Page 6 - DoggieRescue CATS E-Magazine May 2019

6 MAY 2019 DOGGIERESCUE.COM CATS E-MAGAZINE

• SPOTLIGHT ON THE NEW ARRIVAL Cats and babies can co-exist harmoniously

Preparing for a new baby with pet cats
By Amelia Spence

When you’re going to be blessed with a new human Preparing for baby and home time
arrival and already have been blessed with beautiful fur Cats are creatures of habit and they enjoy being in a
babies, you can often be confronted by well meaning routine with little change. When preparing for a noisy new
friends and relatives asking, “When are born it is a good idea to try to expose the
you getting rid of the cat?”. There is a cat to this change before the baby arrives.
lot of prejudice and misinformation out “ Wow! You’re Try to set up the baby’s furniture sooner
there about having a cat with children, pregnant! When rather than later, and let the cats know
moving from the pregnancy to infancy that this furniture is off limits. Bassinets
and beyond. Although this prejudice is are you getting can be purchased which have a mosquito
often unfounded it can result in scared netting over the top, which can act to
parents giving up their beloved pets. rid of the cat?” deter a curious cat and limit the possibility
There are several steps which can be that the cat will jump into the baby’s bed
taken in order to smooth the transition (a similar contraption can also be bought
for your pets to get used to a new arrival. for cots). Litter trays can also be purchased which act as