Tumblr Thread: Cats' Adorable Reactions To Meeting Baby Human

One can never help but worry what their pet's reaction is going to be when bringing an itty bitty newborn human home. We want them to be best friends, we want them to love each other, but for the pet, this milk-smelling mini human is even stranger than us large humans. And the whole thing is even more worrisome for someone who has more than one pet.

For Tumblr user dedalvs, for a moment, it looked like the worst was going to happen. After one of her cats very curiously came up to her baby and sniffed it, the baby started wailing, and the cat was petrified. Thankfully, his sibling cat was there to put him in his place. 

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    Human body - anonymous asked How does your cat feel about the new addition to the family?
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    Product - S dedalvs Follow When we first brought the baby into the house, Roman was very curious. He went right up to the baby and gave her a sniff.
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    Did you know that one of the reasons cats love babies as much as they do, rubbing their heads against the baby, touching it, cleaning it, is because babies smell like milk? Cats liking babies doesn't mean, of course, that you should leave them alone with the baby. Play can turn rough very quickly, but the odds are on our side when it comes to out cat's reaction to a baby. 

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    Font - Pretty soon, though, the baby started crying. Wailing. Roman was utterly terrified by this.
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    And this is where the fear would settle in if I were this cat owner. On the other hand, my cat also wails like a dang baby sometimes, so she should really be used to it. Still, maybe this is a lesson to take that the first meeting should happen when the baby is asleep. 

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    Font - The hair stood up on his back, his tail got bushy, and he proceeded to hiss and growl at the baby. We'd never heard him do either! In fact, the last time we'd seen such a reaction was when we brought little Roman home to meet Keli, our other cat. We'd never heard her hiss or growl either-ever-but she hissed and growled at tiny little Roman, who was just a baby kitten. It took time, but eventually they warmed to each other.
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    Font - Anyway, that was Roman's reaction to the baby. Keli, on the other hand, was as cool as a cucumber. In fact, after Roman started growling, Keli ran up and stood between Roman and the baby, glaring at him. And thereafter, whenever we sat down with the baby, Keli sat next to us, watching Roman, and she'd chase him away if he got too close.
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    Skin - (That's her, the black fluff behind my shoulder.)
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    Cat - Eventually, Keli and Roman had a sit down, and she set him straight.
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    Comfort - Since then, Roman has been a very good brother to Meridian. Whenever she cries, he comes up in concern to see what's wrong and if he can help. And when she's asleep, he likes to curl up nearby and keep watch.
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    Gesture - Though Roman is still a little beast.
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    Rectangle - pothepolarbear asked I just want to say that I love the fact that you tagged the pics of the cat and baby as squad goals and I hope you get equally adorable pictures of your baby and cats
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    Comfort - S dedalvs Follow No dice. Spanty
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