Why babies and dogs don't mix - top 10

This is our first time having a baby and dogs at the same time, so its certainly been an experience. Each day we vary between deciding to put the dogs or the baby in the bin, depending on which has been the biggest pain in the arse.

The combination of the two can be a challenge, it can be daunting and sometimes its just gross, so here are my top 10 reasons not to have dogs and a baby in the same house:

1 Dogs roll in the most foul smelling badger and fox shit you can ever imagine, baby immediately touches and strokes dogs as soon as in the house, hence stroking the big patches of smeared shit.

2 Dog biscuits and dry food rolls off  across the floor and hides in any corner available, baby then finds these are cheerfully munches on them for a while, yuk why would you think putting those in your mouth is a good idea.

3 There is nothing babies and toddlers like more than water, so in those seconds when you turn you back baby is at the bog water bowl converting it into an indoor paddling pool, not only is this gross, but it also soaks the floor and baby.

4 There is a huge temptation in hanging off of a dogs ears or tails, and dogs don't like this!

5 The dogs love begging at the table, we all ignore them, whereas baby has great joy in holding out his food and squealing with joy when they eat out of his hand, then screaming like a man wronged when told no, don't feed the dogs.

6 Baby slings are great, I love mine, but its not exactly practical when you need to bend to scoop the dog poop ( unless you want to drop baby out directly into the aforementioned poop).

7  Having a clingy baby and trying to multi task opening and scooping out stinky dog food tins, while holding baby and trying to prevent baby from getting a big handful of food to chow down on.

8 Our garden was once lovely, but is now a minefield of dog poop. Poop here there and everywhere.

9 Trying to hang onto a buggy and a dog lead, the potential for tangling, tripping, dropping lead, or decapitating baby if lead cuts across buggy is high.

10 Walking dogs in freezing cold, soaking wet and heat wave conditions, while baby has to sit in  buggy to either cook or freeze his arse off