What is is about babies, anyway? I mean, Alex hates it when I hoover. I know this, so I try to choose to do it when he's otherwise occupied - for instance, playing outside or something like that. So, let's say he's outside. And I start the hoover up. You'd think that a sensible baby who hates hoovers would stay outside, as far away as possible, right? But noooo... the minute he hears it start, he comes inside (screaming at the top of his lungs, of course, because, as we've established, he hates the hoover) and grabs me in Standard Toddler Grip no 1 (around the knees from the back) and screams at me. Now where's the logic in that? :)