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| Fri, 03-09-2012 - 12:14pm |
I know not all cats are alike, but for those of you that have cats...how did you handle them with being in the baby's room, or "discovering" the new baby?
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I have the same worry with my cat Sam. He's also very curious. I plan on locking him up in a room just to be safe. I've actually already started so he can get adjusted to it now before the baby comes in a few months and he's actually done way better then expected. This way he doesn't feel like we kicked him out for the baby. Even though that's what we are doing ;)
I would prefer that other then the constant worry.
We had a cat when our first was born. I was a little worried about the cat... but it ended up being no big deal. The cat sniffed around the baby the first day and then after that... had NO INTEREST. In fact, I think the cat was quite annoyed by the crying and chose to stay far away. He would sleep with me every night and honestly, I can't remember if he kept sleeping with us or not during those first few months (Nate was in a basssinet right next to our bed). I never had a problem with the cat getting in the bassinet or crib... ever. He wanted to stay far far away. And we're talking a people friendly curious cat here. I really wouldn't put too much thought into it. If anything, the cat might get pissed... and start pissing in random places in the house to show his annoyance.
We did have them in a crib in our room for the first 8 weeks or so, makes getting up in the middle of the night much easier, and I kept that crib in our room until we moved when they were about 6 months old. It was nice to have the choice to have them in our room if one wasn't feeling well, but also very nice to have them in their own room most of the time. We found that we all slept much better with them in the other room.
As far as the cat, don't stress to much. He might be a little curious at first but at least with ours once the babies arrived, he was too busy being a cat to care.