After being surrounded by so many pregnant women and babies, I realized that the baby bug was slowly buzzing toward me. With that being said, I truly believe that owning a pet is the best prequel to motherhood. After visiting my beautiful nephew Ethan for the very first time, I realized that some day I would become a mother. Of course, holding any newborn baby is a task in itself…so small…so fragile. A scary pill to swallow for some. At one point I was holding him he started to cough and spit up…I didnt know what to do and my cousin told me to put him down. “He’s not going to choke on his spit?” I asked. She chuckled at me. Clearly i’m not entirely ready to take the stage when it comes to the premiere of my motherhood. BUT I can say that in having two “babies” of my own, I felt a blanket of motherly instinct takeover as I rocked him back and forth singing songs like “Somewhere over then Rainbow”, “Paparazzi”, and “Tomorrow”.
The “babies” I referred to were that of my two mutts…Jack and Piper. I got Jack on my 18th birthday and Piper shortly after…both as pups and let me tell you, nobody warned me that like babies they too cry at night. I remember waking up several times in the wee hours of the night to get up, tend to the dog, take them out to the restroom, then comfort them back to sleep. Surely they dont have to wear diapers but I think going out into the cold while awaiting their midnight release sucks just as bad.
Like babies, dogs grow. Like babies, they need to be fed. Like babies, they need to be taught. Like babies, they need to be bathed. Like babies, they need to be cared for. And like babies, they need to be loved.
Surely owning a dog and having a baby are NOT the same thing BUT I would like to think that having a puppy makes for the best prequel to that of motherhood.
Jack and Piper
