Like any mother with an eight-month-old baby, Today show host Savannah Guthrie is ready and willing to try any top parenting tricks which will help her precious baby girl Vale drift off. When the 43-year-old mother-of-one discussed an Australian father's tip for getting his baby to sleep less than a minute with her co-hosts on yesterday's show, she vowed to try the method, which involves gently gliding a piece of tissue papers over a baby's face until the tot nods off. But Savannah soon learned learned that the trick didn't have a calming effect on her energetic infant. 'Not only did it not make her quiet,' she revealed on the show this morning, 'It got her so excited she started screaming and squealing with joy.' All smiles: Savannah Guthrie's eight-month-old daughter Vale giggled with glee when her mom tried to get her to sleep using tissue paper . Savannah, who had the experiment filmed by the Today show cameras, showed a clip of baby Vale ready for bed in a light blue onesie printed with pink birds – but as soon as she started caressing her daughter's face with the tissue, the infant broke out into a wide smile. Vale was soon cooing and laughing with delight - but she wasn't any closer to going to sleep. Last month, Nathan Dailo, a father from Sydney, posted a video to his YouTube channel demonstrating how he gets his three-month-old son Seth to fall asleep in just 42 seconds with a single piece of white tissue paper. The clip of his son drifting off has since received more than 1.7 million views, with one mom commenting on Wednesday that the trick worked for her baby five times already. Full of energy: The 43-year-old watched as her daughter grabbed at the white tissue paper she was using to try and calm her down before bed . Looking confused: Vale, who wore light blue onesie with pink birds, stared at her mom, who was trying to get her ready for bed . Although the tip didn't quite work on Savannah's smiley daughter, she noted that Vale 'really loved it'. And the adorable footage was definitely worth watching. 'Could we cancel the rest of the show and watch this? Today show co-host Willie Geist asked of the precious video. Savannah also revealed that the trick wasn't a total failure in her home. Riled up: Savannah gently glided the tissue over Vale's face, but the trick didn't calm her down at all . Happy girl: Vale soon started laughing and squealing with delight . 'It worked on Mike [Feldman],' she said jokingly of her husband. 'He was out in 30 seconds.' Before they moved on to the next segment, Willie couldn't help but gush over Vale one last time, saying: 'She is the cutest.' In February, Savannah threw an impromptu party for her daughter live on air in celebration of baby Vale’s six-month birthday. Viewers watched as the adorably little girl met the team’s yellow Labrador puppy Wrangler, hung out with Sesame Street's Cookie Monster and palled around with her mom's co-hosts Tamron Hall, Matt Lauer and Al Roker during her special visit to the studio in New York City.
Nathan Dailo, from Sydney, posted a video to his YouTube channel demonstrating how he gets his three-month-old son Seth to fall asleep in just 42 seconds with a single piece of white tissue paper .
The clip of his son drifting off has since received more than 1.7 million views since it was posted last month .
When Savannah tried the method out for herself, eight-month-old Vale just giggled at her .