What do people do to stop cat going into baby's room?

[iwouldgoouttonight]

DD is 12 weeks and we're thinking of moving her to her own room as she is sleeping quite well but very noisily and I'm finding I'm awake half the night listening to her while she is fast asleep! But if we put her in her room and close her door and ours I'm worried I won't hear her until she is crying really loudly. But I don't want to leave the doors open in case the cat goes in.

Thought about keeping the monitor on all night but then it kind of defeats the object of her being in her own room as I'll still hear her anyway.

What does anyone else with pets do? Could shut her in the dining room all night if we put litter tray and food in there but seems a bit mean.

What is your concern with the cat going in there? (I am not being difficult, just wanting more detail to see if I can think of a cunning solution!)

We keep our monitor on but just turn it down and it doesn't disturb us.

We always shut our cat downstairs bit with access to the cat flap.

Keep her door shut and leave yours open?

i sat with a water pistol for about a day and every time either of our cats went near DS's moses basket or cot they got a squirt. didn't take long for them to realise what was happening and avoided both like the plaque.

that makes me sound really mean doesn't it. I'm not honestly i just didn't want the cats to smother ds and the water didn't hurt them (they were quick learners)

Unless she's in the East Wing and you in the West, IME one wakens very easily when a baby cries - you're kind of "tuned in" even when sleeping. Close the doors, turn down the monitor and sleep while she does.

KingCanuteIAm - I don't want to be worrying about the cat getting into the moses basket or knocking it over. She doesn't tend to go near DD but I'd still worry!

Monitor turned down low seems a good idea. We don't have a cat flap so leaving the cat in one room probably not a good idea - she wouldn't like it.

Don't really want to leave our door open as the cat tends to walk all over us and keeps me awake more!

Can you put the moses basket in the cot? I always heard mine through 2 closed doors, never bothered with a monitor - first cry and I was wide awake!

For your own peace of mind while she is still young, i't shut cat downstairs while baby is asleep. Cats love anything warm to sleep on!

I doubt the cat will harm a 3month old baby but I do understand you worrying about the bassinet getting knocked over.

The water pistol idea is a good one actually, cats can be trained, they are intelligent creatures although it may take some time for them to make the link and I am guessing you want a quicker solution than that!

I think the low monitor would be the simplest solution.

I know someone who used one of those nets around the cot (like a mosquito net but decorative) to stop the cat climbing in but that wouldn't stop the cat trying in the first place which could still knock over a bassinet on a stand.