help! 1 year old scared of hoover!

wondered if anyone else's child was terrified of the hoover? lily is usually a really happy go lucky sorta girl but her only major peeve seems to be when the hoover comes out- literally all you have to do to ensure a full blown hysterical wreck of a baby is unwinding the wires and plugging hector (the hoover) into the socket. the sobbing and shaking continues while hector is doing his thing and often for good half hour afterwards too. it doesn't seem to make a difference if she's in a totally different room with her daddy or whoever surrounded by her fave stuff and can't see it she still gets upset. help!
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Anonymous
Reply Anonymous 5 months ago
My eldest, Felix, also went through a stage like this. He was terrified of it but one day i let him have a go at pushing it and suddenly it was all he talked about! Try letting your daughter have a go, or get her her own little one. Hope this helped!
chloe71106
Reply chloe71106 6 months ago
my daughter was terrified of the hoover till she was about 2 when she one da woke up asked if she could cuddle it and now keps throwing things on the floor so we can get it out, she must have had a dream or something and woke up cured!
prozacfairy
Reply prozacfairy 6 months ago
aww curls are so cute on babies! no idea why they've changed the bathing rules lol think perhaps cords heal quicker if left? 5 kids and still get nervous with teddy lol. yeah kids adore him. olivias found it all hard though..what with probs with her dad and me going into hosp and leaving her with matt, she was caught stealing at school and has never ever done anything like that before. i was so shocked! never mind-now i know at least i can help her through it all xx
poor olivia theres alot of change for her by sound of it is she still going to see her dad? alot of people take stuff when they under loads of stress or whatever. not quite same thing but at work once they stopped a woman who'd shoplifted load of stuff she didnt need or want and she couldnt explain why but it turned out her husband had suddenly left after 3o something years of marriage and her mother had recently died, felt sorry for her, she was in such a state. hows things matt the pr@t btw? x x
sasssy2000
Reply sasssy2000 6 months ago
first bath always nerve wracking tho- maybe it gets better and less nervy though after the first one? wish they wouldnt change all these rules all the time how come you cant bath baby til cord comes off? hair styles can be fun- lils went really curly and afro like when she was small- tight curls standing out bout 3 inches from her head! lol great. aww teddy sounds like he was a lovely temperment bet his siters and brothers are making a fuss of him x x
aww curls are so cute on babies! no idea why they've changed the bathing rules lol think perhaps cords heal quicker if left? 5 kids and still get nervous with teddy lol. yeah kids adore him. olivias found it all hard though..what with probs with her dad and me going into hosp and leaving her with matt, she was caught stealing at school and has never ever done anything like that before. i was so shocked! never mind-now i know at least i can help her through it all xx
prozacfairy
Reply prozacfairy 6 months ago
lol olivia was like that..i say 'was' lol. she's 8 now and we're going through a really horrible patch with her sighh. Teddy is gorgeousssssss lol had first bath today as they now say you cant bath them till cords off. his feet went blue :S lovely fluffy hair now though :D he really is an easy baby but only 11 days old so time will tell lol xx
first bath always nerve wracking tho- maybe it gets better and less nervy though after the first one? wish they wouldnt change all these rules all the time how come you cant bath baby til cord comes off? hair styles can be fun- lils went really curly and afro like when she was small- tight curls standing out bout 3 inches from her head! lol great. aww teddy sounds like he was a lovely temperment bet his siters and brothers are making a fuss of him x x
sasssy2000
Reply sasssy2000 6 months ago
someone answered it earlier with something. lil such a laugh even though she dont always realise shes being funny! filthy temper though- that scream can go right through you. hows teddy boy? still cute and content as ever? x x
lol olivia was like that..i say 'was' lol. she's 8 now and we're going through a really horrible patch with her sighh. Teddy is gorgeousssssss lol had first bath today as they now say you cant bath them till cords off. his feet went blue :S lovely fluffy hair now though :D he really is an easy baby but only 11 days old so time will tell lol xx
prozacfairy
Reply prozacfairy 6 months ago
lol lily sounds so much fun xx didnt notice how old post was xx
damn it what happened there?! posted like 4 times just now annoying! x x
prozacfairy
Reply prozacfairy 6 months ago
lol lily sounds so much fun xx didnt notice how old post was xx
someone answered it earlier with something. lil such a laugh even though she dont always realise shes being funny! filthy temper though- that scream can go right through you. hows teddy boy? still cute and content as ever? x x
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