Pets and children go hand-in-hand. There's no camera roll that doesn't have numerous pictures or videos of children and their pets interacting and enjoying each other's company!
Its so natural, the relationship between them, especially young children and young pets. They almost communicate on a different level to us adults.
Having a pet in a child's life is a wonderful thing; they learn to respect animals, how a routine works with feeding, toileting and cleaning and, most of all, they get them active and outdoors more, which today is a bonus. But for the same reasons, children are just as important to our pets; they help our pets adjust to being gentle and relaxed when around our smaller human equivalents and, above all, they help stimulate our pets with exercise and tonnes of play. It's common to see a dog or cat just mindlessly following a child around for no reason other than they are interesting to them.
This relationship, however, does not happen instantly. When introducing a pet to your new baby, there are a few little tips that will come in handy!
Having a new baby is an exciting and engaging time for the parents and sometimes during all the commotion, we do forget about our pets and how it affects them.
