Keeping Your Babby Safe With a Pet Around

Teach your dog to stay out of the nursery

The chances are excellent that everything will work well & your pet & your kid will be close buddies, but there's some things you can do to be prepared. First some tips for canines:

Introduce your dog to some other children

Start right away putting up a infant gate or keeping the door closed to help your dog learn to stay out of the baby's room. Later on, you can permit the dog in the room, in the event you are in there, but it is best to prepare him at first to stay away.

Make positive they is well trained

If he is never been around a infant, carefully introduce some in to his life. They is much less likely to be concerned around your infant if they is introduced gradually.

A baby's behavior is not predictable, so your dog has to be the grown up in this case. If your dog does not obey you, it is time for some training before the infant arrives. If your dog is a male, & you haven't had him neutered, this is a nice time for that, . It ought to make the dog calmer & more polite.

Then, there is the cat - some of the same ideas work for felines, , except that training them to stay out of a room is difficult. They scale infant gates, & cribs, incidentally with ease. So, in addition to a infant gate, it is wise to buy a net to go over the crib, to keep the cat out. Also, if your cat sleeps with you, don't put the infant in your bed with the cat in the room.

For both types of pets, keep the food & water bowl away from the infant. Children love to play in them, & this can not only make a mess, but may cause the animal to be even more jealous. Also, at some point, if your kid can get to the pet food, they will try to eat it. I promise.

Your kid & your pets ought to create a nice relationship with tiny trouble. be diligent for some time until everybody is comfortable, & you ought to continue to have a happy home.