Did your love for your dog change after baby?

[Anonymous]

No. My dog was with me through years of infertility. I loved her like she was my child and now that I have a child I still do. I love them equally.

[Anonymous]

Didn't get a dog until my kids were teens. My love for them didn't change, but it's possible they'd accuse the dog of being my favorite child.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No, it increased. Had twins and was feeding around the clock. Dog would wake up for each feeding and sit next to me. I loved his company.

+1. Same here down to the twins. Love him so much we got another (puppy) when they were 6 weeks so I could be home with all the babies during maternity leave. Yes, people thought we were nuts.

Damn, girl. I let all my houseplants die after my twins were born and was grateful I didn’t have any pets to worry about. I didn’t adopt my first dog until my twins were 12. I can love on him and give him so much attention because my kids are teens now. My twins are girls and my dog is male, so I informed the kids today that, as my firstborn son, the dog will inherit everything. (Relax; I was kidding.)

[Anonymous]

I think I love my dog even more. She was by my side during infertility, then a tough pregnancy and then for the baby. Our child loves the dog and I love how they interact. It’s a different kind of love, but I don’t know what I’d do without her!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:we had two that we got 8 years prior to the baby. They were the center. Then they weren't. Didn't love them less, but they had a lot less of our attention.

Same. Our dog was 5-6 when my son was born so he wasn’t a high needs puppy. I was exhausted but I feel like he knew it. Lol. I did my best with walking him but thankfully he wasn’t high energy at that point.

[Anonymous]

2 dogs, no. They still got their walks, and plenty of life. Only thing that changed was I stopped doing dog birthday parties lol.

[Anonymous]

Plenty of love, not life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Didn't get a dog until my kids were teens. My love for them didn't change, but it's possible they'd accuse the dog of being my favorite child.

Same here. Our dog is so agreeable!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, it increased. Had twins and was feeding around the clock. Dog would wake up for each feeding and sit next to me. I loved his company.

+1. Same here down to the twins. Love him so much we got another (puppy) when they were 6 weeks so I could be home with all the babies during maternity leave. Yes, people thought we were nuts.

You are not nuts. Just kind and filled with love!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. My dog was with me through years of infertility. I loved her like she was my child and now that I have a child I still do. I love them equally.

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This is disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah! Wonder now if he could be rehomed or basically put to sleep. A SN rescue dog who is a pain.

You should not have had a child let alone a dog

[Anonymous]

Sadly yes. Dog was the center of my world before kids. We loved him so much. After kids, I just felt "touched out" and it was difficult to find love for him. He wanted to be held nonstop (he's a lap dog) and sit on my lap, sleep on my feet in bed and it was hard. The guilt I felt was bad too.

I never thought my feelings could change like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sadly yes. Dog was the center of my world before kids. We loved him so much. After kids, I just felt "touched out" and it was difficult to find love for him. He wanted to be held nonstop (he's a lap dog) and sit on my lap, sleep on my feet in bed and it was hard. The guilt I felt was bad too.

I never thought my feelings could change like that.

This is how I was except with our cats. To be fair, one of the cats had tremendous litter box issues that couldn't be fixed, and the stress of having him pee all over our house and having to cover all furniture in the living room and other areas that didn't have closeable doors with shower curtains didn't help. And our other cat refused to use any kind of scratching post and destroyed all our furniture. Those stresses on top of kid stresses definitely affected my feelings toward the cats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah! Wonder now if he could be rehomed or basically put to sleep. A SN rescue dog who is a pain.

You should not have had a child let alone a dog

Lol. It is perfectly normal to love your child more than a dog.

[Anonymous]

No. My dog was 3 when my son was born, and walking him was what helped keep me sane through 10 very long months of constant baby spit up due to reflux. Strap baby to my chest and go for long dog walks while he slept peacefully.

Our dog just died a few months ago and I miss him desperately.