Saturday, May 2, 2009

Fox News, Vacuum Cleaners, and Three Year Olds

Can I just give a quick shout out: THANK YOU FOX NEWS - For scarring my daughter for life. My little bedheaded Ma woke up and wandered into the livingroom and took a seat on the couch. On TV they were covering a story on the theory of loud chaotic noises (hair dryers, .uum cleaners, ect.) calming fussy babies.

So what do they do? They bring out a real, angry, wailing, screaming baby.

Ma goes "Oh no! Baby's cryyyying!" and as I told her "Don't worry sweets." and started to walk into the kitchen the guy turns on a hair dryer, baby screams louder and Ma starts getting more upset.


I start walking back to change the channel and the dude takes the screaming baby and then turns on a va.cuum... and all Hell brakes loose in this house.

"OH NO MOMMY! LOOK! HE SUCKIN UP DA BABY! HALP DA BABY MOM HALP DA BABY!!" and then she runs over and holds Moo, who was playing quietly and minding his own business, "Dun worry baby, you no suck up baby." Ma bursts into tears.

Now I had a choice, turn the channel and let her freak out, or keep it on and cross my fingers that that baby stops . Luckily, after a minute the baby did stop and they had a close up of her with a bewildered, but happy look on her face.

"Look honey, they made baby all better." I go, while nodding like a maniac.

"YAY! BABY BETTER!" says Ma and runs into my bedroom.. I think, great, she's going on the computer or something, and I continue on my way to the kitchen.

Nope.

She comes out with my dustbuster and heads for Moo, who was cooing and kicking at toy elephants in his bouncy. I can't stop laughing, even now while she's in her room throwing a good holy hell nuclear meltdown hissy since I took the dustbuster away from her.

NOW I HAVE TO HIDE MY DAMN VACUUM CLEANERS!

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