Do you let cats in children’s room overnight?

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Do you let your cats in your children’s room overnight and if you do from what age (of the child, not the cat). Our cat has had free rein of the house at night but has never shown any interest in getting in DDs cot. DD is now in a bed and not sure if we should lock the cat up downstairs overnight so he doesn’t wake her. He does come in our room and often wakes us.

Thanks all for the responses!

My DD is almost 3 so might be a bit young to have the cat sleeping in her bed. He does like to sleep in her room sometimes but so far hasn't shown any desire to get close to her. When DD was born we tried to lock the cat out of our room as I was a bit of paranoid FTM but he could open most of the doors and would meow loudly so we gave up. After having her cot in our room for 18 months and the cat showing no interest in it we didn't worry about the cat going in her room while she was in the cot as he never bothered her and usually gets on our bed and wakes DH when he is bored or hungry. If we were to lock him downstairs now we would probably need to get some sort of lock on the living room door (or a good doorstop?) to stop him opening it.

Some of the responses did make me wonder if I should be closing the door to DDs room at night anyway for fire safety. I'm just a bit concerned that I won't be able to hear her as well if she gets up and she wouldn't be able to come and get us if needed as she can't open the door yet.

You can just use a monitor? My 5yo still has a monitor. Absolutely doesn’t need one but it makes her feel safer than she can call for us easily if she needs us. It’s 100% fire safety guidance to close bedroom doors at night. I insist for the kids but ours is open just a crack to keep the damn cats happy 🤣