I wanted to start another blog called “2 Cats and a Baby” but someone beat me to it. She is a writer, and just like me, she went to school for writing but is not a professional writer by day. She said she stopped writing for awhile out of sheer laziness. Same here. She started the blog just to have something to write about, which is what I want to do. I help people with their resumes, but aside from that, I haven’t been writing creatively for quite some time.
As some of you know, I am expecting a baby. I am five months along. I have 2 cats. One is about 10 months old and the other will be 13 years old this summer. I am worried about the cats interacting with the baby. The older cat hates kids. She hisses at them and if they try to touch her she swats. She almost scratched my niece once, but she was surrounded by children and my niece grabbed her really hard. The younger cat is a brat and likes to scratch people for fun. They currently sleep with my boyfriend and I in the bed.
When the baby comes, I am told by other experienced mothers that baby should come to bed with us while breastfeeding for the first few months. How will I keep the cats off the bed? Should I keep them out of the bedroom completely? This will be tough as they love to sleep with us and everytime we close the bedroom door, they meow, attack the door and scratch the carpet. The older cat has been sleeping with me since she was a kitten.
I love my cats and would never get rid of them. I guess I will have to experiment with keeping them out of the room before the baby comes, which is July 17. I have researched this via Google, and found various tips such as spraying them with water, letting them howl and ignoring them (easier said than done) and purchasing cat repellers. Some people have said they will be fine as long as you keep them at the foot of the bed. That, again, is easier said than done, plus I am concerned about cat hair. Hmmm.
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