Here she is testing out the new glider in the baby's room.
We have been preparing Sally for the kiddo. We removed her perch from the baby's room window (as featured in this blog post) and after the first two days or so, she seemed to forget it ever existed.
As recommended by the humane society, we bought a doll and sometimes we coo at it and pretend it's a baby, to prepare her not to be the center of attention and also to teach her not to jump up on the baby or heaven forbid, chew on it. Also recommended, we have played a CD of baby sounds, chiefly crying, to try to get her adjusted to the noise. Sally ignores both of these efforts to get her ready for her new sibling. So who knows? Mark and Rosa loaned us the CD and said they aren't sure if it helped Archie, but didn't hurt. So we shall see!
We have also been working hard on Sally's general behavior. We trained her not to bark when someone rings our buzzer. This is huge and we keep asking ourselves why we didn't do this years ago and save ourselves a bunch of aggravation. But the important thing is that we succeeded. She's generally barking less and is being a very good little pooch. We know she is going to be a great big sister!!
Happy Birthday to our dear Sally!!
5 comments:
OMG - I love how you put so much thought into this. You guys are so sweet.
P.S. LOL: chewing on the baby!!
Hey, who needs a window perch when you've got this awesome glider!
Happiest of birthdays Sally!! What a cutie - she's doing her part to prepare for the baby.
Oh sally! You're getting so BIG!
Tell mom she needs to put new photos up pronto.
Baby Belly photo, please!!??!!
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