Too many times I have encountered people who believe that mixing cats and babies or small children is dangerous.
Unfortunately, cats are abandoned every year when women become pregnant because of an unjustified fear of toxoplasmosis.
The problem is that today many gynecologists still recommend to get rid of cats when you are pregnant. When really all you have to do is wash your hands after cleaning the feces out of the cat’s litter box or ask your partner to clean the litter box during those months… End of complication!
For a cat, two things are extremely important: territory and stability. Obviously, with the arrival of the baby, both things will be altered, the cat is an animal whose behavior is based on conserving and preserving its stable territory. This is what gives it happiness and tranquility.
Ideally, before the arrival of the baby at home, we should let our cat smell the new things we buy for our child, so that it becomes familiar with them. What we always have to avoid is that he thinks they are things for him, especially the crib.
When the baby arrives home, we must let the cat approach the new tenant (while we are in front of him), and try not to scare him. After a few days, it will be used to the new member of the family.
Can a newborn baby have cats around?
Yes, and it is a good thing, as long as they are supervised. The only thing we have to prevent at first is that the cat does not sleep with our baby. Otherwise, there is a lot of research suggesting that children who have been raised with pets in the first year of their lives have a lower incidence of allergies later in life.
“Cats can spread diseases to our baby.”
That is a false myth. There are very few diseases that a cat can transmit to a human. It is quite rare for a cat to infect us with anything, with another person being more likely to give us some disease. We simply have to make sure that our cat is dewormed.
In any case, to be calmer, it is advisable to go to the vet, check that the cat is healthy and avoid the cat going outdoors during pregnancy, with the help of our nets you will prevent the cat from going outdoors giving you more peace of mind during pregnancy and when the baby comes home.
