A mum self-isolating with her toddler during the coronavirus lockdown was upset when a note was pushed through her door asking them to quieten down.
Lauren McCabe was asked to 'reduce the loud running around' especially in the mornings as it was waking neighbours.
The 26-year-old, who has asthma and a low immune system after catching shingles, was devastated, Birmingham Live reports.
Lauren, a single mum, wept after reading the note - so decided to write back in her two-year-old son Leo's name.
Lauren's note said: "I no longer go to nursery or get to see the people I’m used to spending time with. My mummy isn’t very well, she said we have to stay home 'til she is better.
"My mummy doesn’t want me to feel anxious or upset with these changes to my normal routine.
"So she’s finding ways for me to feel happy, like running around my living room, dancing in my living room, playing with my favourite toys in my living room.
"I’m sorry you’re finding this hard. I just want my mummy to be better and things to be normal."
Lauren wept after reading the note which was pushed through the door of her Birmingham flat.
It read: "We think you have a young child and it must hard keeping them entertained in a flat.
"Can we please ask that you try and reduce the running around as this is really loud.
"Especially early in the mornings where it wakes us up most days. Thanks in advance."
Lauren's mother, Sarah Burgess, said: "I haven’t seen her because she’s in isolation, but she rang me sobbing, saying: 'Mum how am I meant to keep him quiet?'
"They should have found out the background before sending that note."
To try to calm the situation, Sarah and Lauren wrote the note from Leo which they put through a neighbour’s door.
Sarah said Leo was a “typical toddler”, but was not noisy, was easily pacified.
And she said the row was the last thing the pair needed as they tried to keep their spirits up.
"At the moment Lauren and Leo are stuck in the flat,” she said.
“I buy all their food for them and leave it outside their door, and the only time they get to go out is to sit on the lawn in front of the block.”
