Is anyone having issues with their cats getting into their infant's crib? My 4 1/2 month old is still sleeping in our room but we want to move him to his crib soon. I have caught both of our cats occasionally jumping in the crib and have immediately got them out. I also have laid aluminum foil in the crib to deter them, but that can only last until we actually put him in the crib. I want to buy a crib tent but I cannot find one that will fit our 4-in-1 convertible crib (with raised back). I know other people have bought a screen door to use to simply keep the cats out of the room. The cats sleep with us at night and have not ever tried to get into the pack-n-play where he currently sleeps and instead stay on our bed. One cat is particularly cuddly and has tried to cuddle with him before, so I'm just concerned when he is in his room, without my watchful eye, that she will jump in with him and try to cuddle. He can roll around a little and probably could move himself if she tried to lay on him, but I'm just concerned about it. Our other options are to keep baby's room closed at night or keep the cats in the basement. Any thoughts??
We just keep our daughter's door closed at all times, so the cat never gets in there. We have a monitor, so we can always here her, no need to keep her door open. Plus, I think she sleeps better that way - less noise & light.
Just let the cats do what they want. We have had a cat sleeping with our daughter since day 7 when we brought her home for the hospital. The cat's don't go near her face at all. If you try to keep them away from each other you will have more problems in the long run. We usually keep our daughters door closed and the cats out of there when she is down for the nap just because they want to roam the house all night.
We had the same issue and the aluminum thing didn't work for us. I was told to get some cardboard or poster board which I taped together the size of the crib and then I put tape all over it WRONG SIDE OUT. I used the heavy dute packing tape and put strips all over the cardboard then kept the piece laying on top of the mattress with the bed all made up with bumper and sheet just like it would be when the baby would be in there. I saw her jump in there a few times and her paws got kind of stuck to the tape and she spent a total of 6 seconds then jumped right out. We never had a problem after the 2nd time but kept it in the crib for about 2 months while the baby was in the bassinet.
She did go in the room alot when the baby was in the crib but never tried again to climb in. But I wasn't comfortable even with her in the room when I wasn't there so we started shutting the door like another responder said. Everytime she napped or slept or was in the room without us we shut the door. I just made sure I got a monitor that included a cordless piece I could take anywhere in the house and I turned it up enough to hear as many small sounds as I could. My daughter is 2 now and we've never had a problem with the cat. Of course now she's old enough to scare the dickens out of the cat so we don't even close her door all the way anymore but that's what worked for us. Hope it helps.
Our cats have always loved sleeping in the crib. I never figured out why; but with all four of our children we have had two different cats want to sleep in the crib (yes, even before the baby was ever in it). So; I don't know why. I always closed the baby's door at night and nap time and when the baby wasn't sleeping it the crib I layed a blanket down ontop of the sheet so the cat hair wouldn't get on the sheet. I personally wouldn't spend the money on the tent; when I priced them before they were very expensive. Best of luck. C.
We had this same issue when my kids were babies (21 months apart.) We also had two cats. The solution that I came up with was to put an inexpensive wooden screen door on their bedroom door. I left the solid door on as well, in case we needed to close the door. The screen door allowed us to hear and see the babies and for air flow to get through. The cats felt better because they could still see us when we went in there. The result was that my children had a "cat free" zone with no fur and neither one of them have cat allergies. (now aged 11 and 13.) Hope this helps!
