin to get drowsy.......dont shut the light off until your eyes begin to close on you......then turn the light off and lay back on your side.
we sleep better on our side.
if you need music make sure its real.....slow music. like classical...to keep your emotions down and easy.heavy kid music will just keep your senses on high gear...for sleep you dont want this
in any event, give yourself about 8-9 hours of time for melitonin to work...take it about 8 pm.....or 7.....take everynight for a while and get back into routine.....this product will never hurt you.its natural...your brain produces melitonin.....but sometimes it doesnt produce well enough...so you are merely replacing it...
once you take it, dont go out.............just get ready for bed and begin to calm down and move toward the bedroom in what ever your doing.....try to be in bed within an hour of taking it.
now if you wake up in the night and cannot back to sleep..........
there is a product they sell for children who have alergies, so its soft and safe, just dont take everyday..it may not react well with your kidneys and liver.....its good for 2 days or so in a row.
its called...........equate, children alergy medicine.............it cost about 3$ for a bottle.....if you wake up in the night, take 1 tlb spoon......and lay back with soft music or low tv.....you will be to sleep in about an hour.
good luck
1.............go to walmart get a package called.........levity. Its yellow pills and about 80 of them per package. it costs about 4-5$. take one pill about an hour before going to bed..it will make you very low and slow.
2..................at walmart there is another product called...meltonin. you take about 1/3 of a pill about 1 hour before going to bed......putter around, take a bath.....make sure you bedding is clean....sit up in your bed and read for a few mintues and you will begin to get drowsy.......dont shut the light off until your eyes begin to close on you......then turn the light off and lay back on your side.
we sleep better on our side.
if you need music make sure its real.....slow music. like classical...to keep your emotions down and easy.heavy kid music will just keep your senses on high gear...for sleep you dont want this
in any event, give yourself about 8-9 hours of time for melitonin to work...take it about 8 pm.....or 7.....take everynight for a while and get back into routine.....this product will never hurt you.its natural...your brain produces melitonin.....but sometimes it doesnt produce well enough...so you are merely replacing it...
once you take it, dont go out.............just get ready for bed and begin to calm down and move toward the bedroom in what ever your doing.....try to be in bed within an hour of taking it.
now if you wake up in the night and cannot back to sleep..........
there is a product they sell for children who have alergies, so its soft and safe, just dont take everyday..it may not react well with your kidneys and liver.....its good for 2 days or so in a row.
its called...........equate, children alergy medicine.............it cost about 3$ for a bottle.....if you wake up in the night, take 1 tlb spoon......and lay back with soft music or low tv.....you will be to sleep in about an hour.
good luck
How can I get my 2 year old to sleep in his own bed?
Q. My 2 year old usd to sleep fine in his own bed and room alone until he was 18 months old. In fact he wouldnt fall asleep anywhere else. One night he woke up crying and refused to sleep in his room and never did after that. I think it may have been emotional stress because his father and I had been going through a hard time and his father was no longer living with us. He will be 3 in January and he still has to sleep with me. I dont mind him sleeping in my bed, but I know if I dont get him to sleep in his own bed, it will trun out that he'll want to sleep with me till he is 9 or something ridiculous. Is it healthy for a child to sleep with their parents? Over all how can I get him to sleep in his own room?
A. When the timing seems right, start with a few small changes. The idea is to gradually wean your child from the family bed, so he doesn't feel as if he's being abruptly kicked out (and by the people he loves most in the world!). If he still naps, have his nap in his own room, to give him practice sleeping solo there during the less-intimidating daylight hours. For nights, you can put a futon or a mattress on the floor at the foot of your bed. Tell your child that someday he'll spend the night in his big-kid bed in his own room, but that for now this is his special bed � giving him the security of being close to you while also getting him accustomed to independent sleeping.
If your child doesn't have a comfort object, like a teddy bear, blanket, or baby doll, try offering him one now and encouraging her to sleep with it. At this age, he may not take to a comfort object if he's never used one before. But if he does, it'll help him make the final move to his own bed � after all, he may be forced to leave you behind, but no one can stop him from taking his "Beary" with her. After a few weeks, explain to your child that it's time for him to sleep in his room at night, and remind him that you'll be right next door (or down the hall) if he needs you.
Another alternative, , is to move your child straight into his own room but to sleep with him there for the first week or two while he gets adjusted. "Once he's sleeping well in his new space, move yourself out very gradually,. Go from lying down with him to sitting next to him as he falls asleep, then from sitting on the bed to sitting on the floor, and finally move from the floor to the door.
What should I do if my child resists moving to his own bed?
Over the next few months, you may wear out the carpet between your room and your child's. But you have to expect protests and middle-of-the-night visits � it's only natural for him to continue to seek comfort from you at night, especially if he's had the security of sleeping with you since birth. So decide what your priority is. If your priority is to not be woken, keep the extra mattress on your bedroom floor for a while, so that your child can wander in and go back to sleep there if he wants. If your priority is to get your child to remain in her room through the night � and if you're willing to lose some sleep to accomplish this � then do away with the extra mattress. When your child comes into your room, calmly lead him back to his bed and sit with him for a few minutes. (Repeat as often as necessary.)
You can also encourage an upbeat attitude about his new sleeping quarters by letting your child decorate his room with favorite stuffed animals and toys, his own drawings on the walls, and a night light (or two). Talk up and celebrate this transition as the big graduation that it really is, complete with balloons, cake, and gifts of new bedding featuring her favorite characters. Then inaugurate opening night with a peaceful-but-simple bedtime ritual that you'll be able to stick with (for example, a bath, a story, a song, and a few minutes of cuddling).
If your child doesn't have a comfort object, like a teddy bear, blanket, or baby doll, try offering him one now and encouraging her to sleep with it. At this age, he may not take to a comfort object if he's never used one before. But if he does, it'll help him make the final move to his own bed � after all, he may be forced to leave you behind, but no one can stop him from taking his "Beary" with her. After a few weeks, explain to your child that it's time for him to sleep in his room at night, and remind him that you'll be right next door (or down the hall) if he needs you.
Another alternative, , is to move your child straight into his own room but to sleep with him there for the first week or two while he gets adjusted. "Once he's sleeping well in his new space, move yourself out very gradually,. Go from lying down with him to sitting next to him as he falls asleep, then from sitting on the bed to sitting on the floor, and finally move from the floor to the door.
What should I do if my child resists moving to his own bed?
Over the next few months, you may wear out the carpet between your room and your child's. But you have to expect protests and middle-of-the-night visits � it's only natural for him to continue to seek comfort from you at night, especially if he's had the security of sleeping with you since birth. So decide what your priority is. If your priority is to not be woken, keep the extra mattress on your bedroom floor for a while, so that your child can wander in and go back to sleep there if he wants. If your priority is to get your child to remain in her room through the night � and if you're willing to lose some sleep to accomplish this � then do away with the extra mattress. When your child comes into your room, calmly lead him back to his bed and sit with him for a few minutes. (Repeat as often as necessary.)
You can also encourage an upbeat attitude about his new sleeping quarters by letting your child decorate his room with favorite stuffed animals and toys, his own drawings on the walls, and a night light (or two). Talk up and celebrate this transition as the big graduation that it really is, complete with balloons, cake, and gifts of new bedding featuring her favorite characters. Then inaugurate opening night with a peaceful-but-simple bedtime ritual that you'll be able to stick with (for example, a bath, a story, a song, and a few minutes of cuddling).
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