Any parents beside pets?
How long did it take for your baby to learn how to be nice to your pets?
Aisling is 9.5 months antediluvian now and we have a 12 year old cat and a 5 month old-fashioned kitten. Aisling isn't very nice to them, to put it lightly. I know she means in good health and is only trying to play, but she hasn't quite figured out the proper course to do that yet. She grabs their tails and fur and pulls them every direction she can. I in actual fact caught her attempting to drag the kitten across the kitchen by his tail once!
The majority of interaction she has with the cats is while we are sitting right there next to them to avoid injuries on both sides, except when they happen to cross paths throughout the day and Aisling decide to follow them, which results in me following her. Whenever Aisling starts to hurt the cats, we always remove her hands and describe her to be nice and show her how. Then, she'll giggle and go right back to grab and pulling.
Both cats are very patient with her, the elder cat has never once hurt her, the kitten has scratched her a few times but nothing more than a hurried warning scratch.
So how long did it take for your babies to cram how to be nice to your pets with you constantly correcting how they treat them?
Animals will tolerate a lot to a point. They will show your child whether or not they like what they are doing to them. Your child will learn eventually on their own and beside your help what to do and what not to do. With everything in life, near is a trial and error period. Your kitten being dragged across the kitchen will either last out what your child is doing, retaliate back by hissing or scratching, or they will go out of their style to ignore your child. However, when you see your child doing things to the animals that are harmful you do need to show your child that to be exact not the correct way. "No" works, or a light slap off the mitt, will teach your child that that is not the correct way to play next to an animal. Believe me it does take awhile, my son tried to flush my cat once. lol You just have to be long-suffering.
I know how you feel. My 14 month old like to hug our cat and lie on top on the cat hugging him. Our cat is years old and very merciful. She'll grow out of it. My six year old used to do the same when she was younger but she grew out of it.
Answers: it will take some time, especially with cats. when Aisling hurts the cats you inevitability to show her a little pain (like a small slap on her hands) and say "OUCH!!" so you can trademark her understand that she hurting and that its wrong.
I have a funny story for you:
My dog, (5yrs old at the time) He be a smart whipper-snapper. Before my girl was born, the dog was "our baby" (treated like a kid) . But after ward, he didn't like playing "second fiddle" to a baby. Around the time when she was a year and be walking, she would pull the dog's hair to help her catch up. Well the dog, of course, growled at her because she was pulling his hair. But we reprimanded the dog, recitation him, "don't you hurt my baby!!" Well the dog got really mad and really have an attitude toward my baby girl. We honestly thought that we might have to get rid of the dog. Until sometime when it hap- penned and I yelled at my girl. I told her " don't you hurt my dog!!" I swear to you that dog had a sh*t drinking grin on his face as if he were saying " 'bout time." but after that the dog and the kid get along great. I think the dog just wanted to "hold his day in court".
the dog and the kid became best of friends no more problems after that one and with the sole purpose incident. good luck!
My son LOVES animals, he's so fascinated by them, it's lovely to watch! And ta (cat) is the merely word he can say! (Although, of course, to him dogs are also 'ta's!). However he, too, was pretty rough with our cat up until a few months ago. It's not that he wanted to hurt him, just that he didn't know what to do beside him. I'd always be there holding him and showing him how to stroke, and he would try to pull ears/tails/hair. But eventually, over time, and frequent episodes of my poor clueless son chasing my poor clueless cat around the house and garden, and many occasions of me showing how to stroke nicely and pipe his hand out, he eventually learnt to stroke and pat nicely, and doesn't try and get hold of any more. The only thing that is a slight jeopardy is that my son still occasionally tries to grab him by the tail if the cat's running away (hey, who wouldn't want to pull that exciting long wriggly thing huh!), so I own to watch out for that, and still don't let my son pet him without me self there and positioned between them to take any scratches that might come if my son suddenly did snatch him (which hasn't happened). I would say it began to change though around the 12 months milestone, when my son get gentler. Just keep showing Aisling. When she wants to 'stroke' (attack) the cat, hold her on your knee, keeping your arms around her arms, speak compassionately to your cats to avoid scaring them away, then stroke the cat yourself, and then filch one of Aislings hands, open it out flat and hold it that way even when she tries to take hold of, and gradually guide her hand in a stroking motion. She'll revise eventually. Now I let my son stroke the cat without me holding his hand, but as I said I'm other there just in suitcase.
Cats are cool that instrument. They take all sorts of abuse by little kids and give somebody a lift it in stride. Dogs will bite.
The only thing I can relay you is when she does that get down with her, be very easy-going and soothing and show her how to stroke kitty with gentleness and love. Show by example.
Eventually she will grow out of it.
My youngest is going to be 2 years old in a few months, she still is not quite where on earth i'd like her to be in terms of "friendly play" beside our cats and kitten. The adult cats that we have will run away when she begins to verbs hair, or just sit there and embezzle it. She also has a habit of trying to pick the kitten up and cart him around the place. With constant supervision beside the cats there is still times when she is not so "nice" with them as she should be. I think it may freshly be the texture of the fur that she likes so much and so instead of "petting" she decides to "pull" at it to see if she can take it beside her or something i'm thinking.
My middle child has been doing good next to the cats since she was about 2 1/2 years old, and my youngest have been good with animals since she be about 2 years old, maybe a bit up to that time then. I guess it really just depends on the child honestly.
