I'm at my wit's end with my 2 cats and 2 young children and just wondered if anyone had advice or thoughts.
We have 2 cats, a girl (haughty, keeps to herself, likes DH and I and that's it) and a boy (daft as a brush, greedy, desperate for strokes all the time but gets overwrought easily and bites or scratches) Both were adopted before we had children and both are indoor/outdoor with total freedom and the life of Reilly.
Along come 2 children now aged 4 and 2. Both are interested in the cats but have never been rough with them EVER. Both completely supervised around them and taught very carefully about being gentle etc. So far so good.
Except the cats, particularly boy cat, scratch or bite the kids on a fairly regular basis, usually without warning. The boy cat wants to muscle in on anything happening and gets totally over excited and scratches or bites whoever is closest to him. It's usually a very small nip and we just put him out the room and try not to make a fuss but it's getting harder to deal with. My older DC actively doesn't like the cats now 
Example, my DD(2) was playing in her play tent with her dollies. Boy cat comes along and comes into tent and starts butting his head into DD. She leaves tent and stands next to it. Cat put his paw under the edge of the tent and scratched her foot, drawing blood. Totally unprovoked, but boy cat had decided HE was playing in the tent. Aaargh!
What's going on? I know the cats aren't happy on some level but not sure how i can fix it? I can't continue with them hurting the children!