New Fear

Last night, I brought out the vacuum to give my kitchen floor a good cleaning. (Sweeping just never seems good enough to me.) My little girl panicked. If I shut if off, she was fine. When I turned it on, she immediately started crying and crawling toward me. She'd go right up to the vacuum, so I don't think she associated the noise with the vac.

I shut it off and put it away as soon as I finished the kitchen, but I still had the living room to do. Maybe next time I try it holding her, but now that she weights about 18.5 pounds, that could get very tiring.