Well kept cats more often than not have a privileged relationship with children. However, to maintain this, you must constantly keep a watchful eye. Children love the presence of animals; A tender and playful kitten or cat are ideal companions for children. Taking care of a cat also helps them develop their senses of responsibility. However, when these relations with animals reveal a positive influence, it's important that they learn at a young age to be gentle with them, not to scare them and to respect them. An animal is not a toy and also requires rest and times of solitude. The child also needs to understand that it's best not to hold a cat tightly in their arms, instead to be content to just watch them.
With a baby
Avoid accidents:
A young child and a cat can perfectly live together. None the less it's best that their contact is limited. Although the baby becomes too beg to fall prey, it's still not strong enough to push a cat away, and could be at risk of accidental suffocation. For this reason, you must never leave a baby unsupervised or alone with a cat. Also, never let a cat sleep with or near a baby. Place the cats bed in another room. If you are expecting a baby clothes and linens.
Preventing jealousy :
Before the birth of the baby, accustom your cat to the changes that will take place. Avoid dedicating all your time to the cat, instead fixing a specific time each day especially for the cat after the arrival of the baby. Ask other family members to feed and take car of him, in order that he will not be too jealous of the time and attention you will be giving the baby. Cats are curious in nature. When the baby arrives, let your cat sniff and see the baby, always with surveillance. Let him satisfy his curiosity; show him the baby's things before putting them away.
With older children
Socialisation importance:
Certain cats will not like children. This reaction is often the result of a social process and not because of failure in the first weeks. A cat who is destined to live children should ideally have been raised in a busy environment and also should have had contact with children between the ages of seven weeks and tree mouth. If this is not the case, the cat could be timid, which could lead to aggressive behaviour. Plus a cat that is not social could mistaken. Moving legs as prey and attack children's feet or hands. This problem should be taken care of as soon as possible.
The kitten and child's:
In a large family, it's more judicious to adopt a kitten than an adult cat. It will be easier to raise and to control or cure his aggression, which will be much less dangerous. In spite of everything, young children should not be left alone with animals. Teach them not to scream in the cats ears, not to pull it's tail, drop him or suffocate him with kisses. Like violence, too much attention from the child could annoy the cat.
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