many congratulations to the new love of your life!
Jealousy of cats towards newborns is not totally unheard of... a few decades before Tiktok, after the birth of my first child, our cat consistently turned her back on me when I entered the room with baby in my arms. After realising that the annoying new member of the family was there to stay, she left in a huff and moved in with our neighbour upstairs. From then onwards, Pauline (the toffee-nosed feline) could frequently be seen sitting in the neighbour's kitchen window enjoying the view down on us from her superior perch 😅
Thank you! Yes we have feared she might move out... My partner has even bought her a new climbing frame and radiator seat to try and convince her to stay. Luckily our neighbour has a baby too so think we're safe!
Congratulations Sam! Love to you and the family. We have two cats that rule our house and we’re about to introduce a collie puppy into the mix. This post has filled me with both joy (for you and your family) and dread (about what the cats will think)
My wife and I had our baby last January and we saw the same thing with our dog. Especially the physical changes. She seemed to age more in the first few months of our baby's life than she had in the last three years. She can no longer jump up on the couch, and we have to carry her down the stairs from our apartment when we take her outside. It's been really sad to see.
Maybe it was some sort of oddly-timed coincidence, but it definitely seemed to us to be caused by the change in dynamics with the baby's arrival.
Thanks for the post, and congrats on your little one! 🙂
This post is really great and cat ego death actually sounds plausible but hey if your cat isn't eating and molting in a weird time of year could it maybe be physically sick?
many congratulations to the new love of your life!
Jealousy of cats towards newborns is not totally unheard of... a few decades before Tiktok, after the birth of my first child, our cat consistently turned her back on me when I entered the room with baby in my arms. After realising that the annoying new member of the family was there to stay, she left in a huff and moved in with our neighbour upstairs. From then onwards, Pauline (the toffee-nosed feline) could frequently be seen sitting in the neighbour's kitchen window enjoying the view down on us from her superior perch 😅
Thank you! Yes we have feared she might move out... My partner has even bought her a new climbing frame and radiator seat to try and convince her to stay. Luckily our neighbour has a baby too so think we're safe!
Congratulations Sam! Love to you and the family. We have two cats that rule our house and we’re about to introduce a collie puppy into the mix. This post has filled me with both joy (for you and your family) and dread (about what the cats will think)
Thanks boss! We dream of a dog but the house is too small. One trauma for the cat at a time I think.
I AM SO EXCITED TO READ THIS (sorry, joni)
My wife and I had our baby last January and we saw the same thing with our dog. Especially the physical changes. She seemed to age more in the first few months of our baby's life than she had in the last three years. She can no longer jump up on the couch, and we have to carry her down the stairs from our apartment when we take her outside. It's been really sad to see.
Maybe it was some sort of oddly-timed coincidence, but it definitely seemed to us to be caused by the change in dynamics with the baby's arrival.
Thanks for the post, and congrats on your little one! 🙂
This post is really great and cat ego death actually sounds plausible but hey if your cat isn't eating and molting in a weird time of year could it maybe be physically sick?
(also yes, the pride of the first newborn weigh-in. Those 80 grams on birth weight remain my finest ever achievement.)