I am not sure if I am posting in the right place but am looking for some advice...here goes..

I have a DS 4 and a half months old and our next door neighbours have a 7yr old and an 18yr old who LOVE to play basketball. They have a basketball hoop attached to their house and play basketball EVERY day.

The problem is, our houses are so close together that all I hear every afternoon is the thump thump thump of the basketball and then the BANG as it hits the backboard when they are shooting hoops. Then it bangs against the colourbond fence. Now, I am all for kids playing outside but what about my poor bub who is trying to sleep??

I am absolutely at my wits end as they wake DS up nearly every day and I am then left to deal with a cranky baby for the rest of the day.

I know I probably have no right to say anything but I am at the point now where I dread 3pm coming as I know the little guy is going to be home from school soon and the thumping will start, it is doing my head in

I am very ashamed of my behaviour on Monday as DS had a very bad afternoon and when they woke him up I slammed all of our windows shut and then after I got DS back to sleep he woke again and I went out the back and yelled at them to "STOP BANGING THE BALL ON MY FENCE!!"

Today, I just got DS to bed and the 18yr old comes out at 2pm and starts shooting hoops, I closed all the windows and tried to ignore it but now I am sitting in a stuffy house when there is a beautiful breeze blowing and it is making me very upset and cranky

Wow...that was a HUGE rant! If you have read this far and have any advice I would be very grateful. I would like to talk to the parents but my DH is dead against it and says we have no right to stop them playing ball in their own yard which in my rational moments I agree with..but when it starts up every day my irrational mind takes over and I just want to scream!

Here comes 3pm