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4.31 (Worth a try) from 12 votes (705 Visits)

Keeping the cat out of the cot

by MumKim

(September 2006) (rank 10th)

One of my good friends is also pregnant and she has cats. She is very concerned about how to keep the cats out of the cot. Has heard horror stories of cats smothering babies. Originally she was looking for a safety cot but then when I looked into cot saftety I

found out that they are no longer recommended because the hinges pose a risk to little fingers.
She has been doing some further reading and has found some advice to deter the cat from the cot.
Set up the cot in the babies room well in advance of the birth. Put balloons and silver foil in the cot. Let the cat in to explore the room. The cat will not like the balloons and silver foil so will avoid the cot and not want to go into it. Another alternative to balloons and silver foil is the plastic carpet runner turned upside down so the spikes are on top. Not very comfortable for a cat. Obviously when the baby comes home you remove the balloons, foil and carpet runner and hopefully the cat won't bother to explore the cot again.

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	March 2007 \| mumof1girl

Excellent idea

I never thought of this. If we decide to have another baby, this is exactly what we will do.

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	October 2006 \| JadieLady

cats

i had never thought of stuff like that. i wonder why the cats dont like foil and balloons?

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	4.00 (Good) \| September 2006 \| dolphins30

some good tips

I also did some of this what youre saying, like let the cat explore the room, and don't make the cat feel left out. If your cat is an older cat, it will tend not to jump in the cot. When miss3 was born, my cat was 14 years old, and didn't bother to go anywhere near the cot, as i had netting around the cot, and above it.

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	September 2006 \| babybump1978

cats

Thanks for that, I will give it a go, as my kitty is very attached to me!

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| September 2006 \| 3girlsandus

Thanks!

This is a problem we're grappling with right now with Freddie. Our cats are regularly found in the cot (at 7 weeks Freddie's not in there yet, thankfully!!) so this advice will be great to wean them off it, ready for Freddie when she moves in!

Thanks!

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| September 2006 \| allyp

Something else

That's good advice. There is actually something that you could buy for the crib. It's a mesh net and it does work. It goes over the crib and cat's can not get in. It's even for when your babies get older and climb out of the crib(you put the mesh net on it and they can't get out)

Also you can use them for the playpin expecially if the playpin is outside, it keeps bugs out too!

I have 3 cats, thankfully they never went into the crib. But I keep my door shut so that they can't come in at all.

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| September 2006 \| Jessgore

Keeping the cat out of the cot....

When I was a baby, my mum tells me she had a cat and she came into my room to find the cat sitting on my head. He was not smothering me but if he was to move he could have... Cats like warm comfortable places, and well this cat liked that.. My mum tells me she got such a fright that she almost through the cat out the window (she did not actually do that). So yeah do what you can to prevent it....

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| September 2006 \| KileeGiles

Keeping the cat out of the cot

We asked our vet about this exact thing when our little one was born - we have two cats. He told us that it is unlikely that a cat will enter a cot when I baby is inside and even more unlikely that it will go to sleep on their head. I have never seen our cats go into the cot when Mia was in it and now that she is in a bed they jump off as soon as she tries to get in.

I am sure this isn't the same experience but thought I would share it with you

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| September 2006 \| michellei

Keeping the cat out of the cot

You can also try replacing the traditional door with a fly screen one.
The cat can see and hear what's going on, but can't go in.
The fly screen is also good as it lets the air circulate.

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