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I've posted here about introducing my 5 month old to a new baby (now 11 weeks). That went really, really well and I'm so happy to watch them play together and groom each other and sleep together! It's the best thing ever. I'm a little sad that my resident kitty, Sati, doesn't follow me around the house anymore now that she has a better play mate. . .but anyway
Back story is that we have had Sati (shelter kitten) since August and she has almost always sleep through the night in bed with us. She is very bonded to me and basically if I'm in bed she is. This was great since we didn't have to deal with mischief at 2am and she developed such a strong habit of going to bed with me and staying in bed with me--quietly! I already went through the baby stage with two kids waking me all night and I loved that we had a "good sleeper" in our kitten. We decided to adopt her a sibling though and I wondered if the sleep thing might get complicated.
Last night was the first night we didn't put the little guy, Ash, in the kitten room for the night. I loved falling asleep with two kittens snuggled in bed with us!!! <3 BUT he was up having a crazy play sesh from 2-4am. Gah!!! And of course that meant both kittens were up playing. ..wrestling, running down the hallway like elephants, jumping on our feet in bed, etc. I know this is normal. . .but I really don't want to shut them out of the bedroom. . .is there a way to encourage him to stay asleep? Is he going to create this new habit with Sati? Will this just fade as the kitten energy wanes?
Back story is that we have had Sati (shelter kitten) since August and she has almost always sleep through the night in bed with us. She is very bonded to me and basically if I'm in bed she is. This was great since we didn't have to deal with mischief at 2am and she developed such a strong habit of going to bed with me and staying in bed with me--quietly! I already went through the baby stage with two kids waking me all night and I loved that we had a "good sleeper" in our kitten. We decided to adopt her a sibling though and I wondered if the sleep thing might get complicated.
Last night was the first night we didn't put the little guy, Ash, in the kitten room for the night. I loved falling asleep with two kittens snuggled in bed with us!!! <3 BUT he was up having a crazy play sesh from 2-4am. Gah!!! And of course that meant both kittens were up playing. ..wrestling, running down the hallway like elephants, jumping on our feet in bed, etc. I know this is normal. . .but I really don't want to shut them out of the bedroom. . .is there a way to encourage him to stay asleep? Is he going to create this new habit with Sati? Will this just fade as the kitten energy wanes?