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INTRODUCING YOUR FUR BABIES TO THE NEWBORN BABY
ALEXIS CHESROW, M.D. AND MICHELLE KROHN, D. TO MONUMENT HEALTH WOMEN’S CARE
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may seem like a ‘chore’ when you have so much going on already, it Many couples adopt a fur baby is very important that we consider before they have kids because this our pet’s physical needs,” she tends to be great “practice for the encourages. real deal.” However, what happens INCENTIVES CAN ADD VERY if your pet has never been around NICELY TO INTRODUCTIONS, kids? You don’t want any mishaps AS WELL. When you get home, when you bring your baby home sit down on a couch or chair and from the hospital, so here are a allow the pet to come closer to few hacks when introducing your the new baby. Your baby has a furry friend to the newest member lot of new smells and sounds of your family! Vet Technician that your pet has to adjust to. Michelle Lutheran from the Dakota Michelle adds, Hills Veterinary Clinic answers “FOOD CAN BE A GOOD some of the hard questions to help TOOL TO HELP, AS WELL. prepare families for introductions. Food activates the pleasure When you come home from the center of the brain and when ALEXIS M.D. hospital, the mostCHESROW, important thing you pair a delicious treat, they Urogynecology Program will Director to consider is that all interactions associate this new thing need to be supervised. Dogs and with something positive.” cats, like parents, are adjusting to As a general rule of thumb, in etrics Obstetrics and Chesrow, and Alexis M.D. is fellowship-trained and boardlife with someone new in the house as your kids start to crawl and n merican College College certified in both Urology and Urogynecology (Female and can be a little apprehensive. get a little ompleted d hasPelvic completed Medicine and FORCE Reconstructive surgery). She brings “NEVER AN older, ocuses on expertise on in the personalized management of pelvic INTERACTION; if a pet has a ‘safe teach gh andrisk andprolapse, organ urinary incontinence, urogynecology, place’ such as a room or their them nd ealthfistulas, and clinical sexual crate,research, allow them toand go andfemale rest how to health to Monument Health. there,” Michelle adds. Having a gently stroke regular schedule can help your pets your pet. adjust to the newness as well. This Imagine RAPID CITY CLINIC means keeping feeding times and your kids 57783 2805 5th Street | Rapid 57701 exercise regulated. “EvenCity, though SD it pulling
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Dogs and cats are adjusting to a new environment with unfamiliar people. It’s important to supervise them closely for a few days until they become used to the new routine.
Did you know that 44% of millennials see their pets as “practice” for the real deal? While it is an addition to your family’s responsibilities, understand that it is a commitment to add a pet to your family.
your hair; they’re likely to do the same thing with cats and dogs at first with pulling tails or whiskers. Michelle urges, “Some pets are very protective of their toys, bowls, etc. Until we know how they will react to this new stage in a baby’s life, never leave them alone.”
Michelle Krohn, D.O. Obstetrics/Gynecology
Michelle Krohn, D.O., is board-certified in Gynecology. She is a Fellow with the Ame of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and h robotic surgery training. Her practice focu minimally-invasive surgery, infertility, high normal obstetrics, nutrition, women’s hea reproductive rights.
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