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He had to watch the birth the second it happened. After The Time My Entire Family Discussed My Vagina, he was convinced. Turns out, he had started to think he wanted to watch the birth even before Christmas, but the subject never came up. When it finally wrapped (thank you, Nana, for breaking it up), Chris was hooked. The discussion about my vagina went on for, no joke, 45 minutes. MORE: 16 Things You Should Never Say to a New Mom “No, no-it’s cool!” “You’ll be fine,” “You have to let him watch.” And, the most memorable: “If you’re that worried about it, just get a wax beforehand.” Because that will help when my lower half is doing its best boa constrictor imitation. “Yeah, I’m not OK with that,” I interjected, before getting shut down by everyone. It’s all about the baby.but it is pretty grody,” said another.

“You don’t even notice her vagina and what it’s doing. It’s the most meaningful thing in the world,” one cousin said. “Chris, you have to watch the baby come out.

And then.everyone proceeded to talk about my vagina like I wasn’t in the room. While hanging out in a room with my extended family, the subject of our son’s upcoming birth came up. I conceived soon afterward and assumed that we didn’t need to have the talk again. Granted, I slipped the discussion in during a commercial break between Entourage reruns, but I figured that would suffice. a child is coming out of it.Ĭhris and I had chatted about it one night before I was even pregnant, and he said he was on board with whatever I wanted to do.

Watchme to full#

I haven’t flashed it to a room full of people since I was two, and it’s not something that I’m in the habit of just whipping out-especially not when, oh, I don’t know. Not only that, this is my vagina we’re talking about. I solidified my stance that I wasn’t interested in giving my husband a front row seat to the action when I gave birth. Not every man feels this way, but that wasn’t a risk I wanted to take. (It was a weird afternoon between me and my buddy Google.) Basically, these stories said that when your significant other sees your lady bits doing all kinds of Cirque du Soleil-like shenanigans, he can have trouble erasing that visual from his mind in the future. When we started trying to have a baby, I randomly stumbled across a few stories that talked about how watching the birthing process can scar a man. Starting from scratch and building up the watch me command slowly will increase your dog’s confidence and strengthen the bond you have with them.MORE: Mila Kunis' Hilarious Message to Men Who Say 'We're Pregnant' When teaching a watch me command, a very nervous dog may be reluctant to hold eye contact with you. Initially you may need to reward your dog more quickly and build up the time again. Once they start to do this you can remove the arm signal completely.Īs with all training, once you’ve mastered it in a calm environment you can move somewhere else and begin to build up the level of distraction. With practice, you should start to find that your dog will look at you as you say, ‘watch me’, and before you hold out your arm. If this happens, go back to practising for a shorter time and build back up again. If your dog is looking away before you’ve finished counting, you may have progressed too quickly. You can continue to gradually build up the time that your dog can hold the watch over the following weeks and months. As your dog begins to do this consistently, gradually increase the watch by a second at a time, until they can hold it for 5 seconds. If your dog maintains eye contact, quickly reward them. Start by giving the ‘watch me’ command and counting to one second in your head. Now, you can slowly begin to increase the amount of time that your dog is holding the eye contact. As soon as your dog makes eye contact with you, reward them with the treat and say ‘yes’. This time say ‘watch me’ and then hold the treat out to the side. Once your dog is consistently offering you eye contact, you can introduce the verbal command ‘watch me’. Keep practising this movement until your dog is consistently making eye contact with you when you produce the treat. The moment they stop looking at it and make eye contact with you say ‘yes’ and reward them immediately with the treat. Your dog will naturally look over to the treat. Show your dog the treat, then hold it out to the side, at arm’s length. It’s a good idea to use small, tasty treats that motivate your dog. Start teaching your dog to watch me indoors, away from distractions.

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