Babies,pets and co-sleeping! - Page 2

[WaitingForKiddos]

Another vote for trust your instincts about your particular cat. Our cat sleeps with us and always has. Before I met Dh Frank (the cat) would sleep at my pillow. Then Dh and lots of smooching came and he went to the foot on my side. Now the baby is in our bed and poor Frank is stuck with Dh's side...which isn't much because dh is 6'1. Poor Frank!!

Seems like many cats avoid babies all together. Frank has gone in to smell Ds's toes once when ds was in the bouncy seat, covered, with only his toes exposed. That's all he needed to do to know that yes, the loud annoying creature was human.

[quietmim]

I also have to say that the idea that the cat would smother the baby is not something I thought about at all. My cats totally avoided the baby when she was small.

For me, the biggest thing is that because I co-sleep, I am RIGHT THERE. My baby, especially when she was an infant, didn't roll over, burp, or even whine without me being aware of it. I would know if the cat was anywhere near her. For me and my family, there is no way the cat would injure my baby with me inches away. I am a light sleeper, though, to be sure. I am actually feeling jealous thinking of people who are able to sleep so soundly that they might not know where the cat was in relation to the baby.

I do believe this is a case of know yourself, know your cat, know your baby, and trust your instincts.

[gemasita]

Ok, our baby isn't here yet but we plan on co-sleeping and I can't IMAGINE that either of our cats would want to sleep near a squirmy baby. Our cats do sleep with us but I imagine they will be at the foot of the bed or if it's too noisy, they will end up on the floor or out of the room. If we had a cat that liked to snuggle with the baby, then maybe I would rethink things but I think most cats try to keep some distance from something that wiggles off and on all night long.

[Friday13th]

First, I think this falls under the category of "things that are none of your doctor's buisness"
Second, we have two cats and they wanted NOTHING to do with either baby. When it's really cold they snuggle by our feet but a couple of middle of the night screaming fits killed any desire they might have had to go anywhere near the horrible loud things we keep bring home.