Try to arrange as much supervised time as possible with yourselves, the new baby and your pet. Your cat should get a lot of positive attention during these periods but should be required to obey the new rules.

If you have a nursery with a solid door that can be closed, it is advised that you have a baby monitor installed so you can keep the cat out of the room when necessary while still keeping tabs on your infant. For people without a separate room for a nursery or who don't have a door to close, tight fitting mosquito netting can be used over the bassinet or crib.

Keep the baby's food and medicines in separate places from the cat's. Bottles and packaging can look remarkably similar.

Be vigilant about keeping the litterbox clean and accessible to the cat. Install a cat door or baby gate in the room where the litterbox is kept. This allows easy access for the cat while assuring that baby's first sand castle will be at the beach and not in the cat box. Make sure there are various places in each room that the cat is allowed to jump up on or crawl under. To you, it may be a window sill, the top of the refrigerator, the back of a closet, or a carpet covered shelf to your cat, it's a sanctuary. Your cat will need places and time away from all the excitement just like you will.

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