Hairdryer - our new best friend

Two days ago, we bought another hairdryer to put in the baby room. No, the baby doesn't have enough hair yet to really need another hair dryer. We are using it for something else.

For the past few weeks, every time I used the hairdryer in the bath room, my mom noticed that Isabel, who maybe crying loudly, would suddenly stop and be quiet. It's quite amazing.

I guess it has to do with the white noise it creates because now we bought a dedicated one for her, so whenever she is fussy, we turned it on. The wind is away from her, of course, but the sound miraculously soothes her for some reason. Some people say it's because the noise reminds her of the womb. Apparently it's very loud in there for the last 9 months, as loud as a vacuum cleaner.

The effect doesn't last forever of course and we don't want to affect her hearing too much by putting it on too long, but even 10 minutes of extra quietness is amazing. The fact it works every time makes it my new best friend. :-)

- Lei
p.s: we can also use it to warm her bottom after diaper change which she loves.