Any time we are on the couch or bed together - me and Emma that is [the baby has to go with me everywhere at this point] – I try to direct her attention to my belly or see if she can feel a kick when she is close by me. The usual result is that she will urgently sniff at my belly button and look for some food to lick from it. No success so far in either sensing the baby or finding food.
Something changed tonight. As we were sitting on the couch together, I decided to take a few minutes to just look at my belly and rub it a little, to give the baby some attention. I don’t think about the baby too much when I’m on the go and I wanted to get some quality time in at the end of the day. I was literally staring at my belly and talking to the baby for a good 5 minutes when I looked over at Emma (2 inches to my left) and she was also staring right at my belly! For another 5 minutes or so, every time I looked back at her, she was looking at that belly! I thought, “Has she had a breakthrough?” She might have just had her attention focused to where my attention was. Even if it was meaningless, I’m going to say that I think her sense of the baby might be increasing. Well, get ready doggie, because in a few months, there’ll be no denying that a baby is around! But Emma will still be my little girl doggie, forever my puppy to love too!
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