While ive mentioned him on another thread does it seem odd to you ive bought c an xmas present from the hoover

Shes been terrified of our hoover as long as i can recall, we have tried alsorts. Hes called Noo Noo and we have explained noo noo cleans the floor by eating the crumbs she has dropped and he says num num num and eats them up which she thinks is funny but still shakes when he is switched on

I have to either hold her in one arm and hoover or have someone else hold her while i do it or put her on sofa and have her bawl her eyes out while im doing it

Even while we were in asda yesterday everytime an asda ace walked past with their aisle cleaners she was shouting 'mummy noo noo' and grabbing me. She settled a bit when we explained he was doing his shopping too and would be asleep by the time we got home

So we have bought her a wee dyson for xmas from Noo Noo to see if it helps, seems mental to me but hoping it might work as we finally got her to point of saying Nice Noo Noo yesterday after he ate his dinner off the floor and went to bed but she still wont go near him

Any other hoover phobics out there or is my kid just insane?

All my kids were scared of the vacuum cleaner at C's age! It's because it's loud and seems to "chase" them. But..I have to shamefully admit..that I would tease them with it..I would vacuum close to where they were parked! xxx

H loves the hoover and Lewis likes the noise. H got a dyson for xmas last year. I think its a great idea x

Lilly is terrified i have to hold her while i hoover

awww bless her. Cerys LOVES the hoover. she likes me to chase her with it pmsl !!! x

lol Izzy went from loving it to hating it (bawling)...to tolerating it now!

I was tempted to get her a dyson when she was going though the hate phase but I didnt lol

thats a ghood idea she can hoover with you then.

paige is liek that.. she doesnt like it. it never used to bother her but now it does. i have to hold her n hoover! x

Thomas was terrified until we got Hetty and now he loves her . He asks me to hoover about 6 times a day and anytime we go anywhere or he goes to bed he says "tata etty" . She has a big friendly smiley face which I think helps. We have got him a mini Henry for christmas "Etty" now has a friend

xx

Callum went from screamin as a baby when it was on to loving it trying to get it out and following it around to last few weeks hating it and crying and winging running away frm it everytime it goes on xx

None of my kids are/were scared of the Hoover but Owen (6) was petrified of the lawnmower, even now if we go to the park and the big daddy mowers come along he runs back and holds my hand ... Bless him don't think he'll ever be a gardener
I think noo noo getting her a baby noo noo is a fab idea - fingers crossed

evan loves the hoover and is obsessed with hoovering lol he has his own dyson, but will use anything as a hoover

Lottie still hates our hoover, though it doesn't freak her out as much now (she used to be hystericalwhen I used it). I didn't tease her with it as such, however, I have been known to use to it my advantage, ie 'Lottie pick up all your toys or i'll just hoover them up'

Great idea, I'm sure c will love it and may even start to like the noonoo.

Ellie loves it and takes it off me so that she can do it. She has her own but prefers mine.

gracie loves the hoover she helps me do it, she then gives it a cuddle and says night night oover when I put it away strange child x

Wil does all the hoovering in our house. As for mini Henry he just doesn't cut it compared to the big old Vax that plugs into the wall and really gets the muck up

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lol thats a good idea, oliver is scared of the hoover too, if i so much as look in its direction he is hysterical x

Well yesterday she said Nice Noo Noo and blew it a kiss but when i offered to take her over to kiss Noo Noo she said no and buried in my shoulder so we are making slow progress so ive labelled her dyson from Noo Noo