https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:19:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-pets-adjust-to-your-lo#post-763811 Mon, 06 May 2013 14:37:42 +0000 oliviaoblivia 763811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: aw, thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-pets-adjust-to-your-lo#post-763474 Mon, 06 May 2013 12:24:44 +0000 ladyfingers 763474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We weren't worried about our dog hurting the baby or anything, but we were worried that she would feel left out or neglected because she was our "baby" for so long and we just lavished attention on her. But she is amazing with LO! She quickly understood her new role as companion and protector, and doesn't seem any worse for the wear having to wait a little longer than usual to be let outside (if she begs while I'm feeding LO, for instance and I'm home alone). It helped that we tried to keep everything the same as usual (she's still allowed on the bed/furniture, DH still walks her around the same time every day, etc.). That's just us -- I know other people want to get their dog off the furniture when LO comes and that's fine too!</p> <p>She's so cute, when LO is playing in his activity gym on the floor and I'm in the kitchen or DH is on his computer, in other words, we aren't there with LO, Rosie will lay on the floor next to him like she's watching him for us!</p> <p>And she constantly licks LO, and it doesn't bother us or him. It just comes with the territory. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-pets-adjust-to-your-lo#post-763435 Mon, 06 May 2013 12:09:24 +0000 Boheme 763435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsRoo: That is awesome! You give me hope. Two of ours are yorkies, and one of them is the stereotypical tiny yappy dog. If baby just slept through all her noises it would be awesome, because we've tried every trick in the book on her :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-pets-adjust-to-your-lo#post-763429 Mon, 06 May 2013 12:08:01 +0000 Boheme 763429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: I LOVE when you post pics of your baby. She's gorgeous! I love that your pets have all adjusted great to her. I'm hoping all three of our dogs grow to love our LO after he arrives :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-pets-adjust-to-your-lo#post-763424 Mon, 06 May 2013 12:06:18 +0000 oliviaoblivia 763424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsTiz: that's our wild man cat too. The dog has been, despite her crazy energy, so awesome. Seeing them together makes me really happy. I'm sure Maya will be great when your LO arrives. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-pets-adjust-to-your-lo#post-763395 Mon, 06 May 2013 11:53:53 +0000 MrsRoo 763395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Feel free to take this with a grain of salt since K is only 2 weeks old, but we were super worried about our little dogs, too. We have a chihuahua and a maltipoo, the chi is very territorial and we always have had to lock him in his crate in another room when children are in the house. Both dogs seemed to "sense" my pregnancy, so we knew they were waiting for the changes. We also had the swing, bouncer, and car seat out in the living room several weeks before baby came for them to get used to not jumping on them. We still put them in their crate when people first come over since they are still jumpy at the door, but all in all, it's going really well.</p> <p>As for the barking waking the baby, I read somewhere that baby gets used to repetitive sounds from in the womb, so she's already used to hearing the dogs bark. No idea if there is any truth to that, but K sleeps through them barking like a champ. She doesn't even startle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-pets-adjust-to-your-lo#post-763375 Mon, 06 May 2013 11:48:56 +0000 MrsTiz 763375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: omg stop it with that video! How sweet is that!? You know I love the doggy picture too! Your dog gives me hope because ours is a hyper mess and i'm nervous about her! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-pets-adjust-to-your-lo#post-763367 Mon, 06 May 2013 11:46:30 +0000 pmerr 763367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our dog does drive-by lickings! LO isn't here yet, so I'm hoping our dog will adjust easily. She licks and can get excited really easily. She's 65lbs, so not a small dog, so I'm sure I'll be nervous a bunch of times! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-pets-adjust-to-your-lo#post-763366 Mon, 06 May 2013 11:46:23 +0000 oliviaoblivia 763366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a hyper active dog and two cats. Our dog gets overly excited when guests arrive but for some reason just gets that she has to be gentle around the baby. Our older cat loves to sit by the baby and our younger cat (we call him the wild man) has gone from being oblivious to her to being lovely.</p> <p>The animals all just seem to know to be gentle with her.