Kids: Today, I realized that my baby stops crying loudly whenever I...

By superhero1043 - 14/05/2010 05:01 - United States

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

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By anonymous - 20/03/2013 05:42 - United States

Today, I realized just how lonely I am when I started singing and harmonizing with the vacuum cleaner. FML

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Today, my daughter decided to wake me up by putting the vacuum in my hair and turning it on. FML

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By Adrian16 - 18/01/2010 11:01 - Norway

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

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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

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By kfoehslfns - 01/08/2010 08:45 - United States

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

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By gumbymn - 17/03/2021 00:30

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

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By Anonymous - 18/02/2024 02:00 - United States - Montgomery

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

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By scaredshitless - 10/04/2019 18:00

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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By Sonotsuave - 22/10/2022 12:00 - United States - Mclean

Today, like every day since the new neighbors moved into the townhouse next door, their newborn won’t stop crying. The room the two toddlers and newborn are in apparently shares a wall with my bedroom, so I hear crying while I work remote, study remote, and try to sleep. FML

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waveman56 3

Friday 14 May 2010 12:21

Did you consider that the baby doesnt stop crying, you just can't here it over the vacuum

cc1992 11

Friday 14 May 2010 12:10

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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imdeborah 0

Friday 14 May 2010 13:51

Alright then, 51. What about an iHome?

ImaginaryFoe 0

Friday 14 May 2010 13:52

Agreed unless the baby has colic. If you have a colicky baby, FYL and my deepest sympathies. If the baby likes the vaccuum, it will probably like other white noises. Try a white noise machine or static on the television. If nothing else works, keep in mind that we are genetically wired to find baby cries annoying. Sort of makes a vaccuum enjoyable in comparison.

snoogs 0

Friday 14 May 2010 14:02

so you're using the noisy card to get out of cleaning AND baby duties...that's messed up

Compass 0

Friday 14 May 2010 14:12

Now the vacuum is the baby's sworn enemy as it creates a louder noise, thus attracting more attention than the baby, nullifying its need to cry. It will attempt to destroy it.