Any problems with jealousy with your cats and a new baby?

I had this awesome cat, probaly the coolest cat i have ever known and i had to give him to a friend because of jealousy issues. I had my son and he started to hide a lot. After a while he started peeing on EVERYTHING that smelled like my son. The final straw for me was when i was going to lean down to set my son into his infant seat and my cat jumped in it right in front of me and peed IN the carseat. I couldn't believe it, he never had problems like this until i had my son. I even tried to make sure that i paid extra attention to him so that he wouldn't feel neglected but it didn't matter, he just flat out did not like the new baby in the house. =\ I still miss that kitty, but i couldn't have a kitty around peeing on everything when there is a baby roaming the house. :(

I have similar problems with my cats as well.....when I approached my doctor about this,he told me to allow the cat around the baby,especially when feeding them and then they won't have a negative response to you or the baby as it grows.....I had 5 kids all together and when the second was born,the cat slept with him and became overprotective towards them.....if you keep the cat away from the baby,the cat can and may become over jealous and will need to be watched twice as much around the baby.....let him know he's loved but don't shelter him from getting to know the baby

I have heard and this was way back when that you have to watch that your cat doesn't smother the baby. I guess that has happened before. I've had cats with my kids and there has never been a problem. I would definitely think that its pooping out of the litter box is a problem because they are normally such a clean animal and only go in their litter. Now one cat we had a few years ago went outside the litter box but only once and she ended up being really sick so I hope that is not the case. I don't know what to tell you. Its an odd thing to have happen.

It is a jealousy thing, she don't want to share her space. When they potty here and there that is their way of marking their terrority. My dog does the same thing. But be careful with a cat around a baby it is said that a cat can take a babies breath away. I don't know if this is true but I never gave it a chance to find out.

Hai, this is quite, natural tendency of all human beings, including animals....before the birth of ur son u would have taken more care over the cat...but this would had been reduced as soon as your son had born.....you are really helpless, as your attention is needed by your kid.....in this stage only u should be very carefull...your loveble cat should not get a chance to think, that you are not giving the attention to it as before.....this will definetely make the cat go wild...if your cat coms near u, when u have your kid in lap...dont ever shoo it off...just give a little attention to your pet .....make her feel that you are giving first priority to her, and then to your kid......you do this for few days........in the following days she will take care of your kid , when you are busy with your work THIS WILL WORK OUT, IMPLEMENT THIS FROM TODAY

I have a 5 month old, and we have three cats, and NO jealousy! If anything the cats are super protective of the lil guy and run to him and sit near him when he starts to cry. When we first started bring baby stuff into the house, I would spray them with a water bottle to keep them away. I did this for 10 days and they have never jumped on or in anything since. They are absolutely wonderful around him!!!

my son is actually jealous of the new puppy but my baby isnt even 2 years old yet. figure ill just let me be with each other and eventually they will get use to it

I got my friend..she is in love with cats,she got 10 of them...one year ago she had a baby..the cats are very jealous about her...but when baby was born,they accepted him very well...cats even protect him now...when my friend starts screaming a lit bit on baby or saying something bad cats are comming and biting or nailing my friend...they also play with her son and are nit jelous about him...cats are very inteligent animals..

I think it is a jealousy matter because even when dogs feel that their masters are giving more attention to other animals or babies they too starts acting in the same way.

i do not have a baby and i do not have a cat, so i am fine. No problem for me

Hmm. You know, I do, but it's a little different. My cat was just a few months old when my son was born, so they're growing up together. See, my son....he's HER baby! She's very protective of him. She's acts pretty much the same with me, but she decided she just flat out doesn't like my husband. I told him she only has room for one boy in her life and he isn't it! She'll entertain him for hours, just running back and forth from the bedroom to the kitchen, stopping to jump on the loveseat and bat at him. She has gotten ahold of him with those nails a couple times, but nothing deep or....I guess intetional? malicious? It's all been while they were playing, and it's never been enough to make him cry or even notice. We co-sleep, and we have to make sure either he is down about a foot from the head of the bed, or that I am, because she curls up in a little ball right above him. When he had cradle cap, she'd even lick his head and try to lick it off! So we've really been lucky to not have any jealousy issues. Oh, and my mom had a cat that was overprotective of my niece when she was a newborn. If the cat didn't know you and you went near the baby, she'd attack! She would get all puffed up, start growling, and just fly at people she didn't know! I have a feeling if my cat ever felt like someone was threatening "her" boy, she'd attack too.

My son is 3 months old. I have 2 cats who are 4 1/2 and 6 years old, and my sister in law, who lives in our basement also has 2 cats who visit us, who are 5 and 11 years old. We haven't had any problems with them and our son. I think this is because my girlfriend makes sure her cats still get attention. Both of our cats still sleep with her and the baby every night. He sleeps beside her and both of the cats are by her feet. If she's feeding him in her arms, her cats can still sit on her lap or behind her head and cuddle. I think her cats get as much attention now, with the new baby, as they did before he came along.

I've seen it. Weird stuff. I'm sure they grow out of it.

I think you need to teach your cat to see your child as a higher-up in the family not just another pet. I'm sure you can find many tips and methods to help you out on the internet just use a search engine.

well i havent had a baby but my family has just had a baby boom and there was like five babies born and alot of them had cats already before the baby and i have visited the houses just to find out that the cats either want to play or they just hide away all day most of them hid all day

each time my cousin(one year) comes it start miauing and miau adn miau and miau

you emotional attachment with the baby increases that generate these feelings

no baby no cat no problem!!!!!!!!!!