Going Mad! Cat Keeping Me Up All Night, Need Advice!

Hi all
I'm hoping some of you will be able to help with this. I've had my beautiful cat for over a year and half now, and recently she has found her voice! She miaows all the time, which is in theory fine, just unfortunately it seems to happen a lot at night as she wants certain things from me and my partner. She absolutely won't stop until we either let her out into the balcony, or open the curtains so she can look outside, and also just to get our attention. It's gotten pretty bad in the last few months... I'm also 6 months pregnant and I am 100% sure she senses a change is coming and therefore wants more attention. That being said, I'm at my wits end as really need to sleep these final months, before the baby arrives! Does anyone have any advice as to how to discpline cats at night? I play with her as soon as I come home from work, and it's not an attention thing, as my partner is usually home and with her. I feel like we've spoiled her too much and now it's comign back to bite us!

When she bothers you during the night you need to shut her out of your room and then ignore her. At first she may howl for hours but eventually she will get used to it. And better to do that now before the baby arrives.

Thank you susanm9006 ! I think I will get ear plugs and try it that way as well. Absolutely need to discipline her before baby arrives.

The best way to discipline a cat is to calmly ignore them. Cats really don't differentiate between good and bad attention, so you getting up to tell at her is the same as you getting up to talk with her. Either way you are up and she is getting interaction she wants.

You have to completely 100% ignore her nighttime noises for two weeks straight and she should stop. You can't say her name, can't acknowledge her, nothing. If she jumps on the bed you have to stay still.

Once the baby comes it's the same thing of calmly ignoring her. If she jumps in the crib, calmly take her out without saying a word. Same if she jumps on a changing table or anywhere else you don't want her to be. The less engaged you are when you remove her, the less benefit she gets from the interaction and the less desirable a repeat will be.

She's spayed, right?

Thank you Kieka ! Will try all of that. war&wisdom yes she is spayed

I know this isn't helpful but mine likes to go down the hall to one of the back bedrooms at night and meow. Usually when we are watching TV. A simple "shut up Gizmo" and he stops. Unfortunately that doesn't work for his other aggravating behaviors

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