Yep, that’s right. TWO moms. Me and the dog.
That’s right… the dog. We were (and still are) leery about the dog around the baby. You always hear horror stories, like the one where the dog chewed the babies toes off. So we’re always watchful and don’t leave the baby alone where the dog can get to her. She’s a loving dog, but you never know what will set an animal off (maybe the baby accidentally kicks her, etc.).
So from the moment we brought the baby home we’ve been watchful. Especially so when the baby cries. When she was a newborn I swear her cry sounded like some kind of animal cry and I could only imagine what it sounded like to the dog. I mean, here’s this tiny creature that wasn’t here before, making all this flipping noise. We’d let the dog near her to get used to her, she’d lick and study her, and then we’d tell her to go back to her bed.
But what we didn’t expect was how very watchful the dog would be of the baby! If the baby was crying and I didn’t get to her soon enough (in the dog’s eyes) then the dog would come over to me and look at me as if to say, “Hey lady, your baby is crying, do something about it!”
Well last night was a rough one for Miss Addison. She screamed for a good while. I tried walking, changing positions, talking, singing, feeding, changing… nothing. Finally Lola came over and sat in front of me and looked at the baby screaming. Then she went to lick her feet. I’m thinking “ew” because I hate the feeling of dog tongues, lol, but then thought, “hey, if it works, I’ve got the next million dollar idea!” so I let her lick. She licked both feet, her hands and her face (one quick lick on each, which I thought was sweet). The baby stopped crying—until I decided to wipe the dog germs off her. ;) But it did calm her down tremendously.
Now if only the dog was able to make a bottle and get Addison in and out of her crib, it would be a perfect partnership!
