Harper has been home for three weeks now. It’s been an exciting period of time for our entire family. Our cat, Grady, is often slow at accepting change. He hung out in the basement for a month when we brought Riley home. He disliked most of our foster dogs and would only interact with them if they got too close (meaning he would slap their face and hiss!). He is very social around us – he hangs out with us in the evenings and can hold a decent conversation. He is quite vocal and will talk back to us. But, anyone who has visited our house knows that he is very shy and will often hide from new people. Grady is especially shy around children – they are too loud for him. He will hide behind the furnace until they are gone. Since we knew Grady was so shy, we were curious about how he would react about us bringing home a baby.
Grady was pretty low key for the first few days. He would walk through the room, but wouldn’t stop to hang out with us. For the most part Grady stayed in the basement (where it was safe and quiet.) He even stopped sleeping on our bed for the first two weeks. Eventually he came back upstairs and decided it was time to check out the new addition to the family. He has sniffed at her a few times and decided that Harper is harmless. He now enjoys spending time rolling around her rug and enjoying the soothing sounds of the white noise machine. Although she might be a little loud at times and interrupt his sleep, but he has accepted that Harper is here to stay.
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