Everyday Systems: shovelglove: message 232 of 649

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(in the spirit of croc hunter Steve Irwin)

1) plug in vacuum cleaner and place next to vibrating
baby chair

2) calm baby if possible and put her in chair

3) at a *safe distance* (please no Steve Irwin here),
frantically start shovelgloving

4) when she starts screaming, turn on the vacuum
cleaner. This will miraculously calm her down --for
about 7 minutes, so timing is critical. It has the
added benefit of having the opposite effect on the
cats, so you don't have to worry about them eating
her/getting smacked by an errant shovelglove swing
(part of shovelglove's original mandate, recall).

I'd read about the baby-soothing powers of vacuum
cleaners, but I didn't believe it. It works, and
sometimes much longer than 7 minutes in fact. A
screaming baby is the doula of invention.

Reinhard