March 2013 Moms
Random Question
Have any of you with pets noticed a change in their behavior since becoming PG? My cat has always been somewhat cuddly and affectionate, but he's gotten even more so as my pregnancy progresses. Lately he's been following me around everywhere and wants to sleep on my belly. This makes me a little nervous because I've heard animals can sense things and I wonder if he knows something I don't know about possible impending labor... I'm curious to see how he will act once LO gets here because he is a mama's cat.
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Re: Random Question
It's hard to say what's affecting my cats and I wish I remembered how they reacted the last two times.
I had a very anti-social cat that basically only came out for attention when my kids were asleep, but over the past few months she has just blossomed socially. She still does't like my kids, but she'll wander out and pester me while they run around, get comfortable within their reach and just watch them. If she's comfortable on my lap, she'll even let them pet her now. It was a huge shock and a huge change for a 9 year old cat that hasn't been social since she was a kitten.
Not sure whether to blame her attachment to me and the pregnancy, or just her realizing the kids aren't going to hurt her now that they're bigger.
FWIW, I had a big mama's boy that would curl up and sleep with my LO if I let him. Of course, he might've done that because his "mama" (my OTHER cat) would do that (I allowed it only when my LOs napped in my sight). She mothered everything in the house (she raised a puppy and two kittens), so it wasn't a huge surprise that she adopted my babies as hers as well and would watch over them for me. I loved that when they started to cry she'd come and get me and wouldn't leave me alone until I responded.
Our dogs are both 15 years old so we have not been sure if the changes are from their age or my pregnancy, but our smallest dog has always been my sidekick but even more so since i got pregnant a lot of times i turn around and step on her or if i stop real quick she runs into me! and she started peeing in the house after 15 years right before we found out we were expecting, so i dont know if maybe she was picking up hormones that changed her behavior or what, but now we get up at least once sometimes twice a night to take her out, which is getting us ready for getting up with baby!
I was just gonna post something similar to this.
We have 3 dogs. All of them have always been attention hogs and love people. We have 2 big dogs and a lil dog ( who thinks he's big). The last month or so I've been sleeping on the couch because it reclines. Well all of our dogs have their own beds, the 2 bigs guys have nice big orthopedic beds and the lil guy well he sleeps in bed with us. Since I've been sleeping on the couch all of them have been in there with me. The 2 big guys at the foot of the recliner and the lil guy right at my side. No big deal really, I love them all to pieces. But not only are they much more clingly they are way more protective. They watch every move I make and are right there next to me. The lil one especially doesn't want anyone by me. If anyone gets up in the middle of the night, other than me, the dogs act as if I'm being attacked.
So yes I think are fur babies have a way better sense of what's coming than we do!!