Safe ways for cat and baby to sleep in same room

I think the only way that it would be safe is if your kitten slept in a crate, which would be more unfair on her than being shut out of the bedroom altogether. X

We’ve got two ten year old cats that we’ve had since 10 weeks and have ALWAYS slept with us on our bed or their beds but in the bedroom. Baby boy is due august and we’re just going to see how we get on tbh and take it day by day. If we feel like we can’t trust them then they’ll have to be shut out but having read other posts on here etc some people have said that their cats didn’t bother with the baby as they knew it was a possibility they’d be making a loud noise. X

@Heather it’s such a tough one isnt it! I’ve also heard that’s cats are very maternal so hopefully know not to sleep on baby and that’s baby’s cot etc after a while, fingers crossed xxx

My cats always still slept with me. If you put foil in the next to me now it will stop her from going in and she’ll get used to not going in there. My little one is 17 months and still in my room, the cats never tried to sleep with her but obviously this will depend on the cat xx

@Emily I have found the more I let them explore baby’s room and bits and bobs the more they’ve just grown bored and gone back to their usual beds 😂

@Heather yes!! My cat thought all the new baby equipment (pram, cot, baby gym, EVERYTHING) was for her but I think she’s come to realise it’s not and has done the same!🤣🤣

@vicky amazing! Thankyou I will definitely try that xx

@Samantha I keep seeing these and defo think I will get one just in case as I think I’d be so paranoid in case she snuck in the cot whilst everyone’s asleep, thankyou so much! Xxx

Personally I don’t think there’s a completely safe way, unless you stay awake to supervise. I’ve found even though my cats don’t want to sleep on/with baby one of them has a habit of not checking where he’s jumping & will quite often jump on my head..I can only imaging the damage if he were to jump into the cot onto baby. My cats would always sleep with us pre baby. Once baby was born we shut them out of the room, they got over it pretty quickly, we just give them extra cuddles in the evening

@Emily yeah definitely, I’ll see how she gets on and if needs be i recon I’ll do the same with her at night time xx

Some sort of cot net will be your best bet! Our cats no longer sleep in our room (due to sleeping arrangements changing) but the first couple weeks we had one that went right across the cot with a zip on it and even if the cats tried to walk on it (they didn’t but we tested it before baby arrived) it totally supported their weight and we set it up when I was 25 weeks and made sure to teach the cats they aren’t allowed on it, it worked perfectly! Have a look on Amazon, there are so many great ones on there!

Also, your cat is gorgeous!

@Jess thanks so much I will look into that xxxxx

My health visitor suggested putting a mosquito net over the next to me crib

We had our cats freely roaming the house as always even when baby was here. They are very respectful of her space and don’t go in her crib if she’s in it. I tried putting a mosquito net up for when she wasn’t in it but they just sat on it and so it seemed like more trouble than it was worth to me.