https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:41:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pets-stairs-and-kids#post-635027 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:08:37 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 635027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our cats squeeze through the gate or jump over our bannister (we live in a split entry home). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pets-stairs-and-kids#post-634958 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:40:23 +0000 .twist. 634958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a girlfriend with 2 cats and (at the time) 2 girls under 2. She installed a cat door to the basement and everything worked really well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pets-stairs-and-kids#post-634956 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:40:02 +0000 mrsmenow 634956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pepper: We can't trust our og to be on a different leve so we didn't worry about it, but in our house the old owners put a cat door going down to the basement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pets-stairs-and-kids#post-634950 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:38:11 +0000 Pepper 634950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once LO is here and mobile, we will obviously want to gate off any staircases, especially the basement steps, which is where our cats have their food, water and litter boxes. How do you allow your pets to have access to other floors while keeping the stairs sectioned off from your kids? Pet door installed on the basement door? Gate lifted a bit off the ground so pets can squeeze through, some kind of special pet gate?</p> <p>Even though we're far away from LO being here or being mobile, our cats are sloooow to adjustments like that, so we want to get them used to things when LO is an infant. Any suggestions? </p>