I am worried about how my cat will interact with my baby?

We have 2 cats also. When my son came home from hospital the cats were scared of him! He also has a strange new smell that makes them curious but wary. The only problem I had was that they'd try and sleep in his cot, or if he was inside in his baby car capsule because we'd just got home, our younger cat would try and climb into the capsule on top of him. Cats like to sleep on top of babies since they are usually sleeping in nice cosy places, and they are warm - this is a hazard though because cats have unintentionally smothered babies to death! I always checked the bedroom before closing the door whenever I put my son to sleep. I thought I was getting a bit anal when I'd crouch down and check under the bed each time I closed the door (because there were never any cats under there) = but one day there was! If it's summer I don't think you have a problem, and once bub is 6 months old he/she is too strong and can fend off cats trying to steal their beds. But if its winter - you need to be vigilant. My son is now 13 months and we're teaching him how to be "soft" with kitty, he trys to smack them with his toys and thinks they're playthings... but he loooves our two cats!

You need to learn to trim cat nails more often. I have to trim the nails on my parents cats every week because their skin is so delicate, even a mild scratch can bleed. Two weeks is just too much time.

Cats mostly leave baby's alone. It is really rare for a cat to be very angry at the arrival of a baby. Usually, these are cats that already had angry reactions when afraid. For instance, my brother's cat can't be around other adults, much less babies. That is why this cat is with him (a single person without a lot of visitors) and not a family.

I have 4 dogs and 5 cats. I did get my cats declawed just so they wouldn't scratch the baby.

Surprisingly, even though my cats are huge babies, they are great with the baby. When I am nursing her, they will lay on my lap and put their front paws up on her back to just watch. Not being mean or anything. When we first brought her home, my siamese tried biting her in the back of the head and I swatted her off me and she hasn't done it again. Now she has to know where the baby is at all times.

Make sure you let the cats explore the baby on their term and don't force them into doing it.

Mommy to 19 day old mackenzie Lynn

Cats usually ignore babies. It's like they can sense that the baby is off limits. Just never leave them alone. This is harder than it seems. Just always know what room the cats are in, and if the baby is going to be alone in a room, make sure the cats are not in there.

When you have the baby bring a blanket home with the babies smell so that the cat could familiarize with the baby scent. I would never leave the cat unattended with the baby and animal my is animal . I have a maltese for the past 10 years my 7 month old and him get along great but we have supervise play time i am teaching him how to pet him nicely since bbaby'stend to pull on hairs and get them aggravated i know his young but he needs to learn to respect the dog.

I even have 2 Bengals they're 6 years old and that i could additionally want to characteristic neither of my 2 are aggressive in any admire they're like 2 massive teddy bears. It sounds to me that the cat is somewhat puzzled and not sure what the toddler is they're very territorial animals and don't rejoice with substitute of any type. whilst my Husband decorates or is doing some thing in the backyard they don't like it yet they're on no account pushed away and that they they get used to it. needless to say you're able to shop him faraway from the toddler because of the fact they are able to do countless harm. Did you employ to wreck the cat earlier the toddler got here alongside? it must be jealous. i dont think of there is an decision right here i individually if my daughter got here around with my grandson and the cats went for him i could verify that they have got been out and absolutley no touch with the toddler. If that wasnt conceivable for what ever reason then i could placed funds right into a cage purely £40 and that they could could pass in there till my daughter left. it wouldnt do them any harm and it may instruct them that they don't dominate i do!! propose that for the time of your Dad that way besides the cat can get used to the toddler via observing yet would be unable to attack that is going to quickly comprehend. additionally as your toddler grows the cat will grow to be bored besides. good luck and to anybody obtainable that think of Bengals are risky I even have 2 to instruct they're greater loving than common cats.

I had a cat when I was pregnant for the first time too. I worried about those things as well. I ended up getting the cat declawed (she was an inside cat), because we didn't want her scratching the baby. My cat was very very playful, but surprisingly she didn't want anything to do with the baby. She only got to be around the baby for about 6 months though thanks to the lovely hurricane katrina. After that we moved and couldn't keep her. Now I'm wanting to get another cat for my son to play with because he loves cats. But we have that same dilemma again because I'm pregnant. We're hoping to adopt a cat that's already declawed and has been around kids. But you do have to worry about the cat jumping into the baby's crib and jumping on top of baby.

We have a two week old. What we did was take old t shirts and wrap the baby up in them while we were in the hospital. My husband took them home with him (my mother stayed in the hospital with me instead of him) and let them sniff them. Now that she is home, we never let her alone with them, just in case. Whenever she is asleep in her crib, we close her bedroom door. The cats are pretty curious and they sniff her but they have never done anything that would make me think they would harm her. One of my cats wakes me up at night when she cries... which is kindof annoying when she is barely making any crying noises at all... I like her to be fully awake when I get her out of her crib. Anyway, good luck to you!

well it depends. some times cats like to cuddle and with that in mind it might sleep on its face. it has been know to happen. all you gotta do is keep the cat separate if your worried about it. you also dont have to worry about the baby gettin clawed til the baby can crawl and grab but by that time the cat will learn to avoid the baby.

You should never leave an animal alone with a baby end of!!

An animal predicts things in different ways to humans. My parents had a cat and it attacked my sister but luckily my uncle was present and kicked it off her!!