What's more difficult, a puppy or a baby?

Anyone who relates a puppy to a human being ---- is not a real person. You should stop talking to them.

My puppy was actually really hard work, I woke up about 4-5 times a night with her and she pooped and peed as much as my baby, just didn’t need a feed as often but I was definitely cleaning up more after the puppy! She’s just trying to be relatable I think

You can leave dogs on their own after a while and they dont need feeding at 3 hour intervals.

Puppy training is tough but it only lasts like a month if you do it right. Anyone who thinks a puppy is as hard as a baby is an idiot…

Anyone who votes puppy can’t be a parent.. or must not be parenting their babies adequately or be an active primary caregiver 😭 sorry but our brains are literally wired to panic and tend to our babies when they’re crying or upset, it creates a visceral reaction. Our bodies are depleted from pregnancy and hormonal roller coastering, even more so if you’re breastfeeding, even when the baby is sleeping we have to worry about their positioning, if they’re breathing, wake times etc. the mental load is just incomparable to a puppy and I would honestly be gently correcting my friend if they had the audacity to say that to me about a singular dang puppy that’s already weaned from its mother and can be kenneled whenever you need a spare minute 😂 mayyyyyybe if you’re talking about taking care of a whole litter of newborn pups just born that need help feeding every few hours throughout the night but that’s it

I put puppy by accident💀💀💀 definitely baby hahahah

If it’s just a dog or a baby the baby but if it’s a dog and a baby the dog lol

I honestly found a puppy to be extremely stressful and a lot harder than a newborn personally. Newborns are so easy. They eat and poop. They don’t move. They don’t chew on cords. They don’t get into the garbage. They are basically potatoes for months.

🤣🤣🤣 There are crazy people out there.
Ignore her bs. The comparison is just ridiculous!

- She didn't go through pregnancy.
- She isn't postpartum.
- A dog is fully grown in a year.
- It is not her baby!! She has no idea what emotions are involved when you have a real baby.
- Having a baby and being a mom comes with more pressure (externally by society and internally)
- The responsibility is not comparable, as it is way more complex to take care of a baby/child than of a dog.

Omg I had a very similar experience! My sisters dog gave birth to 3 puppies and then literally any time I said something about my baby or being tired or just anything she would say relate it back to the puppies 😂
Like are you having a laugh? You aren’t feeding them or changing them or entertaining them 🤦🏼‍♀️ then it was constantly “oh once the puppies go I will come visit” they were all homed early December and I haven’t seen her. She lives 3 hours away and has only seen my daughter once in 6 months (the day she was born because she bought me a car seat) I’m a single mum and packing up the car to go visit her when she can’t be bothered is the last thing on my mind right now!

I’ve said there are a lot of similarities between puppies and babies, and I would personally never be offended if someone would compare the two, however there is a LOT more that surrounds babies (most points mentioned by Meis). I’ve never looked after a puppy puppy so I can’t make a true comparison, but there is so much more that links a mother and a baby physically and mentally/emotionally. Raising a puppy is hard work and effort needs to be made into training it, but babies are so much more complicated which adds to the toll/tiredness.

Puppy harder than a baby
Toddler harder than a dog

To be honest both, but they can’t be compared. Potty training a puppy and changing diapers are both overwhelming. A baby changes your whole life forever though.

Baby, but I can see both sides. To be fair I've never had a puppy but my dog is basically a toddler who can stay home alone. I have literally had to rock her to sleep. It can be similar and I know puppies will tear things up if left alone. But 2 wakes a night for a week is not the relatable experience she thinks it is, and dogs also learn to communicate so even that logic is flawed.

I adopted 2 puppies before having my first baby (such a mistake) and I can confidently say that my baby was harder. I didn’t have to birth, breastfeed, soothe, carry, rock to sleep, or dress my dogs.

I hope your friend has a child some day so she can look back at herself and laugh (and then apologize to her friends for being obnoxious).

They both can be hard. Why is it a competition who has it harder is what I’m wondering

Definitely the baby… but it can be hard to get a dog when you already have a baby… I currently have 1 month baby boy and 14 months dog and it is hard to look after both so in case you have a young baby I would wait for the dog.

Ngl i would block her the next time she talks about her dog like its comparable to the newborn phase or postpartum. Postpartum was when anything or anyone that added stress in my life got cut out.

Okay personal opinion , I’d rather take on a baby then a dog but that’s because I just can’t stand dogs, like omg ew but a baby is definitely more time consuming and harder to make around with. I’m sorry you’re dealing with that. I hope she stops and starts feeling more sympathetic to your situation

I have both and they’re honestly just as bad as eachother. I have a frenchie and they are psycho sooks. My 4mo baby is happy and easy.

I don’t go around comparing my dog to other peoples babies though but YES it’s like having a baby from my experience and I say having a puppy is harder simply because I have the best little baby who is easy.

I adore dogs, and puppies in particular take a lot of work. But the weight and responsibility of the role as a caregiver is no where near as intense as it is mother to child. Not to mention pregnancy and post partum hormones and body changes, breastfeeding etc. It's not really comparable.

Puppies are super stressful and she probably doesn’t realise you’re not into it - maybe she wants kids and a dog is all she can have at the moment so she’s playing up the motherly role. It has been proven looking at your own dog sets off the same hormones as your own baby so her emotions can be valid for her but not for you. That’s important in her life and your baby is important in your life - maybe try to support each other?

You need the set the boundary of needing some space whilst your struggling rather than making her out to be the crazy person. All I’m seeing is someone bad mouthing their friend to the internet which is wild 😵‍💫

@Chloe you are absolutely right. Thanks for commenting and telling me off! I needed a reminder like this

All of our pp hormones are crazy at the moment it’s so difficult. Hopefully you can sort it and in a few months settle down again. Wishing you all the best! X

Supporting each other means to listen when your friend is talking about her problems. It seems like instead of listening and being there for you, she makes everything about herself, she is shifting the attention. She can talk about her puppies, sure. But not in a moment when you are trying to talk about your baby. When you are done talking about your things, she can then independently talk about her problems. Immediately comparing is like not really validating your feelings. And in general, as I explained, such a comparison is super inappropriate.