https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:28:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-dont-ring-the-doorbell#post-864650 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:58:08 +0000 purrpletulips 864650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've gotten amazon packages late at night like that too, which I find ridiculous. Our dog doesn't bark so we haven't posted a sign but our sitter has and no one has rung the bell since she posted it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-dont-ring-the-doorbell#post-864554 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:08:38 +0000 heffalump 864554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our doorbell used to be broken, not sure why DH fixed it :( Usually I notice someone is coming because the dog warns me, so I get outside before they can touch the door. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-dont-ring-the-doorbell#post-864541 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:57:22 +0000 bamblm 864541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: This is what we did to muffle the doorbell with a flat refrigerator magnet: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/A-More-%22Baby-Friendly%22-Doorbell/?ALLSTEPS#" rel="nofollow">http://www.instructables.com/id/A-More-%22Baby-Friendly%22-Doorbell/?ALLSTEPS#</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-dont-ring-the-doorbell#post-864535 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:52:09 +0000 Thenetexan 864535@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The sign over the doorbell is key. I used to have one on the door and it worked for the regulars, but a lot of people ring before reading... Out of frustration one day, I took a sticky name tag and wrote "do not ring" and stuck it over the doorbell. Not classy looking, but it works! Anyone who ignores that is in trouble! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-dont-ring-the-doorbell#post-864463 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:19:06 +0000 loveisstrange 864463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a sign for a while before we realized that our bell has its own breaker in our circuit box.... so we just turned it off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-dont-ring-the-doorbell#post-864461 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:10:26 +0000 Boheme 864461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We put up a sign during the times LO and I are sleeping. Our dogs are just too nuts over the doorbell not to!<br /> 9:20 pm is so late! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-dont-ring-the-doorbell#post-864458 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:01:04 +0000 pl0508 864458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a sign that says not to ring the bell or knock ! It has been up since LO was born ! I have seriously wanted to hit someone with a closed fist for waking him up (ha- aggressive much?) namely, a mayoral candidate who was going door to door to let ppl know he was running. Not okay ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-dont-ring-the-doorbell#post-864427 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:29:08 +0000 lemondrop 864427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a no soliciting sign and a no doorbell sign... they get ignored by everyone except USPS, Fedex, and UPS. </p> <p>I about turned the hose on a CenturyLink (cable/phone) guy who was being obnoxious yesterday. He would not leave and just kept talking and freaking the dog out. Now I'm trying to figure out how to keep a bucket of water on a rope over our door for the next time... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-dont-ring-the-doorbell#post-864424 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:24:14 +0000 autumnlove 864424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That sucks! One of my packages arrived at 8:45 tonight. My dog went crazy but LO didn't wake up...whew! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-dont-ring-the-doorbell#post-864408 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:37:37 +0000 sylvie_b 864408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, I would lose it! I put a sign OVER the doorbell saying not ring it and to drop off all shipments at the front door or call my cell upon arrival. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-dont-ring-the-doorbell#post-864312 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:25:01 +0000 Penny Lane 864312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>omg I hate that. we've got a wireless receiver thing for our doorbell, and it turns out at least 2 of our neighbours have the same thing. so... if someone rings their doorbell, ours goes off too. </p> <p>...even if the neighbours are having a party and someone is ringing their doorbell every 10 minutes for 2. straight. hours. </p> <p>I've taken the batteries out of the receiver and ductaped the doorbell so people don't ring it ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-dont-ring-the-doorbell#post-864308 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:21:07 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 864308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: 9:20!???! That's so late!! Is that normal for your area? Nothing comes here after 4pm! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-dont-ring-the-doorbell#post-864288 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:01:12 +0000 MrsF 864288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh. Even if they don't ring the doorbell the dog still goes nuts and wakes the baby. I posted about this once and somebody commented that they wanted a moat around their house :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-dont-ring-the-doorbell#post-864284 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:58:48 +0000 cascademom 864284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH loved it when I gave a stern mommy look to a delivery guy saying that the baby's asleep. LO's usually slept through, but we have a lot of noise being a condo sandwiched between one above and below. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-dont-ring-the-doorbell#post-864274 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:52:41 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 864274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh! </p> <p>We used to post a sign. Our UPS guy knows we have a kid and remembers not to ring, but he once reminded me he isn't always on our route. He said posting a friendly sign would be a good idea during nap times! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-dont-ring-the-doorbell#post-864271 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:47:31 +0000 regberadaisy 864271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg. Some random dude in a minivan dropped off my Amazon Prime shipments at 9:20pm and rang the doorbell! (That's just a whole 'nother post)</p> <p>So of course the dog went berserk and I'm surprised she didn't wake LO up.</p> <p>That being said do you put up a sign when LO is sleeping so ppl don't ring the bell? Why do deliveries have to ring the bell any way?</p> <p>I thought I remember someone posting a easy hack to "turn off" the doorbell at night? </p>