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Yup vacuuming is a unique kind of drama in our house. Arielle used to laugh and actually cheer when I'd turn the vacuum on, then she'd go play by herself and almost ignore me. Then a couple of weeks ago she started crying. Now at first I just thought she was mad that I was vacuuming and not playing with her, then it started to sound like she was scared. She would pull on my leg and follow me around with her face buried into my leg. It was sad and kinda frustrating, the only way she would stop was if I picked her up.
She's almost 30 pounds people.
So I tried again last week with the same problem. I thought if I showed her how to turn it on and let her walk beside me while I did it, it would be okay. Uh, not so much I don't know if I was doing it to fast or what but she flipped out. So yet again I had to carry her, not a small feat but hey I could call it a workout I suppose :p
Then today I thought that accompanying the letting her turn it on I would allow her to actually push with me while I vacuum. It was beautiful. Not a sound out of her as long as she could be with me and help me...the downside is it takes twice as long to vacuum, but I don't care there's no crying and I can attack those stupid dust bunnies that taunt me day and night. It was actually kinda fun :)
On another note I think the Lord gave me extra grace today, because we had a couple of meltdown tantrums and I think I dealt with them pretty well. She needed to have her nap but I had to change her diaper which was not on her list of fun things to do. SO she decided to flip right the heck out. This lead me to place her on my lap and softly say into her ear that she needed to sit there until she was done. So she cried and screamed for a couple more minutes then gave me the sign for 'down' so I said again, quietly, that she could go down when she was done crying. She hiccuped a couple of times and thought about it then calmed down some more. So I put her down and asked her if she was done, she walked away and got her bunny then seemed to be fine. But I had to get her into her bed stat before we had another one of those. lol
She's almost 30 pounds people.
So I tried again last week with the same problem. I thought if I showed her how to turn it on and let her walk beside me while I did it, it would be okay. Uh, not so much I don't know if I was doing it to fast or what but she flipped out. So yet again I had to carry her, not a small feat but hey I could call it a workout I suppose :p
Then today I thought that accompanying the letting her turn it on I would allow her to actually push with me while I vacuum. It was beautiful. Not a sound out of her as long as she could be with me and help me...the downside is it takes twice as long to vacuum, but I don't care there's no crying and I can attack those stupid dust bunnies that taunt me day and night. It was actually kinda fun :)
On another note I think the Lord gave me extra grace today, because we had a couple of meltdown tantrums and I think I dealt with them pretty well. She needed to have her nap but I had to change her diaper which was not on her list of fun things to do. SO she decided to flip right the heck out. This lead me to place her on my lap and softly say into her ear that she needed to sit there until she was done. So she cried and screamed for a couple more minutes then gave me the sign for 'down' so I said again, quietly, that she could go down when she was done crying. She hiccuped a couple of times and thought about it then calmed down some more. So I put her down and asked her if she was done, she walked away and got her bunny then seemed to be fine. But I had to get her into her bed stat before we had another one of those. lol
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