Recent content by Emma's Mommy

OK, you all are not going to believe this considering the thread I had about 3 weeks ago about Emma's behavior but... We went to our first class of basic training today and she was the best behaved of the class! Most of the time she either sat (when I directed her too) or layed in my lap...

Wow! OK, now that I have read all of your stories, I feel like a whiny butthead. My goodness you all have gone through so much with your babies! Obviously I have it not so bad in comparision. It also shows me that there is hope that this all will work out with work and patience. My...

Thanks everybody! Thank you all so much for your advice and support. My DH and are are going to give some of your ideas a try and see if it helps. I think the exercise thing is a particularly good point, especially since we live in an apartment with no fenced areas where she can play. Plus...

I'm sitting her crying while I write this because I'm just so sad and frustrated. I feel like we are having all of the problems with Emma that you can have, such as: - Bad Separation Anxiety - Crate hatred (Howling in her crate to the point that she is disturbing the neighbors even with...

Excellent point on the exercise thing Dora and Laura! Your questions just made me realize that it is DH that tires her out usually by playing with her before he goes to bed. Since he's been gone she hasn't been getting as much play time. I definitely need to make sure I now do that if he is...

To the crate she goes Well, it appears that Emma has made the choice for me. In the middle of the night last night she decided that rather than wake me up she would chew up my bathroom cabinet. One whole side of it is in shreds. So it appears that she is not at the point where she can be...

Well, DH is out of town and Emma is not happy (neither am I). The problem is this, since DH isn't here to distract her I can't get any sleep. She won't let me sleep longer than about 4 hours a night, and if I try to nap, she will lay with me for about 30 minutes and then lick my face to wake...

We take her out for a walk approximately every 30 minutes, and I had just taken her out 10 minutes before the incident that occurred last night. When she desires to go outside other than the times we take her, she will go and scratch on the front door. We have noticed a pattern that the only...

My DH and I have noticed a trend with Emma. When we are both busy doing something for a few minutes (about 5 minutes seems to be the limit) and not paying direct attention to her, she will go to my DH, look up at him, and pee right in front of him. After she does this, she immediately runs and...

OK, I'm sitting on the bed folding clothes and Emma finds a ball of black fuzz on my bed from us doing laundry. She FREAKED OUT! She has been jumping around on the bed, pouncing back and forth, and barking at the fuzzball for the past 5 minutes. Now DH is flailing the fuzzball around and Emma...

Some success! Thanks so much everybody for your support and advice. On the good news front, since I posted this morning Emma has gone potty outside x3 (YEAH!), has started playing with her toys, and is exploring the apartment without us right by her. Now we'll have to see what happens when DH...

We just moved into a new apartment this weekend and Emma is not happy about it. She's not eating much, she's having potty accidents all over the place, and will not play with her toys. She won't leave my or DHs side. And to add insult to injury, it is pouring down rain here and Emma hates...

You go girl losing all of that weight! That's awesome! I'm a tad bit on the top heavy side (the most tactful way I could think to put it, sorry) so I've had stretch marks just because of that since I was in my teens. So, I asked a dermatologist and a plastic surgeon about them and they said...

Thank you for your advice lovemygracie! I think maybe I'm just being a nervous Mommy and probably worrying for nothing. Since she's so young I think I'm being overprotective. I know that instead of being a worry-wart I should just let her explore things and show me what she needs through...

Myself and my DH are moving this weekend, and we will obviously be getting our 6 month old furbaby Emma used to a new place. Any thoughts on what would be good things to do to help her feel safe and comfy in her new home? Any thoughts are appreciated.