Hellobee Boards Topic: Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:19:14 +0000 mrs. wagon on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67286 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:16:41 +0000 mrs. wagon 67286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ This is a big problem for us since we have two dogs who bark whenever someone comes to our door. But I don't want to train it out of them because it's nice to have the extra security when I'm home alone. We live on a pretty busy street with a lot of foot traffic, and my chihuahua sounds like a big scary dog ;) I have a sign at eye-level saying "DO NOT ring doorbell... SLEEPING BABY! Deliveries: if signature is required, please knock SOFTLY." Then I have a card taped over the actual button to the doorbell itself that says "DON'T RING ME." It's ridiculous but it WORKS. Except against my 6 year old nephew. Haha. And visitors always arrive chuckling at our door. I don't mind being psycho mommy if it keeps RJ asleep! BSB on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67226 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:06:38 +0000 BSB 67226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I don't have anything to add about doorbells but I am afraid to call my brother after a certain time because I don't want to wake up his son. I do text him since his usually the ringtone for texts are shorter than ringtones for callers. Boogs on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67208 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:29:29 +0000 Boogs 67208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We don't have a doorbell and this makes me glad we don't! Hope your neighbor's dog is okay! BabyBoecksMom on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67156 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:48:22 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 67156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We're only two weeks in, but we put a sign over the doorbell and on the door to tell people to call us instead of knocking or ringing the doorbell because our dogs bark very loud and wake her up. I don't know how we'll handle it when she's older. mrbee on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67133 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:03:12 +0000 mrbee 67133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mediagirl: The FedEx guy just buzzes the other apartments, no matter what notes or numbers we leave with them. It's often a different guy, so we can't just ask them in person to handle it differently. mediagirl on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67131 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:00:23 +0000 mediagirl 67131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mrbee: do you have a place where you can leave your number so people can call instead of buzzing if they need you? Mrs. Sunglasses on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67119 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:32:27 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 67119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ But 10 seconds is Long. Mrs. Sunglasses on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67118 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:31:16 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 67118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It happens but luckily we've made sure to make a lot of noise so the LO doesn't wake up. In the first 10 minutes of putting him down is the crutial Part and usually the phone rings. Almost Everytime. :/ sorrycharlie on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67109 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:22:00 +0000 sorrycharlie 67109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ ugh I dread this. we don't have a doorbell, but if anyone opens the front gate or knocks on the door my dog FLIPS THE F OUT. You'd think he was an attack dog..he's only a sheltie! We're working on barking now with a spray bottle (we've tried everything) and it's not really working..he just runs to another room and barks. I'm very likely going to LOSE my mind come September. heffalump on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67102 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:00:42 +0000 heffalump 67102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our mail man ran my doorbell the other day when LO was napping. I had to sign for something things, and of course the dog barked and LO started screaming. He was so nice and appologized for disturbing my baby, so I couldn't be mad at him. He was only doing his job. abbydabbydoodlebug on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67044 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:34:49 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 67044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mrbee: your fed-ex guy sucks! LOL redboots on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67038 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:28:25 +0000 redboots 67038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yessssssssssssssssssssssssss! It happened a few times but it really annoyed me. I have a note over the doorbell as well saying to please knock! And it works! mrbee on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67036 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:27:38 +0000 mrbee 67036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @abbydabbydoodlebug: We used to do that, but then every time the FedEx guy would come for us... he would ring the doorbell of our 80-year-old neighbor. :-( Mrs. High Heels on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67035 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:18:57 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 67035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ ughhhhhh yes.... i hate that! and i have two maltipoos that proceed to bark their heads off... abbydabbydoodlebug on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67033 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:13:34 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 67033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My sis in law just taped a "please knock" over the actual doorbell, so it was very obvious! Worked out great. No more kids waking up during nap time. :) Killer b on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67027 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:52:25 +0000 Killer b 67027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Um, I am much less gracious. Our dogs bark when you knock on the door, but not at the bell. So when someone knocks I get LIVID if Charlie is asleep. Once it was a newspaper salesman, and I must have looked like a crazed banshee when I opened the door and screamed, "I"M NOT INTERESTED, LEAVE ME ALONE!" To my defense, I'd gotten maybe 4 hours of sleep the night before. I should get a Do Not Knock sign or something! sylvie_b on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67024 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:32:49 +0000 sylvie_b 67024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @chopsuey119: our old dog walker had a sign on her buzzer that said "do not ring bell. Please call ###-#### upon arrival." it worked brilliantly...and I plan on doing the same thing. :) @marriedandlovingit: Our corgi, Napoleon goes ape sh#t when the doorbell rings too. Gah! chopsuey on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67018 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:09:46 +0000 chopsuey 67018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Rubies: Ugh. so annoying! Tell DH to tell them not to ring the doorbell. I had a sticky on the door for a while "SLEEPING BABY. DO NOT RING DOORBELL." Then I decided I didn't want people knowing I had a baby so I took it off. People is crazy and might steal her. :P chopsuey on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67016 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:08:05 +0000 chopsuey 67016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ YES. I GET PISSED and say "WHO The F is ringing our door?!" I say "eff" since I stopped cursing on Jan 1 :) I get pissed when stupid cars honk their horns too. Really? Is it necessary?! Sad about your neighbor! Hope the doggie is okay. calsmom on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67005 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:40:22 +0000 calsmom 67005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ That's one thing I dread when our son arrives. Our dogs go insane at the sound of the doorbell. I may have my husband unhook it for a bit. The infant that I nanny now sleeps through the doorbell and the dog barking. I hope we are blessed with a good, heavy sleeper like that little man. Andrea on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-67003 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:39:23 +0000 Andrea 67003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It rarely ever happens and I always freak out a little but the LO has never woken up. And when we get food delivered we tell them to call and not ring the bell. Rubies on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-66996 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:34:24 +0000 Rubies 66996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes! My in-laws! Whenever they come over for dinner, it's always after LO goes down so I *always* leave the door unlocked when it's close to their arrival time so that they can walk right in. But every time, without fail, they STILL ring the doorbell! mrbee on "Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-ever-ring-your-doorbell-after-your-lo-goes-down-how-do-you-handle-it#post-66993 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:30:32 +0000 mrbee 66993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Charlie and Olive had just gone down for the evening, when someone rang our buzzer for almost ten seconds. TEN SECONDS!! I was so upset... ten seconds is so long, and it had taken so much time to get both the kids down! I figured it must be the FedEx Ground guy, who is forever tormenting us with buzzers after the kids are sleeping. But it turned out to be our upstairs neighbor; a car had hit her dog and she wanted to get back into the building right away. Why did she ring my doorbell when the key must've been right in her pocket? She must've been beside herself with worry. He (the dog) seemed ok, but she took him to the animal hospital to make sure. I hope he is ok!!! Do people ever ring your doorbell after your LO goes down? How do you handle it?