To not want to look after my Mums dogs

[DustyRose123123]

I love my Mum to bits (and her very naughty dogs) but she has asked me to look after them soon for 10 days. I have a 4 month old baby and I am worried about juggling dogs and baby and Mum wants me to stay at hers too in order to not disrupt dogs routine, but it feels like a lot to move baby and all of babies things. Mum did a lot for us last year to help prepare the house for baby, for which I am really grateful and so I feel like I can’t really say no. I am on Mat leave currently so I do have the time. But I don’t fully trust the dogs around baby and I am nervous to look after them and try and juggle baby and them, it’s bad enough when I visit for a few hours and can’t put baby on the floor or sit on sofa with her, I don’t know how I’ll manage that for 10 days. Should I just suck it up and help because I know how important they are to her, they are literally her world? How bad can 10 days be? Or should I be selfish and put me and baby first?

Mat leave is hard enough nevermind doing it in another person's house and a dog to look after.

Maybe have a think of other ways you can help like finding someone else to dog sit but you take the dogs for a walk.

Or could the dog stay at yours?

How many DDogs are there? Can you separate the areas downstairs so that you can have the baby on the food gut s bit?

When you say they're naughty? In whether way are they naughty?

*what

Of course you and the baby should come first, totally unreasonable of her to expect you to move in and dog sit with a baby. They will have to go into kennels, they will survive!

No way... that is what kennels are for!
Your Mum is being really selfish - basically putting her dogs before not only you, but your baby..
You stay home and enjoy your baby!

Nooooo, OP shouldn’t do this.

Don't disrupt the dogs, but happy to disrupt the baby..... 🤦🏻‍♀️

Wrong question, because it's not selfish to put your baby first.

Big no from me, and to be honest, she shouldn't be asking you to do so!!

If someone's dogs are their world, they need to look after them themself, and consider what to do if they want to travel, or need to go to hospital, and not dump them on someone not in a position to happily and safely take them on. Not fair on baby, not fair on the dogs either.

Absolutely not, no way, and she shouldn't expect you to. Babies around dogs make me so nervous, especially if there's potential they might be jittery due to routine change etc.

There'll be plenty of house/dog sitters prepared to do it. Maybe you could offer to help find one?

I have a dog (just 1) and found it difficult enough when I had a baby and had to walk him etc. I needed my mum's help when my husband went back to work, never mind her dropping multiple dogs on me and asking me to uproot for the pleasure of this.

I would have said yes, but you don’t fully trust the dogs, that’s a deal breaker. Is she likely to be upset? Anyone else that can have the dogs?

This is so selfish of your mum!

DONT KEEP THE DOGS

No. I'm older, I have a lot of dogs and four young adults/ teens. I don't holiday ( they holiday with friends whenever they please).
I would never ask that they drop their lives to look after my dogs while I holiday. I wouldn't ask and wouldn't expect.
Foot down and put you and your baby first. Don't do it this time because it will lead to another and another.

I wouldn't even contemplate this, what a ridiculous thing to ask of you. One or two nights would be a big favour. Over a week is insane.