I have a 18 year old daughter who is reaching 30 weeks. She has two small breed dogs that she brought with her when she moved back in with me. I have been extremely accommodating and helpful with these dogs, except now my work hours change and I have to be to work at 8 am. So basically I have to drop my younger two off at school, then immediately head to work.
My daughter was sick in the mornings but that has since passed, but of course is beginning to be extremely exhausted. She has had a terrible pregnancy though, I will admit. Between exhaustion, nausea, and heartburn she’s been through the ringer but things are starting to shift now. I have been getting on her about her needing to walk them in the morning, because if she doesn’t they will use the bathroom inside. She has gotten upset with me, saying it’s so hot and it makes her feel sick and worse. I told her then let them run around the backyard. My fiancé defends this, because he feels badly for her because of the heat. The dogs get let out by her or my second oldest again later in the day but only in the backyard, I feel like they need more time to exercise then just that.
She did begin doing it but then started slacking again, so I finally told her she needed to start getting up with them or she needed to rehome them. We got into an argument because she loves her dogs and promised it’d be better when she has the baby and I said how do you expect that? How are you going to wake up with a baby when you don’t with your dogs? Her excuse was that she won’t be heavily pregnant and sick, and that it’s so hot outside. Again, my fiancé felt bad for her and tried telling me I was being too harsh. AITA
Add: before commenting please actually read the whole thing :) ppl seem to be misunderstand “She did begin doing it but then started slacking again, so I finally told her she needed to start getting up with them or she needed to rehome them. “- she isn’t letting them outside in the morning.