A dad has come up with a hack that keeps the baby entertained and the house tidy all at once.
Daniel Bedenbaugh, 30, had been looking after baby Lucy at their South Carolina, US, home while he worked since she got a runny nose last month.
Daniel realised he had to up his multitasking game to juggle looking after the six-month-old, cleaning the house and keeping up with his sales job at the same time.
When he realised the family’s Roomba was roughly the same size as the base of Lucy’s seat, inspiration struck.
He found silver duct tape in the garage and used it to stick the chair to the robotic vacuum by wrapping tape around the base of the chair and underneath the Roomba.
Daniel was able to turn the Roomba on and set Lucy on a short tour of the family home, giggling as her dad sang Roger Miller’s King Of The Road to her.
He took a video and sent the exceptionally pure footage to his wife Cara, a school teacher, who vowed to never leave her husband alone with the baby again until she spotted the tape.
When Daniel shared the video on social media, the couple’s friends thought the hack was so good they suggested the dad should patent the idea.
Daniel said: ‘Cara told me she thought to herself “I shouldn’t leave those two alone together” until she noticed the tape and decided I was at least attempting to make it safe.
‘I was attempting to clean the house while entertaining Lucy, while working, when I realised the base of her seat was about the size of the top of the Roomba.
‘In about five minutes, with a couple feet of duct tape, I had the seat secured to the hoover for a trial run.
‘She rode around the room for about 15 minutes and was a little apprehensive at first because the Roomba only has one speed which is a little bit faster than ideal for baby transportation.
‘But it didn’t take long for her to embrace the experience and she fully enjoyed her new ride.
‘When I showed my boss, he told me I have too much time on my hands. A few friends have joked I should patent the idea.’
After the presence of the tape reassured her, Cara, 30, shared the video on social media where friends branded the idea ‘genius’ while others said their husbands would probably have done something similar.
One friend said: ‘Maybe he ought to patent one of those’, while another commented: ‘She is having a blast. Fyi…my husband would have done this too (if we had one when they were that small).’
One pal joked: ‘Starting them on the chores early?’
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source https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/20/dad-tapes-baby-chair-to-roomba-to-entertain-and-clean-at-the-same-time-13449473/
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