I keep thinking about our cats and how on earth we are going to keep them out of the nursery - specifically the crib - when LO gets here. I love my kitties to death but they shed, knock things over constantly, and scratch on everything and I would like to keep the nursery "kitty free."
They are so curious, and they can climb/jump over anything. I'm worried that I'll have to keep the door shut all the time in there. The crib part gets me though. Should I buy a crib tent that goes over it?
What are you all doing if you have cats?
Re: Keeping the cats out of the nursery
We're going to get a crib tent.
We have 3 cats that totally rule the house but obviously the crib is off limits. I can't see constantly keeping the door closed so the crib tent should serve the purpose.
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anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
mabel . august 2012
i was worried about the same thing.. fortunately my cat has been easy to train regarding certain things so for the past 2 months we have kept the nursery door shut (it's an accordian style door) and we have put a baby gate up against it since she knows how to open it. she wasn't happy at first but is now starting to realize that the room is off limits.
at first when i would go in there she'd try to sneak in, but now she doesn't bother she just sits and watches what i do from outside.
we have let her in there twice while we supervised so she could smell the furniture and check things out which i think helped
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If they are already jumping into it you can put foil down on the mattress and when they jump in it will scare them. We had to do this with our PNP that is set up in our room.
Just as a precaution our cats will be locked out of out room if Henry is sleeping in it and they will always be shut out of his room.
I was going to say this exact thing, although we won't use this b/c we don't have kitties. They said it worked great, but you just have to watch for holes because my friends cats would claw they're way up the screen!
We've set up the crib without a mattress, and the cats have showed no interest. So we'll set the mattress in there soon, and let them get used to it. We'll also put aluminum foil in it. I like the balloon idea. Might try that, too.
We'll keep the door closed when baby's sleeping, but I don't think the cats will come near the baby for a while.
We are going to keep the nursery door shut at all times. A screen is not a bad idea. Our kitty is declawed so it might work.
My concern is while the baby is sleeping in our room in the bassinet. Our cat sleeps with us. I guess we will have to shut our door as well. The only problem with that is that she has learned to knock on the door if it is closed, so sleeping with be problematic.