HELP! How to keep cats out of the crib

[evthing4reason]

We just got the nursery done this weekend and set up the crib (and the bassinet is in there for now) and on one of my many trips to pee last night one of  my cats was standing in the bassinet. We have an older house so the dooe needs to be kept open for heat to get in. What can we do to keep the cats out of the crib/bassinet?

[g8r grl]

My cats were all over the changing table and basinet until I brought my son home. They wanted nothing to do with him or anything that smelled like him, so you might get lucky.

I bought a crib tent before he was born, but it didn't fit the sleigh crib that I had so I took it back. I'm glad that I did because they never went in the crib again anyways..

To this day (he's 2 1/2) they don't even lay on his toddler bed...

[blueeyedtabbycat]

We got our cat right after I got pregnant with baby# 3 and it was a big concern of mine. Luckly and unluckly we only live in a 2 bedroom apartment so the crib is in our room. The cat loved being in the crib before baby came and I thought it was so cute, but realized I had to put my foot down. So every night I would chase her out of it , sometime more than 4 times in one night, but eventaly she got the point, I was still very nervose after he came home but I am such a light sleeper that every sound woke me. She stays out of it now, unless she is trying to get in the window and than she jumps in and out again onto the window seal. I agree about not shuting the door, I know you are supposed to do that at night in the rooms you sleep in but I couldnt stand not being able to hear my children if they woke up in the middle of the night or something. If your other ideas dont work I would try a crib tent and as someone already mentioned on here a screen door, I found one on craigslist and was very tempted to buy it.  It looked like a great idea and you can buy one that matches your decor so that it doesnt look tacky:) Good luck!!

[AnitaRFrith]

My cats are not allowed in the nursery.  We keep the door closed and we have baby monitors.  

[onna24]

I've had the same problem with our cats. The only thing I've found that doesn't work is the baby gate in the door way. Two gates stacked one ontop of the other and close to 6ft tall and both cats can easily jump up and over. Try looking into SssCat, its motion sensored and only goes off when the cat starts to walk by it. It would work to keep the cats out of the room and leave the door open without them associating you coming up to them while they're in there. I wouldn't put a heater in the room either, been too many house fires happen cause of those being left on.

[evthing4reason]

well from other info i read today on-line is that either putting the alumininum foil or cans in the crib or cardboard with double sided tape on it and it will only take one or two times in and they won't go anymore.
Also i read about peoples cats getting in the cribs before the baby came and one the baby came they never went in again
If all else fails i wll probably do the screen door thing, i had thought about that before

[cure65roses]

Well I thought my hubby's screen door idea was pretty clever also.  LOL

Even if the cat does have claws, it may try to climb the screen (unlikely since it's inside the house) but regardless, it keeps the cat out.  Mission Accomplished

I love my two cats, and I know it would be hard to get rid of them,  due to
A.) personal attachments, and
B) Who would take a grown cat off your hands anyway?  Doubt you could even pay someone to take them.  hmmmmm

It's a very good question you have here!