</p> <p><a href="http://youtu.be/wTxgqpPPz04" rel="nofollow">http://youtu.be/wTxgqpPPz04</a></p> <p>[attach=1339/13/mmdyld.600x600.image.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-pets-adjust-to-your-lo#post-763324 Mon, 06 May 2013 11:21:21 +0000 avivoca 763324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: Drive-by lickings...I die!</p> <p>This is something we're talking about now, and we're both totally okay with the dog licking the baby some. She's very loving. We will need to work on not jumping as soon as we get in the door, but we're starting that now that I'm showing and I don't want 45 pounds of dog jumping on the belly. One of our cats will be good with the baby, and I think the other one will ignore it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-pets-adjust-to-your-lo#post-763295 Mon, 06 May 2013 11:12:09 +0000 littlek 763295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: LOL drive by lickings.. our chihuahua does that.. he doesn't like to get too close to B, but he'll run by lick him and run off..</p> <p>We have two small dogs, a pom and a chihuahua. The pom ignores our LO and the chihuahua has a love-hate relationship with LO. Sometimes Pedro will love B and other times he will growl if B gets near him. B LOVES pedro, so we are trying to teach him how to "gently" pet Pedro. So far, it's a fail, but we have hope!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-pets-adjust-to-your-lo#post-763283 Mon, 06 May 2013 11:06:54 +0000 Espion 763283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worry about this too, because our dog is very needy for our attention. (He was a rescue. I don't think he was abused, but he was definitely ignored.) But he's practically a toddler with his personality and mannerisms!</p> <p>We had a "trial run" with my niece (nearly 2 years old) and nephew (7 months old) this past week. Max was initially somewhat threatened by the running/laughing 2 year old, but then settled into something like grumpy acceptance, heh. </p> <p>The picture of Max protecting his toy from the kids cracks me up. </p> [attach=3600/13/mmdwrk.600x283.DSC00860.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-pets-adjust-to-your-lo#post-763268 Mon, 06 May 2013 11:01:21 +0000 blackbird 763268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Drive by licks lol!!!! </p> <p>My cats ignore the baby. Want nothing to do with her! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-pets-adjust-to-your-lo#post-763261 Mon, 06 May 2013 10:59:24 +0000 mediagirl 763261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: white noise. It will become your friend. Our marpac white noise machine blocks out Thumper's barking!!! It's a life saver. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-pets-adjust-to-your-lo#post-763240 Mon, 06 May 2013 10:53:48 +0000 Boheme 763240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: Yeah, I think I'm going to come to peace really quick with the fact that our lab is going to lick all over the baby, or else I'll make myself crazy :) Our jumper/barker/squealer is only about 4 pounds, so our only issue with her is getting her quieted down when somebody comes into or leaves the house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-pets-adjust-to-your-lo#post-763203 Mon, 06 May 2013 10:43:28 +0000 mediagirl 763203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our baby gets licked all the time. The one dog loves the "drive-by" licks. Walking, walking, walking - LICK THE BABY - walking... It's annoying but, we're dealing. She hasn't come down with any weird diseases from the dog yet. :) </p> <p>As for jumping, she's a jumper/excitable one, as well. She has only knocked M down once, which is amazing. We just block as much as possible because we realize it's her way of saying hi to us and there's really not much we can do. When we come in, we have her settle, sit and then pet her. She still jumps but we try to keep things as calm as possible so she doesn't KEEP jumping. It's hard but it sounds things you will be able to handle with a baby in the house! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-pets-adjust-to-your-lo#post-763139 Mon, 06 May 2013 10:26:40 +0000 Boheme 763139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have three dogs and I'm worried about how they'll adjust to our LO. I think two of them will be really sweet with him, and the third will ignore him. One of them is big though, and I'm worried about having LO on the floor because he is a big sniffer and licker! </p> <p>There is also a habit we have to train out of the dog that I think will ignore baby. She barks/squeals/whines her head off and jumps up and down like crazy when we first walk in the door and she's in her kennel. I have no idea how to stop it! We've tried a spray bottle, ignoring her for a few minutes when we get home, verbally scolding her, you name it. Its not like she doesn't get enough attention, because someone is always at our home. I would love any tips you have on how to break this! She will be waking the baby on a regular basis if we can't figure it out. </p>