Baby on the way and we are starting to plan the nursery and bed etc, we have an 11 yr old beautiful cat, she is great but loves to jump up on everything to check it out and see if she wants to sleep snuggle up there lol
we are very scared that she will jump into the baby's bed which could smother the little one, not sure what do do .
has anyone else had this problem? what did u do/ suggest?
My cat smoothered me to death when I was pg....and sussed out the babies room before hand..I just made sure that I kept telling him no and pushed his bum with my foot if he was in there.
Give her a 'bed' of her own in a cosey place that she loves.
We havent had any problems....he loves the kids and still goes in there to check things out but then comes out and goes back to sleep on my bed.
ETA - I forgot to mention 'SHrek" would sleep on a blanket snuggly under the bassinet as if he was guarding the precious bundle in it
Last edited by maz; October 13th, 2009 at 04:14 PM.
We have two cats and have never had a problem with them jumping in the cot when the kids were little.
We didn't do anything in particular, when they were really really small, we had the bedroom door shut when they were in there sleeping, but the cats never went in there anyway. For a few months before DS was born we made sure that the door was shut at all times, so the cats sorta got the hint that it was a room that was off limits to them.
The only time our cats have been a problem was the other day when MIss M was taking a nap (she's 14 months old) and she was woken up when the male cat went into our room and jumped in her cot. However, we had the side down because it is next to our bed, so it was easy access. If the cot had the side on it, I very much doubt the cat would have gone in there.
unfortunatly my cat wasnt so lucky, she is an outside cat now as she was constantly jumping into the cot when i was pg with ds. Everytime she could, se would be in his room. I didnt want to have to keep the door shut all the time so much to her dismay she got the boot. We made her a lovely new bed in our (carpeted) garage. We use it as a games/boy room, not for cars. She is happy now but i wasnt going to take any risks.
We've got two cats and they weren't really interested in the baby when he arrived. When we were setting up the nursery, we just let them have a bit of a sniff and then kept them out of there if they got too nosy. They've never jumped in the cot. We've had one of those nets around the cot too, but found they never tried to jump in. The only time they go in DS's room now is to sit on the window sill in the morning cause it gets the morning sun.
Our cat was very interested in the bassinette and cot.
I had the bassinette in our room form about 3 months so she would get the boot, didnt take her long to figure it out.
When we got the cot up a couple of months before we had DD the cat tried it once, then got the boot again and she got the idea.
After charlotte was born she didnt want to go near her! lol too scared I think hehehe. Even now she barely speaks to Charlotte (is not very patient with kids, Miss Moneypenny! lol)
Anyway, we found that by having things up early and establishing that the cat was not allowed even in the nursery or in the bassinette, we were fine.
We never really had a problem with our cats. One of the cats used to love sleeping in the cot before DD was born and before she moved into the cot from the bassinette...as soon as DD started sleeping in the cot he never went in there. We used to put the cats outside at night (still do) but we also would keep DD's door shut.
Now DD is 19 months and sleeps in a big bed - if her door is open while she's asleep during the day we often find the cat snuggled up to her or at the foot of her bed, mind you, it's not often that DD's door is open when she's having a day sleep.
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