My 13-month old daughter freaks out when I hoover!

Question

It breaks my heart to see her paniky like that, but it need's to be clean.

Who has/ had this problem aswell and what did you do?

Answer 1

my dog does too.  i just put him outside in the kennel. but don't do that with the baby.   joking.

i used to be scared of it too. when my mother used to vacuum i used to jump on the bed.  i was five years old.  

i think its the loud noise, try seeing if they have silent or less loud vaccuums.  they should since they have silent washing machines now.

Answer 2

put her in crib w/ toys/book while u vacuum

Answer 3

aw my two and half year old hates the vacuum lol.  But I just reassure her that it won't hurt her and I usually try and distract her in a another room with a book or something until I'm done.  I think its just something she will eventually grow out of as she gets older.

Answer 4

wat does hovver mean

Answer 5

My son is 15 months and hates it too!  I have to carry him around on my hip while I vacuum.  I put him down when he gets too heavy but he just starts shaking and crying...poor wee thing.  

Answer 6

My baby is 19 months old and she had the same problem, she would freak out even at the sight of the hoover. At first I tried to avoid the vaccum in front of her but it was not possible to continue like that for long. So instead I explained to her that I was going to vaccum, that it would not hurt her and then made her sit on the couch in front of me. For the first 2-3 times she cried a lot but slowly she adjusted well to it and did not cry.

So I would suggest that every time you need to vaccum, explain to your child what you are about to do, keep a smiling face during the process and give her a big hug for being so brave after you are done . Eventually she will get the idea that it is nothing to panic about.

Best of luck!