That's MY baby-get away!!

When we first brought Jonathan home from the hospital, we were a smidge worried. We have a cat named Jade,

whom usually just keeps to herself, and a Pug named Ruby,

who has been the baby in this family since we got her (even though Jade is the younger, newer pet) and wondered if she would allow that role to go to the small human life form we carried in and sat on the floor. The first thing she did after sniffing him was try and crawl into his carrier with him!! It was hilarious and I wish we had gotten a picture. Jade however was freaked out by his noises and movements and would run away from him for the first month or so that he was home.

Ruby has since taken the role of protector. She needs to check in on Jonathan when she gets up or when she comes in from going outside. When my Mother-in-law was here for a sewing weekend, Ruby always had to be between her dog Pepper and the baby. When we feed or hold him, she also needs to be in our lap as close to him as she can get-usually that means putting her head on his feet.

Now that Jade has gotten used to having Jonathan home, she will come over and investigate when we are having tummy time or when I am feeding him if Ruby isn't already on the other half of my lap. While I try to encourage that, Ruby has other ideas. She has started chasing Jade from the living room most of the time if Jonathan is up and if she deems it acceptable to allow Jade into the living room, the cat is NOT allowed near Ruby's boy!!

The other day we were on the floor for tummy time and Jade came in to investigate. Ruby paced her around the baby so that she was ALWAYS between the cat and Jonathan. I was sitting at his feet and they walked the other three sides of his body from right to left and back again. It was too funny to watch, but Ruby was not about to let that other animal near HER baby!! I am not sure how to correct this problem, and hope with time it will fix itself.