Cats and babies??

[smess26]

people with cats how are your cats coping are they a nightmare???

mine wants to go into babies room all the time but i keep shutting the door#? do they jump in the cots i am slightly worried about this!? xxx

 

[Sunnyb]

I have 2 cats. We only had one when Joseph was born, but she is not a lap cat & very nervous, so never went anywhere near him!! However our second cat is very much a peoples cat & will pull on door handles to get into rooms! With this baby I will definitely be putting a net over the cot to stop Daisy getting in. You can buy nets for cots, cotbeds & Moses baskets, so if you have any concerns get a net. Cats like the warmth & you hear all sorts of horror stories about smothering, but it is very rare. I am a firm believer that you can have pets & babies without any issues, but you will know your own pets & know if any precautions should be taken. Sometimes our timid cat Charlie would sit near Joseph on his playmat, but never snuggled up to him or sat near his head, so I never worried. It's not for too long that you have to be concerned as babies can then move away or turn away if the cats appear.

Hope this helps? I'll try to get a link for the nets for you x

Sunnyb xxx

 

[Sunnyb]

Here's one link, but if you just google "cat cot nets" you'll find them.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&...=aps&hvadid=7123620590&ref=pd_sl_43i363bq2q_b

Sunnyb xxx

 

[midnight]

my cat seens to prefer to lie under ther beds than on top but we do put him in the kitchen at night time

 

[smess26]

thank you very muh it does make me feel abit better. he is a mummys boy my cat and his nose will be really put out of joint he isnt a fan of crying or loud noise my 5yr is his best friend they play with each other but i have had him since she was 2 so it was never a problem i think i will defo get a cot net, more for peace of mind but until this baby comes along i dont think i will know. xxxx

 

[Sunnyb]

This link may be useful too x

http://www.purrfectcatbehavior.com/cats_and_babies.html

Sunnyb xxx

 

[smess26]

Awww.thank you hun that was really.interesting. I do treat.him as my baby. Lol x x

 

[ZMD]

I have 3 cats and they've all been fine! one of them keeps trying to go in babys room so i just shut the door all the time, the first few weeks they were very nervous and kept away from Tegan But there back to there usual selfs now xx

 

[Tasha89]

Our cat has never bothered with our LO although she's never been a needy cat. When I found out I was pregnant we stopped her going in both bedrooms (ours also as LO would be in with us initially) so she knows she's in the worng if she goes in Evie's room. She's since been allowed back in our room as Evie doesn't sleep with us anymore.

 

[Esoames]

I have 4 cats and I keep Islas door shut all day. They didn't like it at first but they are over it now. They keep a wide berth as well, but Isla is really interested in them and stares all day at them.

 

[clairebear22]

We have 6 cats! Luckily i'm a childminder so they're used to kids/babies and lots of noise! They've never been allowed into the kids sleeping room or our other spare room which is now little man's nursery so thats not a problem. They do go into our room during the day but we shut the door of a night (6 cats & 2 adults is never a good idea in bed lol) but we'll be banning them from going in there at all from May to make sure they get the message ready for when baby arrives! x

 

[PixieDust_01]

all you need is to buy a cat net which you pop over the cot, has holes for baby to breath but are small enough to keep cat out, or you can get a insect net which is the exact same but small holes obviously to keep insects out but does same job ! x

 

[smess26]

Thank you all. I hope he will be ok. I am going to kick him out my room now and go from there. X x

 

[pinkymum]

I had to give my cat to a friend when I moved into temp accomodation. When I moved into my new house I decided she shoudl stay with my friend. She's still only wee and she's really hyper so I feel safer that she's not here. I cried so much when I left her at my friends

 

[don-don]

hey,
I have one cat and he is soooo nosy and naughty!!! I would never trust him with Benjamin, i think cos my cat is over two stone and little Ben was only 4lb when we took him home from hosp!!! Ive just bought a cat net from Mothercare, it was a fiver. It only stops my cat putting his paws in the Moses basket, it would not be strong enough to hold his weight if good forbid he did jump in!!! But as the weeks are going on fred the cat is def getting more used to the idea. I suppose time will tell!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[spice]

i dont know how my cat is going to react, he is the baby in the family at the moment, he was a rescue and does not like to be left on his own at night, he will meow all night untill you let him in the bedroom, so far he's been really good with the pram, he's smelled the wheels, and actually hasnt tryed to jump into it (which he does with everything!?!) so hopefully this is a good start think i will buy a cot net though just to be sure!

 

[smess26]

Well I got.Moses.basket in front room to get him use.to it.has.jumped in it twice now I've.put carry.bags in it.as he hates.the noise and hasn't.jumped in yet so if he.does hoping.the. noise freaks.him that he.won't.do it.again. he is my little baby.though bless him.

 

[purplehippy]

We have two cats - The Fat Three Legged Old *******, and Vagabond.

The Fat Three Legged Old ******* is confined to the kitchen, because he wees the hugest puddles onto everything. He's horrid. He's my OH's and is 15 now, too old to teach not to piss bucketloads onto things (like the moses basket... *******)

Vagabond, our rescue cat, is about 1 1/2, is quite child friendly and is very much a people's cat. She likes to sleep in the moses basket I've got set up, so I've got a towel in it to save it getting muddy, oh and it has laundry in it - means she can't sleep in it now.

Been quite worried about her sleeping on Daisy when Daisy is born - she doesn't like being shut out of our room, which is a shame... Lasy night it was half 2 in the morning that she was jumping on us.

One of the old cats my OH had with his ex, when my stepson was small, slept in his cot - but I don't want Vagabond in with Daisy til she's old enough/strong enough to push the puddy away.

We used to shut them both in the kitchen (there's a catflap) overnight, as Gizmo (The Fat Three Legged Old *******) needs to be kept from entering the rest of the house and she needs to get out to wee - but she started going to number 37 instead, and we never saw her, so there's a babygate in the kitchen doorway now.

Don't really know what to do - I don't want her in our room full stop, til Daisy is bigger - she'll disturb all of us otherwise. But I don't want to shut her out and risk losing her to another house. We went away for a night once and she went to stay with some of the local students at halls! Thank hell she's microchipped - she was returned by a sad pair of students who had enjoyed her love.