Pet owners and baby crawling

I’m thinking about getting a play foam mat and then maybe a play pen gate so he had his own area to play in that the dog isn’t allowed x

We have a short haired dog and he's not allowed upstairs but downstairs we share the space. I have a play pen for when I need to get some bits done and need to let little one to play by herself but otherwise I let them be around each other. I hoover in the morning and in the evening but inevitably there will be some hair here and there x

We have a play matt and a baby gate to the front room but In the same breath germs are good for them and won't be long untill they're walking xxx

I have a short hair dachshund so he doesn’t malt much but obvs there will be some hair but as they are family and they will grow up together, I would say Hoover as much as you can, be generally clean but let them both be and play together. My son is now 1 and it’s the most beautiful bond ever! They are literally best friends. X

We have a cockapoo so she doesn’t malt but she shares her space with my baby, always has since day 1. I think sometimes we can be too clean and germ obsessed! X

I have a chihuahua and my little girl has gone over to her dog bowl a few times now and had a little drink 😂 We cuddle together on the sofa and she is obsessed with her! Always giggling at the dog🫢

I am constantly hoovering my dogs don’t moult but bits of mud etc end up on the floor I’m mostly worried about her picking the bits up

Honestly, you can’t avoid them being around each other forever. You just have to vacuum as much as possible and just keep an eye out. I fully understand though I’m a germ O2Be so I wouldn’t want my kid crawling around on the floor after my dog has walked outside and use the bathroom and walked back in, and all of that it’s kinda hard to have a germ issue and have animals and a baby it gets overwhelming

They’re fine. Germs from animals (assuming they’re healthy) are good for them. My son has spent half his life in the stables and out on the farm whether it’s dry or muddy- a bit of dirt and pet hair won’t hurt them. I have a roborock vacuum (robot vacuum) for inside though because I do like things to be tidy- I put it on twice a day and you could probably eat off the floor, despite having an always malting long haired cat, a farm dog and even a particular duck that likes to wander inside. Not to mention the horse hair that makes it’s way in. It’s definitely worth the investment as it both mops and vacuums and saves literally hours of time.

When we go to my mums who has 2 dogs, I keep an eye on what goes in his mouth and just make sure to wipe his hands a little more frequently x

I have a border collie x poodle, she sheds a lot. We have doggie gates, so she is able to be in the tiled part of our house but the living room and bedrooms are off limits. Little man plays in the living room and we take him into the kitchen and other parts of the house a lot, him and our pup are obsessed with each other but I do minimise interaction because she is a high energy puppy and just wants to lick him from head to toe all of the time. She’s quickly learnt she has to be very gentle with him and it’s so heartwarming to watch them play together but I still keep a close eye when they are in the same space🩵

We have a GSD that sheds all the time. I have a robot hoover that I put to work about 3 times a day to hoover the chunks, but I don’t really worry about the rest. It’s unavoidable. I inspected her hands and toys when they go on the floor so she doesn’t “eat” any of his fur, but sometimes it’s just an impossible task 😂

We have two cats who constantly put fur down and the occasional claw. To be honest, we've never worried about it. She's just been allowed to go on the floor. We hoover frequently but not obsessively. I even scooped a cat claw out of her mouth when she was little. No harm done. Personally I think people get too hung up on cleanliness around babies. They're tough and it builds their immune system up. Just hoover regularly. Our daughter is 3 now and has always been healthy

Because my living room leads to garden I have to mop constantly due to muddy paws everywhere 😂😫can barely ever put baby on floor definitely thinking about a play pen

On day you will just be like ‘f*ck it’ 😂 I was the same but since she wouldn’t stop putting everything in her mouth and it was getting exhausting to keep her out of everything i just let her get on with it now 🤷‍♀️ and we all seem to be so much happier 🤷‍♀️

Our apartment was to small of my daughter when she started to crawl and for our 2 large cats. I ended up rehoming them to a loving cat person who took them together. They were indoor cats and we bathed them once a week and clean their paws often but I was still way to ocd to keep them. Of course there are so many animal lovers that wouldn’t be able to do that. I just wanted my baby to have the freedom to crawl wherever. And my cats needed more attention than I could give as a first time mom.

I have two GSDs, and I'm a single mother. It do be rough out here hahaha but I keep a room entirely untouched by the dogs for her, and a play area rug, and a playpen as well. I also have her walker that she zoomies around in. Cleaning is endless, but the dog hairs are inevitable. One of my pups likes to do "drive bys" and lick my baby 😭 she is incredibly healthy, though, and has a strong immune system, and I can't help but wonder if part of that is from these pups. There's a little ecosystem they have going. Any loose hairs get picked up in my baby's clothes, any loose food bits get picked up by the dogs, its symbiotic 😂

I have a dog and cat and my son is 8 months and never been on the floor, I have got him a mat and will start putting him on there soon and my partner is leaving and taking the dog so I’ll only need to worry about the cat but my ocd is making me over think on this too! I think as he gets older I’ll figure it out but a mat for now will do