how do you keep a kitty from trying to sleep in your childs crib?
Baby Bedding
rachelpaul1 asked:
I just recently got a kitty. She wants to sleep in my daughters crib which is a huge NONO. If i shut my daughts door (which i hate doing)0 she crys continuesly outside of her room. My house isnt really big so no matter where i bring the kitty we can hear her. How do i keep her out of the crib since cats dont seem to listen and understand that great?
Of couse my daughter is more important then a cat but sometimes there are other alternatives then giving up an animal especially since she has so much fun with the cat. it is worth a try to find out first. The kitten is only 2 pounds and it has only been 1 week
Gene
I just recently got a kitty. She wants to sleep in my daughters crib which is a huge NONO. If i shut my daughts door (which i hate doing)0 she crys continuesly outside of her room. My house isnt really big so no matter where i bring the kitty we can hear her. How do i keep her out of the crib since cats dont seem to listen and understand that great?
Of couse my daughter is more important then a cat but sometimes there are other alternatives then giving up an animal especially since she has so much fun with the cat. it is worth a try to find out first. The kitten is only 2 pounds and it has only been 1 week
Gene
March 30th, 2009 at 5:15 am
Valerie
Get rid of the cat. I had to. They have been known to suffocate babies.
March 31st, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Kathy
You should have waited to get the kitty until your child was out of a crib. You may need to consider getting rid of it. (The cat, not the kid) It’s better to be safe than sorry : (
April 1st, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Kristin
make crib for cat
April 3rd, 2009 at 11:37 am
Virginia
get rid of the kitty. your babies life is more important
April 5th, 2009 at 7:32 am
Tara
let the kitten sleep with you or find it a good home. it is attracted to the smell of milk on your baby
April 5th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Veronica
get a spray bottle and fill it with water. when she is near the babies room spritz the cat with water.
worked for me
April 7th, 2009 at 3:24 am
Karl
First, get a behavioral book on cats.
Second, make your daughter’s room off-limits. Spray her with the squirt bottle (streaming, not misting) if you catch her in the crib. Get her a kitty tower with a bed and place catnip in the bed portion and rub it in all over. Give it a couple of weeks. If you still have probs, consult the behavior book.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Holly
Get an air horn. When the cat is in the crib and your child is not, give the cat a toot with the horn.. The cat will loose interest in the crib.
April 11th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Mario
Put the cat in another room with a litter box and some water at night. Yes, she will cry but she will get used to it. She loves your daughter which is very sweet but she can’t sleep in the crib. Would you consider getting another kitten to keep her company? Most cats do much better in pairs.
April 11th, 2009 at 9:56 am
Bonnie
Get a cage that is big enough for a small litter box and put the cat in it at night. If that doesnt work put the cat outside or in the bathroom just keep it away from the baby
April 12th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Carl
two things to maybe try, I tried this one, cats don’t like the sound of foil, I lined my counter loosely with foil sheets and when the cat jumped up of the counter the noise freaked her out, after a couple of jumps she stopped jumping on my counter. You could also try putting some blown up balloons in the babies crib (no baby!!!) when the kitty jumps int he crib, hopefully the balloon pops and scares kitty out of the room. I hope one of these suggestions helps, I would hate to see you get rid of kitty, but if nothing works you may have to. Good luck
April 14th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Alvin
All that superstious stuff isn’t true.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Sarah
You don’t need to get rid of the kitty, you should shut the kitty in the room with you, and then when you go to bed shut the kitty in the kitchen (assuming that’s where its food and litter tray is.) Kitties aren’t necessarily incompatible with babies, they can be really good, just shut it in the kitchen and leave your daughter’s door open.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Debbie
get rid of the cat they can suffoctate the baby get rid of the cat now
April 18th, 2009 at 2:22 am
Lynn
there is a netting made for cribs so that your cat can’t get into the crib. It has a zipper in the front. Not sure what company makes it. I have seen them in catalogs. spraying my cats with the water bottle worked great.
April 18th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Jared
Get rid of the kitty!!
April 21st, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Clinton
My friend had 2 cats when her baby boy was born and the only way that she could keep the cats out of the baby’s crib was by puting one of those hanging misquito nets all around the out side of the crib and closing is… now that he is older she took it down because she does not want him to put it down and he can now craw so there is really no reason to have it up b/c the cats are now trained that they cant get in there
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:04 am
Gary
Lay down some foil. When the cat jumps in, the sound will startle her and she will be afraid to go near the crib again.
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Michele
Why don’t you just get rid of the cat — isn’t your child more important than a cat ????????????
April 26th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Connie
I had a cat at the time my son was in a crib, and all it took really was me seeing her in there when he was….. I sort of freaked out and screamed bloody murder at the cat and chased her out of the room. She practically climbed the walls to get away, and never returned to that room. (there were times when she seemed like she was going to, and I just shouted a firm no, and she would not)
I think that depending on the cat and the family, cats make great pets with little ones around.
My son grew up learning to be very gentle with animals, since cats aren’t as rough and tumble as a dog. Now he approaches animals quietly and nicely– which is the safest way!!! He has also learned the concept of letting the cat come to him–i.e. building trust. I would continually talk to him about how the cat trusted him when she would come and sit with him, and he took pride in earning that… now my son is five, and the cat sits with him through a movie, sleeps at the end of his bed from time to time, and oddly enough, is a constant outside companion. (she walks behind my son wherever he goes outside— like a gaurd dog!)
I hope you can work this out, the water bottle idea has been tried and true for many. Of course you value your baby over your cat, but there’s no reason not to try to make it work– the two can be great for eachother!!!
April 29th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Pearl
Put a hanging misquito net above the crib,and then close the door and put tin foil by the door and have a spray bottle ready so if the cat doesnt respond to the foil you have a back up.And when the baby is in the crib and you want the door open the misquito net will prevent the cat from getting inside.
April 30th, 2009 at 12:34 am
Melinda
all i can say to that is get a crib tent works really good keeps cat out and baby in when they start to crawl out.any questions about it email me i have one that i used for my son and its in storage waiting for my daughter to make her first attempt on getting out
May 3rd, 2009 at 3:26 am
Lynn
I agrre you should not have to get rid of the cat. Shutting the door is a good idea. If the cat cries out side the room,get a water squirt bottle and squirt the cat. It is a harmless way of teaching the cat to shush. If the cat is quiet pat it. Positive reinforcement. Works for animals…works for kids ( and I don’t mean the squirting water bit the postive reinforcment) it wont take too long for the cat to stop. I used this method on my cat because at the age of 8 she began meowing in the middle of the night and wouldn’t stop. She eventually got use to the water so I added a small amount of lemon juice she hated that and soon stopped meowing. If you add lemon juice make sure you don’t squirt near the face in case it goes in the eyes
May 6th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Juan
GET RID OF CAT!!!!!!!
May 7th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Judith
You can’t… Trust me. I have to cats, sleeping in my bed every night. HOwever how many times i will put them down or even in their own “corner” they’ll come again and again and again till i get bored of getting rid of them and i’ll say “ok, sleep here…”
May 10th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Tammy
You should give away the cat. If you really do want to then spray your cat with water every time the cat tries to get into the crib. You must close the baby’s bedroom door. I am not sure if the baby is the one crying or the cat, you didnt make that clear. If the baby cries when you close the door sit quietly in the room until the baby falls asleep, then shut the door and leave.
If the cat is crying spray the cat with water so the cat will learn not to cry. put the cat in the basement or close the cat in another room.
May 14th, 2009 at 4:04 am
Melanie
There is a special dome netting that you can buy to put over the crib to keep the cat out. My brother and sister-in-law had this very occurance.