I had my first and only baby when I was 33. Older than many moms I've met with children my daughter's age. All of a sudden my world is a cyclone twisting wildly with every change my daughter goes through. She was born in 2004 and since then I've had the common postpartum depression, and a wide-variety of other issues with disorder or syndrome attached. Could there be a Post-Puppy depression too? Why not?
Although not in medical journals post-puppy depression apparently exists. Of course it is exactly like postpartum depression except you can lock the puppy in a crate and go away. No sleep, lots of poop and pee to clean, teething toys, round the clock feedings and trips to the potty. It's kind of like having a toddler & infant wrapped into one.
OH BUT HE's CUTE.....Yes, the saving grace of every puppy and baby, their cuteness. Every time I look at him I say to myself....just give it time you'll love him as much as you do Dusty (my first fur baby). I'm still sitting here though, wondering why I wrecked my perfectly lazy, lonely, summer by getting a puppy!
Why? Ahhhh yes, that wildly twisting cyclone of a daughter of mine. Lindsey, who I would give my life for and apparently my lazy summers too. Lindsey and this puppy Dexter have bonded already. She loves him so much. Lindsey's happiness and need to have a puppy to grow up with is indeed the reason we got this puppy. Once again my world has been changed for the better, I'm sure. Can what I'm feeling be called post-puppy depression? Who really knows? Just another twist in my life to ride out.
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