a baby story

Like any new mum, I had much anxiety about bringing my new baby girl home. The worst of which was how were my four legged babies going to react to a new, noisy one in our home. I had researched much about it and the best, simplist and most realistic things were to A) bring home a blanket the baby had been in to let the dogs get a good sniff ahead of time and B) to have someone else carry the baby in the house. The theory being that the dogs would think that someone had brought this little, noisy bundle of sunshine in our house and left it there and now we need to care for it - which I find a very sweet notion (wonder what Cesar would have to say about that one!).

Well, I’m not sure if those two things worked but I’m happy to say that our expanded home is still happy. Our brave Henry was terrified of the tiny, seven lb. baby and our Jess, having so much of the mothering instinct, just couldn’t love and kiss her more.

 Whew!

It’s a scary thing when you love your dogs so much and you are faced with a possible decision where they would have to leave your family and go to live with someone else. I can’t even think about it now, it upsets me so. My advice, if I may, to those who are planning to have a family eventually and want to get a dog now - try getting a family friendly dog (lots of wonderful, available mutts out there from the dog pound or animal rescue) - or watch lots of the Dog Whisperer! http://www.cesarmillaninc.com/