Toddler and new kitten

[Markham1995]

My manager needed to rehome her t month kitten due to her DD being allergic. We decided to adopt the kitten. DS was so excited and happy he loves the kitten however! He is very loud and doesnt play with him calmly.. he does attempt to stroke the kitten and make a point of the kitten being there but occasionally hes pushed the kitten away. I'm now worried the kitten might attack him as the kitten is partically blind, new, worried and scared. Feel like a bad mum now 🤣

Hmmm Wolfiefan should I listen to you or the other person who commented that actually has children and works for cat protection.

Why dont you go and piss someone else off because quite Frank you're becoming a bit irritating. I'm not even taking any of advice anyway!

Thank you everlasting, means a lot.

Your opening post was vague and worrying so it's no wonder people have reacted OP

You talk about your kitten "attacking" your child - it won't but it will defend itself especially given its condition and a roudy noisy frightening child running around

The only advice I can offer is - limit the interactions between the two. Distance play only - rolling balls etc. I'm Not a fan of the flat hand things to be honest - DD was taught to hold her hand out and if the cat wanted to be stroked it would come to her and butt it's head against her hand. I wouldn't have let her stroke the cat of her own volition at that age nor the cats age as neither understand the cues that the other has had enough - lots of cats will nip or swat when they've had enough. You don't know your child or your cat well enough to predict how it will react when playing or when it wants to be left alone. It's taken 4 years for us to be comfortable with DD approaching and handling 3 of our cats. One I won't ever be comfortable with because he does swat/nip when he's had enough and there is generally No warning.

Let the cat dictate - if he's interested in your child and wants to initiate contact then let him otherwise let him alone

You literally posted that you're worried because your son doesn't play gently and calmly with your partially blind kitten you're worried he will get hurt.

People responded saying he shouldn't be playing with a partially blind kitten due to his age, especially if he isn't gentle and calm around it (which you said) and you've chosen to focus on the posts you take as a slight on your character while ignoring constructive criticism.

People are repeating back to you what you said. Chill. Be open to the fact you are not the right home for a partially blind kitten and that the kitten is likely scared at the moment which is upsetting, presumably you find that upsetting which is why you're lashing out.

I'm sure you took it in with good intentions but that doesn't mean it is the right decision long term. Try to be open to the thoughts of experienced cat owners instead of getting angry.

Just keep an eye when they're together. Little kids will get excited by the kitten that's all, they obviously don't intend to hurt them but accidentally can sometimes. It's nice you're giving this cat a forever home and it sounds very loved

Thank you Cosmo30, he does excited but hes more relaxed now hes not weak in his legs anymore to see the kitten x

I don't have anything useful to add OP but I just wanted to say that it was very kind of you to take the kitten and want to offer it a stable home after being rehomed two times already in just a few months!!
Really happy for the kitten!

I think the problem is, your OP was very vague and the age of the kitten was totally missed out. All you said was you had a high energy toddler and a partially sighted kitten and that you were worried someone would get hurt. There was no mention of the (great) things you're doing to make sure the interaction between them is safe.

Of course you can have kittens with children and your follow-up posts clearly show you're doing the right thing - it will just take time and patience, that's all