I love animals and remember growing with them around me ( not refering to my family :-p ). Would love to get a cat but have a baby in the house 3.5 months old.
Would love to get some tips and sugestions about it, wether it is advisble to wait and until what age. It's definately going to be a cat which does not shed.
Thanks.
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Make sure that the cat can't get into the room where the baby is sleeping (put a fastening on the door if it is the kind that just pushes open). A baby isn't strong enough to push a cat away if the animal climbs on top of him/her.
Teach your toddler respect for animals if you can. When my son was about 2, I heard a low chuckling sound from the next room and found him on his knees and elbows face to face with the cat, whom he was holding in position by the whiskers. Poor Puss was wriggling about and clearly distressed - a couple of seconds more and he would have realized that he was stuck and the only way out would be a swift scratch to the face.
Otherwise, cats are great!
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We have 2 cats. One is great ad best of buddies with our 2 yr old. The other one hates kids. It is good to have any pets when the baby is still young, as they get used to the noise, crying, screaing and torture they get. Our daughter lays on top of the one as a pillow. The one that dislikes kids is older and had never been around kids.
My friends has 2 cats around 1 and year old, and a 3 month old baby. The cats are curious, but while the baby is still so young, you just have to keep an eye on them all
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You can also get a 'cat net' for the baby's cot - I've seen them in Bumps to Babes. Strong enough to stop the cat getting into bed with the baby just in case they sneak into the room. Cats just love a warm small soft bundle to cosy up with!
Having pets around at an early age can also help kids avoid allergies / sensitivity to animals/hair/dust etc at a later age.
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Thanks a lot for the tips. My main concern was wether it is right to have a cat and a 3-4 months old baby and I think I got the idea. Just have to find the right cat which does not shed its hair.
Thanks again
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If you get one from the shelter, ask for a 10 to 12 month old. Kittens will not work with babies. And any older, they may already be scared of Children. I've had cats since before my year old was born. He loves them to bits and I don't know how they put up with him dragging them aroudn the flat. He went through a period of bitting the cats tail when he started to teeth at 10 months and could final get to the cat. And it is a long haired cat. But my son never seemed to mind all the cat hair in his mouth. I was of course completely disgusted for both of them.
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did not realise there are any cats that do not shed hair? are there?
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Thanks for the tips again. It's definately going to one from a shelter- Scuba Chick. I find street cats to be the best character and stronger to handle children.
ldsllvn- As I always had only street cats which I adopted, I found that they don't shed as much as pure breeds, some didn't shed at all unless you actually pulled the hair.
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