Avoiding putting baby on the floor because of dog hair!

[Firsttimemummy19]

My baby is 5 months old and unless we are upstairs in the nursery then I never put him on the floor because we have a Labrador and the amount of crap she brings in plus all the hair she looses is immense!
Baby has all of a sudden decided he hates the vacuum so I'm limited to when I can use it now (he never minded it until one day).

What's the answer?

What do others do with babies & dogs?

Get a Bosch Athlet vacuum , they are really efficient and also very quiet - my dog doesn’t like the vacuum normally but he’s fine with the Bosch .

We let the baby use her baby gym and other toys on the bed (under constant supervision) until she became mobile. When she became mobile we gated off the living room and kept the dog out and kept it clean.

Basic hygiene is not PFB behaviour, children pick up immunity naturally in normally clean houses without literally lying in dirt.

We have a dog, I run the hoover round quickly every evening when the baby (6 months) is in bed.
I have a play mat but he rolls off it. I did find a dog hair in his poo once

Robot hoover, he comes out every night at 3am and hoovers downstairs before we are up. I have two dogs, it works very well.

The thing is, as soon as baby starts to move, which could be in a matter of weeks, they will not stay on a mat. So you do need another solution, which is either find a way to vacuum more (could you put baby in their cot with a toy for 5 mins? or vacuum early in the morning before your partner goes to work if you have one?) or banish the dog from one room.

Agree with majority of other posters. Just vaccuum your floor. What if the baby decided it was scared of your hair? Would you shave it off? Baby's scared of my clothes, better be naked. It's a bit silly to stop doing something necessary because your baby doesn't like it. Mine doesn't like it when I leave the room, unfortunately it's tough shit when I've got to go to work!

Hoover. The baby will just have to get used to it Eventually he will realise that it's not gonna hurt him.

A perfect example my dd hated hair dryer. Freaked every time. If she was asleep she would wake up and scream.
She had no choice, I have long very thick hair. No way would I leave to naturally dry each day so it was, in the nicest ways, tuff

She's not keen now still but doesn't cry.

You can't never Hoover again. I know you feel like everyone is being harsh but you're really not being cruel.

If you don't, it's going to build up and be in the air, all over clothes/sofas and a bigger problem. Can someone sit with the baby whilst you Hoover? Or other way round?

Would a different hoover help? Slightly different noise? Ear defenders? During nap?

I have three children - two out of the three were terrified of the Hoover. One would be ok if he was in the sling with me whilst I hoovered, the other (the last DC and much beloved “baby”) responded well to her older siblings dancing with the Hoover and pretending to beat it up, and trying to make her laugh.

He won’t get used to it if you don’t do it. Once a week is almost worse than frequently because the time frame almost lulls him into a false sense of security that it won’t come on again. More frequently would make him get used to it.

They’re noisy and they’re a massive thing (in a baby’s eyes) that’s coming backwards and forwards roaring towards them. It’s not surprising they terrify small children sometimes. Maybe try high up on you in a sling so he’s on you and safe up high away from the loud roaring thing.

But you can’t not Hoover. I know you must be feeling irate that everyone’s told you should and you’ve said you won’t. But the majority of us are experienced parents who do know what we’re talking about. We really really have all been there.

@Sandybval At least you get me!

FFS are you all for real?!
The baby won't be scared of vacuum forever! And I'm not going out my way to scare him while he's tiny when it can be done when he's out the way.

Good god you lot are fucking nuts.

I'm buying a playmat for him until he's more mobile.

Signing off now, this forum is seriously weird.

Good god you lot are fucking nuts.

Ha ha will you listen to yourself.

If it can be done when he's 'out the way' then do it and keep your house a bit cleaner.

This must be the most pointless OP I've ever seen on MN.

OP - 'How can I keep my carpet cleaner from dog hair?'

MN - 'Hoover more'.

OP - 'You're all fucking nuts'.

Perhaps MN isn't for you love ...

Just let the baby get a bit hairy. It will do his immune system no end of good!

Hahahaha

Man up and use the hoover or let the baby get used to hair. We have four hairy cats, a sheepdog and three kids. They all exist ok!

I hope you find a way to control your anger as your ds is growing. It’s really not healthy to be that furious over a hoover. Seriously.

I hope you find a way to control your anger as your ds is growing. It’s really not healthy to be that furious over a hoover. Seriously.

That's a good point @MustardScreams, it's a bit worrying.

You asked what other people with dogs do!

They Hoover!

I've been known to hoover the dog. Thinking I might try hoovering the baby now he's weaning? Cats definitely don't like it though.

I can see why the baby gets hysterical around the hoover when his mother freaks out over other people’s opinions that she has asked for!

Highly strung mothers will have highly strung children!

Um put him upstairs in a cot while u hoover downstairs?!
Easy solution or am I missing something?!

All l can think about is how minging her house must be with a hairy dog and not hoovering.

I vacuum at night when DS is in bed. I just close the living room door while I'm doing it and he doesn't hear 🤷🏼‍♀️

We had a foster child that was scared of hoover when she came to us. I hoover everyday and she cried while I hoovered but over s few weeks became used to it and now she follows me around with her own little hoover and asks me to suck her hair up with the nozzle! In fact she now comes running to me as soon as she hears the hoover get turned on!
Unfortunately it is normal for children to go through a fearful stage but you have to do it everyday and show them that it's not harmful. The baby we have now goes to sleep in the sling while I'm hoovering and isn't fussed at all, it's all about exposure and I imagine it would be more distressing to be put into a different room while you do it as they won't be able to see it and see that it's harmless. I'm not suggesting you sit child on it just let them see that your happy and Carry on. Maybe also you could try leaving the hoover around where child can see it so they get used to seeing it, and I know this probably sounds ridiculous but maybe talk to it happily and show child your not scared? I don't know but it may be worth a try- this is coming from someone who has got a teddy to 'pooh' on a potty using a sausage to encourage their child to poop in potty while potty training 😂😂🤫