What do a baby swing and blowdryer have in common?

If you've recently had a baby or spent any amount of time with a newborn you probably already know what a blowdryer and a baby swing have in common...they can both soothe a screaming baby to sleep most of the time!

We learned the blowdryer/vacumn cleaner trick from the photographer who took Tristan's newborn pictures. During the shoot he got really fussy and as I was attempting to calm him down, she suggested we turn on the vacumn. I kind of thought she was crazy, but figured it couldn't hurt to try being that I had only been a mother for 7 days at that point and this lady had two kids of her own and photographed a ton of newborns...well, needless to say, the vacumn did the trick, Tristan calmed down immediately and ultimately fell asleep. We used the vacumn countless times after that and I eventually transitioned to the blowdryer since it makes the same sound and was much more convenient.

Now, I can't give anyone credit for the baby swing, other than the companies who make them, because I don't know who came up with the idea, but whoever it was is a genius! But I would like to take credit for the combo blowdryer and swing technique. It works almost everytime and gives me results like these...

The combo technique even works to calm down a fussy baby when another individual (shall we call him Tristan) is constantly poking and prodding said baby...unfortunately, all that poking and prodding doesn't usually allow for the baby to relax enough to go to sleep, but at least he's calm!