Fur babies & your babies- when to introduce?

Question

Now that I'm on bedrest my parents took our dog home with them until after the babies are born. We want some time to settle in before bringing her back home, she's a very needy small dog who's used to living on my lap. I concerned about trying to adjust to breast feeding and managing the dog, but my parents can't look after her for too long. Anyone have experience with this? Any advice?

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There was an episode on Cesar the dog whisperer.  My husband brought home one of the hats that her daughter were so our dog could sniff it before she came home and get familiar with her scent.  My husband is more Alpha then I am, so he's always carried the babies in. Making sure to keep their head above the dogs head i'm initial contact, then eventually leading them sniff.

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We introduced our dog and can immediately. They were waiting for us when we brought home Emrie. It is obvious that my cat misses the attention she was getting, but I think it's different for cats. My dog is very protective over the baby, he comes running whenever he hears her crying. And he follows the nurse aliens the house like a shadow. He does appear very sad and eager to get any attention from anyone. We try to give him as much love as possible, but I mean of course he is getting less than he is used to because we have to take care of the baby and sleep when we can.

He stayed with my parents while we were in the hospital and was pretty good over there. My sister brought him back the morning we were coming home, and when my dad walked him that afternoon he said the dog had set to the bathroom ALL OVER the entire house. He was throwing up and having loose stool for days after.

I actually think staying at my pRents was not so great for him. Like I said before, he's used to a lot of attention, but he's not a lap dog. I think he's still very confused.

I wish I had some great advice for you, but as you can see, introducing iur pets didn't go so smoothly for us. I would recommend having your puppy stay away from your home as short of an amount of time as possible. It's a tough decision though because caring for your boys of course will come first, and you will be extremely tired and busy doing that. Which will leave very little time for your pup. But I think the adjustment is worse the longer they are gone. I could be completely off though.!

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Oh Emilie, wish i had some helpful advise, but we are a petless home. I bet u miss ur furbaby! let us know how the introduction went. 😘😳☺️

Fur babies & your babies- when to introduce?

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