Brought home new baby today, suddenly have an overwhelming urge to get rid of all the pets.

I guess it's not an impulse completely out of the blue. Throughout my wife's pregnancy we've both been developing a rift with our pets. We've been home for maybe 8 hours and already are having serious talks about getting rid of most, if not all of them. I've never wanted to be the sort of person who just gets rid of pets because they "become too much to handle," but my parental instincts seem to be overriding any sentimental attachment I have for them and now I can only see them as potential problems.We have two very elderly cats that are becoming hygiene nightmares, a five'ish-year-old dog that is prone to being overly anxious and tempermental, and a one-year-old dog that is extremely hyperactive, destructive, pathologically needy/clingy, and howls like an air raid siren at every little thing.I guess my main concern is if I'm going to regret getting rid of them once my over-active paternal instinct mellows out. Should I hold off on evicting our menagerie, or are my instincts trying to tell me something? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2kfKSiM