Recently discovered I’m pregnant again! Our first children are twins, named Linden and Rowan.
I prefer gender neutral names and I like single syllable middle names. I’m loving the name Reese for new baby.
Open to all suggestions for first and middle names that go along with my first 2 :)
This is so hard, so bare with me. Advice is welcome.
I’m struggling so hard with likely rehoming my dog, very soon. I adopted him at 8 weeks old and he’s 5 now. I have had this dog since I was 20 years old, and he’s always been my best pal. He was always my first “baby”.
I now have almost 2 year old twins. The dog is well trained, the children have manners and respect boundaries (as much as a toddler can), but they’re absolutely terrified of our dog. He is huge, so I understand.
We have introduced them the proper way since the day they were brought home from the hospital. Taught the dog boundaries when they were newborns, and taught the kiddos boundaries as they grew. But it just isn’t working.
It’s not fair to the dog that we have to separate him from people and places inside his own home to protect our children from being scared (more-so terrified) and it isn’t fair to our children for the dog to have free access to do as he pleases when they run and hide in a corner when he does. There’s no happy ground.
They’ve been scared of him since they were conscious of what he was. And it sucks. But I know that he would be happier in another home where he doesn’t have to be restricted and that ALL the people in the home love him and want to be around him. And I want my children to have a home where they aren’t hiding in corners and crying because they see a very large dog, even when he isn’t engaging.
I feel so much guilt, and I’m sad for myself too, but we’ve ultimately decided that it’s in the best interest of the whole family, including the dog. How do you get over this guilt? I always, always said I would never rehome him. And I really don’t want to, but it just isn’t fair for him or them.