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Cats · by Aarav Sharma · 2026-09-28

people with cats and babies: what was actually useful vs influencer nonsense

Every video is either "they will be instant besties" or "buy 14 gadgets." We're expecting in winter. Cat is gentle but nosy and believes all furniture is communal.

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Narin Chai · 16 likes

We used a screen door for the nursery for a while. Cheap, ugly, effective.

Yasmine El Amrani · 3 likes

Honestly the baby became background noise faster than I expected. The adults were more stressed than the cat.

Aarav Sharma · 2 likes

This kind of realism is exactly what I wanted, thanks

Salma Idrissi · 1 likes

Useful: letting the cat sniff the baby gear early so it stopped being exciting.

Liam Wilson · 1 likes

Useful: keeping normal cat routines as much as possible. Nonsense: most of the aesthetic nursery pet products.