Today, I realized that my baby stops crying loudly whenever I turn on the vacuum cleaner. I'm either stuck with a fussy baby all day, or the roaring sound of a vacuum cleaner. FML
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Today, I'm so tired from constantly soothing my crying 2 month-old baby that I've started trying to soothe inanimate objects with baby talk whenever they make a noise. My fridge started beeping and I began an involuntary chorus of, "It's OK darling, shhhhhh, it's alright." FML
Today, I realized just how lonely I am when I started singing and harmonizing with the vacuum cleaner. FML
Today, my daughter decided to wake me up by putting the vacuum in my hair and turning it on. FML
Today, I was vacuuming our house because I wanted to help my parents. I wore a headset while listening to REALLY loud music. The vacuuming job took me two hours and when I took of my headset I noticed that I hadn't started the vacuum cleaner. FML
Today, I tried out my new noise-canceling headphones while vacuuming my house. They worked so well that I didn't hear the vacuum stop when the plug fell out of the outlet. I accidentally had the vacuum off the entire time. FML
Today, I was woken up at 3:00 am to the sound of a tape recording of a baby crying, loudly. This has been going on for 3 nights, non stop. Why? because I brought up the subject of having a baby with my wife. Clearly, you can see where she stands. FML
Today, I woke up to the sound of my roommate vacuuming at 7 a.m. I was annoyed because I had stayed up late, but then I realized she was vacuuming in the kitchen… at 7 a.m. because the broom "wasn't powerful enough." I gave her the benefit of the doubt until she started vacuuming my bedroom floor while I was still in bed. FML
Today, I asked Alexa to turn on my baby's white noise machine. Instead, she started playing Pharrell Williams's "Happy" while the baby was asleep. FML
Today, while eating breakfast in a hotel lobby, the woman next to me started playing an obnoxious clip of a baby’s high-pitched crying. The worst part is that my parents refused to let me do anything about it or step away from the loud noise, as they thought it would “embarrass the whole family.” FML
Today, at 2:30am, I heard my baby crying on the monitor. As I got out of bed, she stopped crying and started laughing. There's nobody else in the house. FML
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waveman56 3
Did you consider that the baby doesnt stop crying, you just can't here it over the vacuum
cc1992 11
Haha that sucks! I can't stand the sound of babies crying, it's annoying! But then the vacuum is a pretty annoying sound too. Couldn't you find something else to entertain the baby?
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Comments (176)
JonieT06 1
If your having trouble with her shush loudly in her ear and move jiggle her she will get to sleep quickly... and stay asleep most times it will remind her of being in the whom
jal10a 1
38-but no one else did think about it so they considered him a *genius not the ppl who "could think of it if they tried"
bjbthe1 1
it's called a coomon problem. your baby is colicky. Turning in the vaccuum is actually one of the number one ways to stop the crying. that or driving the baby in the car for long periods. just be happy that the vacccuun works. some colicky babys don't stop crying even with the vaccuum on.
rety1 13
well maybe you should start cleaning. maybe your kid is trying to tell you he/she thinks the place is a dump...
lilerin 2
Why not put yourself in the shoes of a parent who has a baby, instead of telling them to be a parent. Have you ever thought that babies cry and scream because they can? Maybe the baby has colic which causes them to cry for HOURS on end? Or maybe the baby is gassy. Or maybe the baby is hungry. Or maybe he baby needs a changing. There's a million and one reasons and possiblities as to why the child is screaming for hours. It's not easy being parent, so don't run your mouth, or tell them to "parent", if you've never had a child yourself.
Whenbearsregin 0
Babies do some weird stuff sometimes. Mine loves power chords >.<
aznbaddie 0
i agree...well said!
rohosoccer08 1
it's a collicky (sp?) baby... my daughter is like that... but she like the song "all American girl" by Carrie underwood... it gets her to calm down instantly it's weird... I guess cuz I sang that to her the 2 months she was in the hospital... it's just like her she was supposed to be a boy then the nurse came in with a pink blanket and instantly she had my husband wrapped around her finger! lol
johnnydeath 0
it's white noise, try another form of white noise! I used to know an autistic child who needed the blow dryer going to sleep... you could even try recording the vaccuum and then playing it back.
salty66 0
how is this an fml - you found a way to stop your baby crying - surely this is a good thing