We had four cats at the time the boys were born. We had Bamboo, who was our old girl, 13 years old, and very sick with diabetes, since passed away. We also had Betty, 10 years old and very shy, and TC and Larry, each about two years of age and bossy and energetic (above photo).
A popular topic of conversation throughout the pregnancy was how the cats would react to the babies. We predicted that Bamboo and Betty would hate them and hide all the time, and that Larry and TC would be very excited and would try to be with the babies as much as possible, which was much worse. It was actually fairly anticlimactic. After a few minutes of arched backs and sniffing from Bamboo and Betty, they pretty much ignored the whole situation. Larry and TC were initially very excited by the crib and the pack'n'play, mostly because they were new fabulous places to try and sleep (NOT ALLOWED!) but they have pretty much ignored the boys unless there is a lot of crying, in which case they look disgusted and stomp away.
The babies of course have not yet paid any attention to the cats, but that will change, oh yes, cats beware, make the most of your lives now........
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