Jealous cat and baby 🫡
Hi guys, baby’s due at start of July. I have a 4 year old cat who is so gorgeous she is my first baby, but she’s pretty jealous and clings to me. We live in 1 bedroom flat and will probs be bedsharing or next to me crib.
I’m worried that when baby gets here she will be jealous with the amount of feeding I’ll be doing with baby, she’s such a lovely cat but she can get overstimulated and can bite without warning sometimes when being excessively pet.
Regarding night time sleeping… I’m happy to close our door and just let her have the rest of the flat but there’s a part of me that just wants to monitor it and let the two work it out if possible, maybe when baby’s a bit older if not right away?
I get the reinforcing positive behaviour thing through treats and we will definitely try to play with her as much as we can but obvs will be busy with baby. I’m just wondering if anyone has gone through something similar and can reassure me?
Thanks <3
Here’s a pic of baby number 1 Maizy.
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My cat is amazing but a total psychopath. My son is now approaching toddler age and v curious about her. I'm showing him repeatedly how to stroke her and not allowing any unsupervised contact or really and contact that im not in control of. Pls pls pls make sure you close the door at night as there have been cases where cats go to sleep on babies faces and smother them. Do not allow your cat in the baby's sleeping space. My cat used to sleep on me every night but now is very happy outside. Anything between animal and baby needs to be supervised for both of their sakes. I am surprised at how well my cat has handled the whole thing but please don't try and let them work it out on their own- neither cat nor baby have the ability to do that and you're Just risking both of them if you do it that way. Xx
Your baby looks just like ours ! So our cat when we first brought baby home was very unsure and kept out of the way a lot, when she was in our room he kept away and didn't go near her cot, he would occasionally come and sit next to me when I was feeding her at night. Now she is in her own room he comes and sleeps next to me again. Also at night he knows when baby has been put to bed and that's his playtime, it's very funny 🤣. We have found that he's very gentle with her, she accidently pulled on his face a little and he just let her do it but we obviously stopped her. We have found our cat very intelligent of the whole situation, obviously not every animal is the same but be gentle with them and you might find all is good xx
I have two 4 year old female cats. One of them is obsessed with the baby’s crib (because it’s warm) and so for our peace of mind the door is closed of a nighttime but when an adult is in the room they are allowed to be in the room . The other cat is very clingy to me (like you said first baby) and she has avoided me and baby like the plague. However, I recently gave her treats whilst holding baby and “baby talking” both of them and she seems a lot happier to share a room with the baby. My baby is nearly 4 weeks old so has taken a while to get to this point but as much as you need to positively reinforce I think you also need to just let the cat come to terms with the new addition to their home.
She is stunning! I wouldn't worry to much about it, she will adjust x
Beautiful cat 🩷 i have 3 cats that all love my attention but honestly when I came home with my daughter they just naturally adjusted, they are very bright..dont underestimate them!
My girl cat LOVES my little girl and would always stay close to us. I have so many photos where shes lay by us breastfeeding or just in the background and its so lovely to look at ans now my 4 year old loves all the cats especially my girl cat..they have a little bond and im going to put a photo album together from when she was born of all the pictures of them 😊
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