Let me take you back to 4-5 months ago....our baby was soothed by white noise sources. The ultimate to make her stop crying was to bounce on the exercise ball while running the hairdryer. Yep, in the middle of the summer that's what we did. And yes, at 1:00 in the morning, that's what we did, and it worked. I would sometimes put her in my sling and vacuum to get her to fall asleep.
So, now at 6 months old, Lilah is deathly afraid of these same things that soothed her before. Running the vacuum makes her immediately stiffen up and pout out her bottom lip....and then the tears start flowing. Actually just me taking out the vacuum makes her stop in her rolling tracks. She does not like the hairdryer anymore, and our little dust buster...no way. These noise makers are super scary and also part of our every day lives (we have so many needles I need to vacuum every day; when I sweep our needle filled floors, I pick it up the dirt with the dust buster; if I don't dry my hair, it's frizzy and very nasty).
Hopefully some day she'll get over her fears and get used to these once soothing household items.
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