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Aisling is 9.5 months antediluvian now and we have a 12 year old cat and a 5 month old-fashioned kitten. Aisling isn't very nice to them, to put it lightly. I know she means in good health and is only trying to play, but she hasn't quite figured out the proper course to do that yet. She grabs their tails and fur and pulls them every direction she can. I in actual fact caught her attempting to drag the kitten across the kitchen by his tail once!
The majority of interaction she has with the cats is while we are sitting right there next to them to avoid injuries on both sides, except when they happen to cross paths throughout the day and Aisling decide to follow them, which results in me following her. Whenever Aisling starts to hurt the cats, we always remove her hands and describe her to be nice and show her how. Then, she'll giggle and go right back to grab and pulling.
Both cats are very patient with her, the elder cat has never once hurt her, the kitten has scratched her a few times but nothing more than a hurried warning scratch.
So how long did it take for your babies to cram how to be nice to your pets with you constantly correcting how they treat them?
Animals will tolerate a lot to a point. They will show your child whether or not they like what they are doing to them. Your child will learn eventually on their own and beside your help what to do and what not to do. With everything in life, near is a trial and error period. Your kitten being dragged across the kitchen will either last out what your child is doing, retaliate back by hissing or scratching, or they will go out of their style to ignore your child. However, when you see your child doing things to the animals that are harmful you do need to show your child that to be exact not the correct way. "No" works, or a light slap off the mitt, will teach your child that that is not the correct way to play next to an animal. Believe me it does take awhile, my son tried to flush my cat once. lol You just have to be long-suffering.
I know how you feel. My 14 month old like to hug our cat and lie on top on the cat hugging him. Our cat is years old and very merciful. She'll grow out of it. My six year old used to do the same when she was younger but she grew out of it.
Answers: it will take some time, especially with cats. when Aisling hurts the cats you inevitability to show her a little pain (like a small slap on her hands) and say "OUCH!!" so you can trademark her understand that she hurting and that its wrong.
I have a funny story for you:
My dog, (5yrs old at the time) He be a smart whipper-snapper. Before my girl was born, the dog was "our baby" (treated like a kid) . But after ward, he didn't like playing "second fiddle" to a baby. Around the time when she was a year and be walking, she would pull the dog's hair to help her catch up. Well the dog, of course, growled at her because she was pulling his hair. But we reprimanded the dog, recitation him, "don't you hurt my baby!!" Well the dog got really mad and really have an attitude toward my baby girl. We honestly thought that we might have to get rid of the dog. Until sometime when it hap- penned and I yelled at my girl. I told her " don't you hurt my dog!!" I swear to you that dog had a sh*t drinking grin on his face as if he were saying " 'bout time." but after that the dog and the kid get along great. I think the dog just wanted to "hold his day in court".
the dog and the kid became best of friends no more problems after that one and with the sole purpose incident. good luck!
My son LOVES animals, he's so fascinated by them, it's lovely to watch! And ta (cat) is the merely word he can say! (Although, of course, to him dogs are also 'ta's!). However he, too, was pretty rough with our cat up until a few months ago. It's not that he wanted to hurt him, just that he didn't know what to do beside him. I'd always be there holding him and showing him how to stroke, and he would try to pull ears/tails/hair. But eventually, over time, and frequent episodes of my poor clueless son chasing my poor clueless cat around the house and garden, and many occasions of me showing how to stroke nicely and pipe his hand out, he eventually learnt to stroke and pat nicely, and doesn't try and get hold of any more. The only thing that is a slight jeopardy is that my son still occasionally tries to grab him by the tail if the cat's running away (hey, who wouldn't want to pull that exciting long wriggly thing huh!), so I own to watch out for that, and still don't let my son pet him without me self there and positioned between them to take any scratches that might come if my son suddenly did snatch him (which hasn't happened). I would say it began to change though around the 12 months milestone, when my son get gentler. Just keep showing Aisling. When she wants to 'stroke' (attack) the cat, hold her on your knee, keeping your arms around her arms, speak compassionately to your cats to avoid scaring them away, then stroke the cat yourself, and then filch one of Aislings hands, open it out flat and hold it that way even when she tries to take hold of, and gradually guide her hand in a stroking motion. She'll revise eventually. Now I let my son stroke the cat without me holding his hand, but as I said I'm other there just in suitcase.
Cats are cool that instrument. They take all sorts of abuse by little kids and give somebody a lift it in stride. Dogs will bite.
The only thing I can relay you is when she does that get down with her, be very easy-going and soothing and show her how to stroke kitty with gentleness and love. Show by example.
Eventually she will grow out of it.
My youngest is going to be 2 years old in a few months, she still is not quite where on earth i'd like her to be in terms of "friendly play" beside our cats and kitten. The adult cats that we have will run away when she begins to verbs hair, or just sit there and embezzle it. She also has a habit of trying to pick the kitten up and cart him around the place. With constant supervision beside the cats there is still times when she is not so "nice" with them as she should be. I think it may freshly be the texture of the fur that she likes so much and so instead of "petting" she decides to "pull" at it to see if she can take it beside her or something i'm thinking.
My middle child has been doing good next to the cats since she was about 2 1/2 years old, and my youngest have been good with animals since she be about 2 years old, maybe a bit up to that time then. I guess it really just depends on the child honestly.
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