Keeping the cat out of the crib - cat net no use!

[runtus]

Anyone know of a way to keep the cat out of the crib we have for the new baby?? Unfortuantely we have a cat that seems to be very pleased we have bought him his own bed at last and doesn't seem to understand that it isn't actually for him........

Tried a cat net but he just jumps on it and then it collapses inwards onto the mattress. Not such a problem now but can forsee problems in 4 weeks when the baby arrives!

I either need a net that ties onto the sides, so it can't slip - or another detterent to keep the menace away.......any ideas????

my aunt found her cat asleep on top of me when i was 8 weeks old so i'd definitely be in the shut him out of the room mindset, they can be attracted to the smell of the milk apparently.

i love my cat, but i love my dd more so when it comes to decisions involving the 2 of them dd always wins. that said, my cat keeps clear of her for the most part the closest he came to lying on her was huffily perching on the opposite end of the couch to her during her naps and even then he ran like the blazes when she woke up!

WSell, I have been and bought some supplies to reinforce the net.............so wish me luck girls! I have decided to make the net more sturdy so that if Stan sits on it it can't collapse into the crib.

So we have a) some lengths of stick and sew velcro -to attach the net to the sides of the crib and b) some lightweight but strong wooden poles - to affix width ways accross the net so it always sits on top of the crib sides.

All I have to do now is actually make the damn thing . Feels like I am on the Krypton Factor

My cat would try to sleep in the crib/pram whatever before the baby arrived and we were just setting it all up.

When the baby arrived he expressed his extreme displeasure by peeing everywhere - fav places were anything to do with the baby (had to throw out baby seat etc and buy new stuff) and then he moved on to the fruit bowl, school bags, my shoes......

Spoke to the vet who said it was jealousy (he had already been done, so it wasn't a male dominence thing).

We now keep him shut out of the house (not easy now weather warmer) and are looking for a baby-free home for him.

Hope Stan takes the new arrival better than Arthur did!

runtus, if that doesn't work, we simply banned the cat from the room where dd slept, and put a a hook and eye type latch on the door so that we could latch the door ajar without letting the cat in.

Runtus, I can't even begin to imagine how ridiculous that must sound to anyone but a cat lover. Good luck with it and let us know if it works as I'm already dreading banning Janet from the bedroom for the next baby, which isn't even conceived yet!