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Originally Posted by Cirlonde  Okay...so this might sound bad but hear me out...
I have the opposite concern. What if after I have a child, I love the dog more than the kid!?! I don't mean the general every day kind of love, but the bad days kind of love. You know, the kid grows up and gets a mouth and back talks me or won't mind or whatever. And then I look at Chloe who is so sweet and well behaved and snuggly.... I worry about that.
Back on subject, my cousin has two kids and a female schnauzer. She'd had the schnauzer for several years before she had the first baby. Her first child was a boy and the schnauzer didn't much care for him. Well, my cousin was telling me that, of course, kinda made her resent the dog a bit. Then about eight months ago, she had a little girl. The schnauzer fell in love with this baby, watched over her protectively; total 180 from her behavior with the boy. All of a sudden, she's back in my cousin's good graces. I share because that's really the only story I have about puppy parents having kids. 
-C |
I have days where I definitely love my dogs more than my kids
Luckily, it all balances out in the end.
We had one child before getting our beautiful golden. Having our second child didn't diminish our love for her in the slightest. In fact, she was my constant bedside companion while I was on bedrest for premature labor. Afterwards, she slept under the crib to keep an eye on the baby. To her very last day, she was always the last one to bed- she needed to make sure that all 'her' babies were present and accounted for.