Hey,

We have two cats and live in an apartment. My husband was OBSESSED with the idea that the cats would try and sit on our baby's face. He kept talking of getting rid of them! However the reality couldn't have been further from the truth.

The cats are not particularly interested in Mitchell. When we put him on the floor they will occassionally go over and have a sniff but that's about it.

There was a publication issued by the Victorian Government which was quite good. Essentially, their approach is 'Supervise or Seperate'. This is what we do. If Mitchell is asleep in his basinette then his door is shut. We have to make sure we chuck the cats out when doing night feeds as they will follow us in there.

We do let the cats in the nursery when Mitchell is not in there. I think if we tried to keep the door shut all the time they would become obsessed with what is in there and try actively to hide when we go in there.

As long as you use common sense then you will be fine.

Fiona