CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

don’t worry about Holly right now! enjoy this time. there is no reason why you would have to get rid of her. as long as you are commited to making it work, it WILL work!!!!! my son is 4 and he and my Meadow have their moments but you just have to teach them to respect each other. you kow what might be fun? after Holly is spayed try to do teh clicker training. having her well-behaved will help you in the future when you have a baby to care for also.

Congratulations!!!! That’s very exciting news. I think what people mean is that it is a very bad idea to give a child a rabbit and expect them to be solely responsible for the financial aspect as well as for the care of the rabbit. We have seen too often on this site parents that do not help with either. That’s all. You have a long long time before you would need to worry about your child and how he/she handles the rabbit. It is up to the parents to show or discipline the child how to handle any pet. You’ll be fine!!!!

Congratulations and I agree with Beka and Knowltons.

A rabbit is ok to have with a child, it’s how you teach the child to be with an animal. You love rabbits so you would teach your child how to handle and look after a rabbit properly.

When the child is to small to understand you would make sure you kept a good eye on things.

I had plenty of animals when my children were small and they were gentle and very kind to the animals. Congrats on becoming a mom/mum.

Congratulations!!!!!! That is great news!!! Don’t worry, I am sure you’ll be a good mum, for both creatures. I’ll tell you an anecdote. A friend of mine had two cats for several years before she got pregnant. She was also worried. Her little boy is now my godson. The other day they came home and my huge dog Pampa was licking his face full length. He said: ‘Should I let him go on mum?’ , we burst out laughing and his mother answered: ‘Yes, he is showing you he loves you!’.

But the best one is that when he is asked at school (he’s in 1st grade now) to draw his family, he includes his two cats!!!! That is how much he loves and respects them, thanks also to the effort his mother has made for him to understand that animals are part of the family and deserve respect. I’m sure Holly will appear in your family pics!! =)

Yaaay! Congrats! I’m sure that Holly and the-baby-to-be will be fine together. I agree that when people say rabbits aren’t goo pets for children they don’t mean it like “lions and badgers aren’t good pets for children” but rather “small children cannot be counted on to be the sole caretaker of an animal.” I’m sure you’ll be an excellent happy family, bunnies, babies and all!

LOL Bunnycraze, my daughter does the same thing.  She even sometimes draws in the animals when she forgets her HUMAN brothers! LOL

Awe Holly this is exciting!!! Rabbits don’t make good pets for children as a means to satiate a childs desire to have one as a pet. But it is absolutely O.K. to have one especially when the rabbit is yours, and not the childs.  That is a really important distinction to make.  The rabbit is your pet and your responsibility.  It takes a little extra care and eyes and ears everywhere for the protection of not only your child but the rabbit too.  I am sure you will do a wonderful job and something to consider is that as you get bigger as your pregnancy progresses, cleaning will be more difficult and so an x-pen arrangement may be best as opposed to a condo (or consider another design) that will make it easier on you as well so you won’t be beind and reaching so much and making sure you give Holly extra loves and attention as well.

Here are a few online articles from the HRS on human children and house rabbits:

Bringing Baby Home

Children & Rabbits

Daycare Children & Rabbits

CONGRATS again Holly! 

Congratulations!!! *HUGS*

…you can get a false negative with pregnancy tests…but not a false positive so…I’m pretty sure you’re in the clear to celebrate!!! *HUGS*

CONGRATULATIONS! Please don’t worry. You will raise a child who respects the nature of rabbits. As with any toddler, supervision is needed, no matter what the animal. But that is way down the road, so enjoy the journey.

And again, wonderful news. All the best.

i suppose there could be some jealousy, but this could also be an opportunity for your husband to step up and start doing some of the feeding or cleaning. if Holly can get used to him doing some of that stuff, it won’t be as big of a shock after the baby if he needs to take over for awhile.

I have two kids, and they are both very comfortable with the bunnies.  I think you’ll do just fine.  The only real issues we have are when their friends come over and “want to hold the bunny”.  That is the time when you have to be really vigilant.  The toddler years might be somewhat of a challenge, before the child understands that the bunny is alive and not a toy, but as others have said, supervision is the ket there.  Congratulations!

i’m so happy for you… congrats!!!  i have no doubt that you’ll do a great job being a mom & bunny mum at the same time  

If the kid is taught to respect the ‘bit, it will be fine. The problem is children that see a rabbit and think it’s a stuffed toy to be squeezed and tossed about.

congrats! i think if a child is always around a bunny from day one it should be easier because u can teach them the correct way to be around a bun from day on, congrats again!

Fantastic News Girl … I am so happy for you and hubby.

All will be fine … just look after yourself.

Dawn xx

yay! congrats!

AWwww how sweet!! See men can be trained!!! LOL

men are the hardiest thing to train ive ever known! i think i could get my dog to do the tango easier lol