I really need to go to the bathroom...

Yesterday I had a worst case scenario happen. Let me start by telling you the problems that made up this scenario:

Problem 1: Our downstairs neighbors (the ones who live directly under us) are VERY nosey.

Problem 2: Claire is at that age where she like to experiment with how loud she can make noises or scream.

Problem 3: Claire also is at the age where she has to be in the same room as you - even if its the bathroom

Problem 4: Claire is also teething and sometimes when she is uncomfortable she screams very loud

Problem 5: Zach was gone for the evening so I didn't have any extra hands to help.

So here is what happened.

Claire was almost to the point where she needed to take a nap. But I knew if I put her down too early she would fight it. So I was playing with her and all of a sudden I had to go to the bathroom really bad. So I decided that I would put Claire down (against my better judgement) and then be able to go to the bathroom in peace.

Claire was fine at first and was just snuggling up to her blanket. So I quickly closed the door to her room and ran to the bathroom. I figured that if I was quick that if she started crying I could get to her pretty fast. Well, Claire did start crying - really really loud. I was trying to hurry up and wash my hands at this point and then I heard someone banging on my door. It was not just a knock like someone was coming to visit, it was someone banging like they were going to break in if I didn't answer. So I was finishing washing my hands and then I went to get Claire so she would stop crying and then I would go answer the door.

When I got to the door no one was there. Then I closed the door and right as I closed the door someone was banging on it. So I opened the door again and it was our downstairs neighbor. She is a very opinionated Vietnamese lady. Right as I opened the door she held her hands out toward Claire and said "I take her. She being very loud." I was floored. So I apologized if Claire screaming/crying for not even two minutes bothered her. Then she continued to tell me all the things that I needed to do to get her to stop crying: go outside and play with her, change her formula, take her to the doctor to make sure she is ok, sing to her, rock her to sleep. I just stood there and tried to explain that she is teething and sometimes she will just throw a fit and that nothing was wrong with her and that she was also really tired and needed to take a nap.

I don't know if she totally understood what I had to say and she tried to take Claire out of my arms to hold her and she said "I watch her for a little while." Claire immediately leaned back away from this lady and started to get really upset. So I apologized again and started to close the door and as I was closing the door this lady said "Wow, your baby has some lungs. She loud!"

At this point I was mad at my neighbor for being so forward, especially since I have only interacted with her a few times. I felt bad that Claire was being loud, but I had to remind myself that she was not loud for more that a minute or two and that she is a baby and sometimes they are just fussy. Then I felt like everyone in our complex could hear what was happening and that maybe other people were mad that Claire was being loud. And I was also mad that I had to go to the bathroom because if I hadn't had to go then I would have avoided this whole situation.

So at this point I left with Claire and went to the park. We played for a while and then when I knew she was really really tired I took her home and she went to bed without a sound.