Does your kitten sleep with you?

Originally Posted by Yosemite

It's only cruel to the humans

- they miss out on all that wonderful bonding time with their kitty. I know I sleep better when Bijou is cuddled up with me.

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Me too! I have a water bed and keep it at a constant temperature all year. My kitties love it in the winter and cooler weather, but tend to sleep in the living room during the warm months. I'm totally happy again when I go to sleep at night now because I have my 2 babies cuddled up in bed with me

Here is what is making me so mad about this: I always thought it was always proper for the last person out of bed to make the bed. Persi is always the last one out of bed and he has never made any attempt whatsoever to make the bed.

Stoli will come to bed around 8 o'clock, that's usually when he gets his first sleepiness. Then around midnight OR if he's wired, he'll just jump on everything all night until we lock him out. When he sleeps with me (if it's the weekend) he'll sleep all night because i've been home all day.

Definitely play with him and tucker him out. Do whatever you can to wear down his energy. A few weeks of doing this will prime him to be on YOUR schedule. We have Bandit who is 9 mos old and he did go through a biting anything that moved under the covers stage too. BUT, we also have Smokey the 10mo old lab mix who now wears him out with us even having to do it anymore so he sleeps from 10:30pm - 6:30am . And yes, with me (and eventually DH when he comes to bed).

Originally Posted by Persi

Here is what is making me so mad about this: I always thought it was always proper for the last person out of bed to make the bed. Persi is always the last one out of bed and he has never made any attempt whatsoever to make the bed.

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I make my bed in the morning and when I get home at night I find it unmade - two kitties that I know of love to paw the top quilt down and climb in under it to have their naps.

Originally Posted by Persi

Here is what is making me so mad about this: I always thought it was always proper for the last person out of bed to make the bed. Persi is always the last one out of bed and he has never made any attempt whatsoever to make the bed.

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Polly likes to help me make the bed, and she's such a big help. I try to pull the covers up neatly and she jumps on them and under them.

Blue is about 18 weeks old and she goes to sleep with me most nights now. She was 7 weeks when we got her, and we went through a period of her stalking our feet under the covers when we were trying to get to sleep, but we learned that if we were really tired we'd better keep still! I don't think she stays in my bed all night - some mornings she's there and some she's not.

Interestingly, Delilah (3yo) never used to sleep with me, but since Blue's been here I've been waking up to find Delilah laying on my pillow nearly every morning. 9 week old Midget is mostly confined to our bathroom during the night right now. (I want to make sure litter box habits are firmly established before she gets free run during the night.)

I wouldn't feel too guilty. You do need to get some sleep, and you'll have many years of night-time cuddling ahead of you once your kitten grows up a little and settles down.

My cats aren't allowed in the bedroom because my hubby is allergic. Also, I work third shift and he works first, so the bedroom has to be closed for us to sleep for at least 16 hours a day. So now we just leave the door closed 24/7.

The cats sleep on my bed and take it all up!! I've resorted to sleeping in all sorts of contorted positions to avoid disturbing them *laughs* Actually, only last night Cierron went hyperactive and started attacking my toes (I have a habit of wiggling my toes in bed) and he scratched one and it bled quite a lot and HURT so I shooed him away. He was so hyper that he was totally startled and leapt onto my windowsill, missed his footing skidded along and fell off the other end!!!

I only let them on my bed when they're being calm. =^-^=

Everyone except the dog gets kicked out of my room at night.

No it is not mean to do this. Trust me, you are not hurting their feelings. I can hear the cats when I close my door, there is one big party going on in my living room.

I kick them out because Armani will come into my bed and start chasing his tail. Then Georgio will come in and start biting my toes. One time she pounced on my eyeball. Then Forest will come in and just start "Brrrrrrrrr" . Then Forest who is a 13 pounder, will start fighting Armani in my bed. Oh yeah..It's one big party. I have went through this enough to learn they will never let me sleep!

I need my sleep.

Last night Dh and I were being, ahem, romantic, and suddenly Midget pounced right on my face! I was , but Dh was not amused.

Bella has slept *on* me since our first night together on the sofa. Rowan usually sleeps with us, but he's not so needy that way, usually. He does wake me up a couple times a night to have his ears scratched.

The cats have gone through periods of night wakefulness, but they generally calm down and we all get a good night's rest. I used to lock them out in the mornings, though, when they started playing chase on the bed. At the old place, the litterboxes and food were in a separate area of the house, so I could. Now, the only places to put the boxes are in the closet, so that's a blissfully remembered option.

pisces sleeps in bed with me tho he dosent always stay there all night. when i first got him, i had to hand rear him from being a week & a half old. i would have him in bed with me to keep him walm & to feed him in the night but once he didnt need feeding at night & he started getting playful we couldnt have him in the bedroom. he would sit on the floor at the bottom of the bed & swipe at our feet under the covers, even if we wernt moving them & he would pounce all over us in bed. my fiance coudnt cope with him because he was too playful at bed time no matter what we did. he has settled alot now & comes to bed with us. i have 1/2 an hour of petting him (or more it just depends how long he wants stroking for) & him snuggled up to me then when he's had enough he will sleep on the end of the bed.

Our twins are about six monthes old and they are not allowed to sleep with us! We tried when we first we got them (at about 8 weeks) to have them sleep with us, I almost cried at the idea of locking the little babies out of the room. However, after about two weeks of little sleep your attitude changes. We let them stay in the room with us as we watch tv and relax before bed, but once we are ready to sleep we let them out. By the sounds of it they have track practise every night for an hour or so anyways!!! To this day I'll try about once a month to see if they have settled down enough to sleep with us, but they haven't. Ross chew/bites/scratches my hair. Monica is good, but I can't keep one cat in and the other out. The cute thing is, when I get up to go to the bathroom at night they are sleeping in their kennels. That's where they choose to sleep (after their track practise).

Don't feel bad about not having your cat sleep with you, sleep is a very important part of your health.

I had a yellow lab for 14 1/2 years...she slept on her bed by mine. She never got on any of the furniture. When she passed I got my two raggies. Ok , cats are different !!! I have banned them from the bedroom at night. I put them in a 10 x12 play room...that has all their toys, litter box, food , water and cat tree. I am all the way on the other side of the house...I know they are bouncing off the walls playing. But much better there than in my room. I need my sleep I get cranky. My husband occasionally sneaks them in the room...but it never lasts because they are so active at night. *lol* i just love cats...wish I hadnt waited so long to get them!

My oscar ( we have had him for 5.5 wks. ) sleeps with us on a waterbed. He used to play with us and we'd put him outside in the living room. He'd whine and we didn't let him in... Its so SOOO hard. but anyway now he lays in between our legs. Eventually, he'll get a clue.
Hope this helps

Usually they don't all night long as they want to play "race track" also,.lol,.& also,...my maltese just had surgery(spayed),.so I need her to be able to be quiet & rest alittle bit more right now,..& the kittens are rather "honery" at times,..even if they are SO funny & so wonderful,..lol,.plus I HAVE to be able to sleep since I have Fibro/CFS,..& sleep is VERY important to my pain level,...& all,..,.I do try keeping them with me as long as I can before actually going to sleep though,...like some have mentioned in a previous post,....Have a great evening,...,..TLEA