Labrador puppy and baby Please help!

[Issy777]

Really worried
I've had labs before but never with kids

I'll make this brief: dp got us a lab pub as a bit of surprise yesterday. Since pup has been here , youngest dd who is one years old has got a temperature.
Puppy kept licking her! On her face! Dp said it's not a big deal but I was agitated, kept wiping face after he did it.

Iv kept dd close to me but her cheeks are red, temperature and loose stools can this be caused by pup? It may sound like a silly question but I'm so worried and irritated. I can't enjoy puppy or Christmas COs I'm constantly worried

Has anyone got a puppy and a young dc? What do u do if they lick them? How do U cope? Etc with hygiene.
Puppy has been at her toys but I put them all in the sink

I'm just overwhelmed. I see so many families with dogs and young dcs especially round here where we live as it's very countryside

Please someone reassure me I can't have my dd I'll and I don't want to have to get rid of pup

Thanks so much for everyone's replies
He cuddles up next to dd and naps

@3luckystars

I can't give him away. He's too precious, I'll bend over backwards to make things easier as I possibly can.
It's going to be hard work but we're just all too attached.

Aww. What’s his name?

Just great. And now we have a photo of a puppy lying next to a baby.

Waiting for the - "puppy bit DD's face when my back was turned so Aibu to rehome" post.

Still can't get over the stupidity of someone buying a puppy at Xmas without discussing it with their partner first or making any preparation for its arrival.

See you've changed your mind and are now going to take on the large extra demands of training and raising a dog alongside the demands of looking after a toddler.

Really really hope it works out for you but it's going to be very hard, there'll be times where puppy needs one hundred percent of your attention as well as toddler needing one hundred percent of your attention. If you're going to be responsible for majority of this due to being the parent at home during the day can you honestly say you can do this? Things like a child not being able to have her toys laid about because you'll either have to be constantly stopping puppy from chewing them and washing them - meaning you're not supervising dd, or keeping puppy totally separate which again means one of them isn't having your full attention. You've got a lot of hard hard work ahead of you.

The dog sleeping on the baby for example, puppies bite and bite a lot, mine is eighteen months and a knock at the door or sudden noise would have her jumping up running to arm of couch. Mine does lie on me and is currently draped across my lap sleeping, but absolutely no way would she be allowed to the same on a toddler or small sleeping child. Takes seconds for a puppy to playfully chew or jump. An adult sat watch sing tv in other end won't always be able to react quick enough to stop it.

I hope everything works out but still stand by initial reaction if your dp being a dickhead to put those demands on someone without so much as a discussion.

Yes. Puppy and child sleeping together is not good. And pup may be lovely but who is going to do the extra work of toilet training and teaching recall etc.
Waits for late Jan post about needing to rehome pup.

Threads like this are so incredibly depressing. I await the inevitable “it’s all gone horribly wrong” thread when you realise how difficult having a puppy is.
Your DP is an idiot but so are you for the way you are letting your baby and brand new puppy interact.

It's amazing isn't it, that immediately above the advice from 3luckystars to, "keep the dog and baby separate at all times", we're treated to a photo of dog and baby snuggled up together. Not sure why the op seems incapable of taking on board sensible advice .

The puppy is gorgeous, but I do agree with the other posters there is no need for the puppy to sleep with your young baby. Take the puppy on your lap or into your bed if you like but sleeping next to the baby is an accident waiting to happen.