To those here who are both parents and cat owners, how did you get them to play well together? My cat doesn’t mind my baby, but my son gets so excited around the cat and will be too aggressive sometimes. This has resulted in the cat getting frustrated and he has tried to push the baby away a few times and scratched him in the process (nothing too serious).
Obviously we’ve taken steps to monitor their play time together and make sure both are behaving, but I’d like my son to learn to be gentle with the cat on his own without needing a reminder—for his own good honestly.
Thoughts? I don’t think declawing is right to do (it is cutting off the tip of the cat’s fingers, not just the claws) so we’re not looking at that as an option.
Obviously we’ve taken steps to monitor their play time together and make sure both are behaving, but I’d like my son to learn to be gentle with the cat on his own without needing a reminder—for his own good honestly.
Thoughts? I don’t think declawing is right to do (it is cutting off the tip of the cat’s fingers, not just the claws) so we’re not looking at that as an option.