Health Care
Preparing your pet for the arrival of your little one
Getting
your pet used to the arrival of your new born baby poses a challenge. As
feeling of pregnancy creeps in it is natural for you to feel anxious and
stressful. Compared to other parents you might feel anxious if there is a pet
in your family. An obvious cause of worry is how pets around the new bornwould
mingle.
With
a tingle of planning you can make a smooth transition of this phase. You can
make your pampered pet get used to the hustle and bustle of the arrival of a
new born baby. Most home owners claim to their pets that this is their first
born baby. The phase of pregnancy involves considerable changes and it is that
time when a parent is not able to pay a lot of attention to pets. As per
research reports, time spent with your pet reduces drastically once a new born
arrives in a family. Your close relation with your pets change. It is not only
the time but emotional changes take place. When you have young children at your
house, it makes no sense to think of pets as small babies. But still a lot of
things can be done in conveying to your pet that a special member is about to
arrive in your family.
Before
arrival of the baby
A
pet may figure that something is cooking up when you are arranging your rooms
during pregnancy. Stuff for the new born arrives and all furniture is sorted.
For a dog you can incorporate a noisy CD that makes them used to the crying
sound of your baby. In a gradual man send a message across to your pet that a
baby is on the way.
In
case if you start to change things all of a sudden it could pose to be a
struggle for a pet. They would find it hard to digest and pets around new born babies might
take an aggressive stance. Ideally your pet would want to catch up with good
things of the baby. During pregnancy let the pet be familiar with your baby’s
room. This is if you are planning to allow the child on to the bedroom of your
baby. If you do not want to do so safety doors or gears can be installed to
give them a feeling of what is going on inside. This would make it feel less
isolated. For a dog give them ample time in order to adjust to safety gates. At
certain times it does make sense to separate your dogs at an isolated place
with ample food.
A
normal situation
You
could be aware that once a baby arrives you would not be getting a lot of time
to play with your baby, so why not make them used to the idea earlier. General
schedule or exercise activities could be well adjusted before a baby arrives.
You can cut back on your time with your pet by being part of quality
activities.
