[mscat]

I use to teach preschool and had done so for 20 years , Two year olds were one of my favorite ages. The thing is with this age a 2 year old is unpredictable , especially one that just turned 2 . The 2 year old wants to be very independant and this can lead to impulsive behavior. You cannot tell a toddler one time to not do something, it has to be taught over and over again with constant supervision. Bringing homw a tiny puppy with already having a "baby" is going to feel like you have 2 little toddlers in the house competing for attention. Even the best parent is not able to supervise 24/7 and know excatly what their children are doing at every minute of the day. Accidents happen , and it will be the puppy who is going to lose out. I have even observed older preschoolers who are very rough with small dogs and watched the puppy bite , then the child drops the pup. that child was 3-4 years old.
I thinkit will be heartbreaking when you bring the puppy home and something tragic happens , their is a high probability of this happening, that is why so many of us are trying to let you know, because we have seen it happen before or read about it on here.
My son was a toddler I placed a Guinnie pig in his hands , he threw it down on the ground... It was terrible, a while later we found out that he was autistic and had developmental delays, evenso I never forgot what he did, and never thought he would ever do something like that. It happened so fast too . Of course you can talk to a 2 yr old , but it has to be consistent , and taught over and over again, and even with that does not mean the child won't drop the pup, hit, or kick the pup, break the pups leg, sqeeze the pup, their are so many things that could go wrong, these are the things to think about , is it really worth the risk?