Introducing cat to new baby

[harrietm87]

I've got a gorgeous and very spoilt 7 year old cat. We rescued him when he was 5 weeks old and I think because of this he has some issues. He's extremely affectionate with me - very needy and clingy - but can bite and scratch others if they try to pet him when he isn't up for it. When he's met children of friends though he's tended to completely avoid them.

Anyway, I'm 40 weeks pregnant. We moved house and started a renovation project 6 months ago that is only just finished, so he's had loads of disruption recently and as a result I haven't done any of the prep stuff I planned to do - like playing crying baby sounds and getting DH to give him more affection.

I just wondered how you introduced your cat(s) to new babies, whether you did anything special and how your cat coped? (Obviously never planning to leave the baby and cat alone together).

Our 2 dcats avoided ds for at least a year!! They are best friend now he is 3.7!!
Many moons ago I had it borrow a big pram that only fit by the front door of our flat.
Got to the bottom of the St and saw the cover moving - dcat had found a cosy bed!!
Never had a dcat sleep near a moving /loud / smelly baby though!!.

quick reply-I was told to rub the cat scent on the babies crib, when you are with the baby, fuss the cat too, play crying sounds, have some exclusive fuss time for the cat, give the cat a refuge, praise the cat, sorry for the quickness, ive got the now 17 week old baby next to me so typing one handed.
My cat was also a rescue but we only got him a couple of months before which in hindsight was a mistake but circumstances meant he would have been PTS if we hadn't have homed him-I think the disruption in decorating has affected him more than the baby.