Babies and boisterous cats!!

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I have two beautiful but very mischievous cats. If anything new comes into the house they are on/in it straight away. They regularly break things and are major attention seekers.

I have recently had twins. In the warmer months my cats like to spend a lot of time outside anyway, so they haven't been inside the house much. When they have, it's taken planning to make sure that the babies and their bedding/toys/feeding stuff is well out of the way. This is difficult as we live in a small, open plan house! The thing is, the weather won't be like this forever and they will soon want to spend more time indoors.

The cats have been introduced to the babies from a safe distance, but I can't see how we can let them have free run of the house again... They will be all over the babies, and i worry about the germs as well (on bedding, play mats etc).

I love my cats to pieces and want them fully in our lives, which is what they deserve. Does anyone have advice?

We have two cats and one baby, but the cats are indoor only. One is old grumpy man, one is 2yo crazy tiger. Neither cat cares about the baby (they do hunt the baby toys though). We live in one room flat.

I'd start by having the cats in a room while the babies are non-mobile. That means the chance of any serious mess is less. Maybe in a bouncer, on a play mat etc. Play with the cats, so they lose some energy, preferably in the morning (cats are nocturnal and more mischievous in the evening). See how it goes.

As for germs, I mean you can try and limit the amount of time the cats spend on the baby mats/changing mats/buggies etc but your best bet is have both cats neutered, vaccinated, dewormed and flea-treated every 6 months. The rest the cats will do themselves.

A word of wisdom too - if you can put the litter tray somewhere hard to access, will save you rushing after the babies trying to stop them eating the cats stones (not that it ever happens in our household).