Mommy's who have Cats at home with newborns..

 Was curious to know how do you keep your cats out of the baby's crib? I have 3 cats at home and well me and hubby put the crib up last weekend and the cats love to lay in it now . Now how am I going to keep them out of the crib when the baby is born?? I live in a one bedroom apartment and well the cats run the house. I can always close the bedroom door while baby sleeps...except when I sleep at night the cats lay in bed with us..and if I shut them out..my one kitty loves to cry all night long if I do not let her in the room. What to do?  Plus I am nervous if I have baby in bouncy seat in our living room and say I decide to take a nap while she is napping..in her bouncy seat..would the cats climb and sit on her then too? I can see now I am going to ******vous mommy and not be able to sleep good cause Ill be so watching to make sure my cats do not suffocate my baby girl. 

I have 3 cats at home and when Matthew was little they were a little bit curious of him.  But, they just smelled him and walked away.  They did use to lay in his crib before he was born.  But once he arrived they stopped.....I guess they just knew.  They never paid much attention to him.   Now he chases them all over the house yelling kitty kitty all the time.

 aawwwee that is so cute..that is what I am hoping for that once baby girl comes they will just smell her and not be around her at all.

I have 2 cats and a dog. We keep a baby gate up in the baby's room, and the cats know they can't go in there. As for the living room etc we have been practicing with a doll and we squirt the cat when it gets too close to the baby stuff. They have learned the difference very quickly, I can leave the carrier out on the floor and they just walk right by it now.

 I have 2 cats at home.  We ALWAYS keep Alex's bedroom door closed and we also trained the cats to not sleep in our bedroom.  They used to cry at our door, so for a while we put them in the basement (finished) at night but soon they learned that if they didn't cry at our door they would have free run of the house.  

Truthfully, my cats stay FAR away from my son.  Even as a newborn they came close to inspect but soon backed away and never come near him now.  If you have a jealous tendency cat then I'd keep an eye on that one, but I'd suspect your cats will be fine.  

 I have two females and one male..My male cat loves to be always next to me and on my lap and I believe he has jealousy tendencies. I am worried about him more than the girls. Since Ive gotten pregnant hes been puking alll over my house and making messes for us. As if he knows hes going to be sharing me with the baby and hes not liking it at all. He has even came in our room at night and just laid on my face and has taken my breathe away with laying on me and its like he has to lay on my face or my neck and its annoying and I have to keep moving him. And he still curls up to me around my face. 

My baby isn't here yet, but I have two cats. I have one cat who is curious but skittish... she hates loud noises so I have a feeling she'll be spending a lot of time hiding under the bed at first.

My other cat is really affectionate and loves to lay on laps, etc. He's never laid on my chest or face, though. I really can't imagine that he would smother the baby once she's here.

I have allowed my cats to investigate the baby's room and crib, but I keep the door closed the majority of the time.

I have heard stories where kitties will smell the milk on baby's breath and be attracted to that and the warmth of the baby and lay on baby and smother baby. I can imagine that doesn't happen too often but if you are worried you could always try something like this:

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 Thanks for the replies and I was wondering if they had tents for cribs. Awesome. 

Cats are pretty good around babies actually. They turn into little "mommies". They are just curious because of the new bed and checking it out. If anything if they do decide to be napping partners you will see they will stay away from their face etc...basically sleep by their feet. If they do get close by their face dont shoo them away, they are sniffing out the new owner, checking the smell out. They have to do a meet and greet with the baby too. The cats will be a cheap source of entertainment when baby gets older especially when start to crawl.

My cat I had when my baby brother was born, she crawled into his bassinet and fell asleep. Mom went to put him in there she thought she would move, yeah she did. Just enough to let him in to cuddle with. She arched around him not by his face. When he woke up, she sat up and meowed and when I went to get him she followed me to make sure he was good.

As for the bouncy seat, they avoid em.

With cats they are finnicky, you cant "ban" them it will just make them mad and totally resent the baby...Cats will not suffocate. Watch what happens when your baby gets sick and see how protective they will get of her. If they try laying down beside her, let them. Why? Like I said earlier they turn into mommies, plus cats help make the "hurt" go away. 
As for the protective mommies they turn into, my moms cat alerted me when my son was having an asthma attack. She was meowing at me and making me follow her and she went and sat by him and watched diligently over him til i got him picked up. He was 2.5months old.

Sorry got on a tangent...
Dont worry, it will be ok.