ahhhh...the sweet sounds of...

Dear Augosto.

From my understanding, it's common knowledge that one can usually lull a baby to sleep with the joyous sounds of a hair dryer or a vacuum cleaner.

In truth, we've actually tested this theory out. Not purposely. More like accidentally. And guess what? It works. It really really works.

Not long after the sounds begins to roar, you either get very very quiet or your eyelids get very drooooooooooopy and you are out for the night. Ok. Not the night. That's wishful thinking. It's actually just a few hours. But a few hours is better than NO hours, right?

While your mom picked me up from the train station today, we were actually discussing this when she asked, "If the sound of a vacuum cleaner and hair dryer puts babies to sleep, why hasn't someone invented a toy that makes those sounds?"

We eventually decided that it most liklely doesn't exist because there isn't anything really cool or marketable about a toy that makes a loud roaring jet-engine type sound.

All the stuff designed to take babies to La-La Land( that we have come across) has pretty sounds to go along with it like "the sounds of nature," "a heartbeat," "Mozart 5th Symphony," or even the popular "Go to sleep little baby."

But what if?

What if someone actually took the time to come up with a toy like this? If so, I am quite curious what it would be called and what would it look like.

Although I do not consider myself Mr. Inventor(I've only invented one thing and that was in 5th grade and it was a bust), here are two possible ideas:

Baby's 1st Hairdryer--Comes in either pink or blue and is the size of a mini-squirt gun. You attach it to a crib like a mobile and just press the "ON" button. No more crying. Well...no more crying that anyone can actually hear since all other sounds will be drowned out.

The Vroomy Vroom Vroom--It's a small vacuum cleaner the size an average cell phone. Also comes in pink or blue or maybe even many different colors like the ipod. It attaches to the side of the crib and makes three different sounds. Loud, Louder, and This Better Put You To Sleep.

For all we know, somebody actually has invented it but nobody has passed the information along to us.

Until then, I hope the neighbors don't mind me vacuuming or drying my hair at 3am.

Glad I am home for the holidays.

Love.

Dad.