Unstoppable....

[Ann Clarke (Tabby cat)]

Cos they're just all so fabulous how could we resist 

[Sue P (Paddysmum)]

That's it exactly, isn't it - we ALL love our cats!  We just can't resist any attention they show us, whatever the motive.  How did we ever get so captivated....?   

[Baggy]

How did the urban myth of cats being "easy" ever come about.....? 

Sometimes, at 5am when Dinah has woken us up "mmmrrp" ing, sprinkling cat litter from between her toes on to our pillows, hooking her claws up our nostrils and forcing us to move around so she can sleep on my arm, hubby and I lie in bed saying "I looove cats.  No, I mean it, I really, I really, really love cats.  They're clean, restful, and relaxing..."

[Ellie]

Oh Helen I know exactly what you are going through 

Guinness is a real fusspot and sleeps on MY side of the bed and tries to snuggle under the duvet  Widget sleeps with Mupps and Rascal on my daughter's bed as she has more room 

However Pete works till 2-3am most nights so they ALL sleep in my bed till he gets home then three move to Susan's room 

Funny thing is I usually end up with a tiny bit of bed and they have the rest between them  would I change it .... NEVER!!! 

[fluffycloud123]

my night usually goes a little something like this....

10pm go to bed.

12am monkey jumps up to be let in

4 - 4.30am jasper has a mad half hour and chases monkey i get up and shut the bedroom door on them where they will proceed for about half an hour of meowing to be let back into the bedroom

5am i get up and put monkey outside with a slice of ham and lock jasper in the front room

7am lee gets up and has a shower, gets ready for work and lets both back in and feeds them both

8am both come and wake me by chasing each other all over the bed, i say a few naughty words and get up

honestly its like that every single night and morning like clockwork could actually set your watch by them both. lee will not get up during the night to sort them as "its your kitten you sort it out"

[Ann Clarke (Tabby cat)]

Oh yes I recognise this so well  at the moment Hobbes is going through a phase of leaping on Dylan just as he's got settled and then having a mad half hour up and down stairs etc at about 12.30 then he wakes up around 4am and insists on getting cuddles and pesters me until I give in after which he goes back to sleep and I'm wide awake  Like others though I wouldn't swap him for anything cos he's my sweet little man 

[forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa)]

awwww helen lol

the only cat of mine that really gives me any problems at night is max

he wont leave me alone 
he does this thing where he nearly suffocates me by laying on my face and putting his paws over my mouth 
id never shut the bedroom door at night though even though my oh wants too 
and id not swap max for the world either
the rest of my cats dont bother me at night
but if im not up by 8 pickles will come and meow at me lol

[clarenmax]

Couldn't pinpoint when I last had a full nights sleep ..... Max regularly wakes me up a few times every night, and like clockwork will work his way round the bedroom scratching wardrobes and being naughty between 4-4.30 every morning.  Plus he sleeps where my feet need to be, so end up in all sorts of weird contortions and with a backache every day 

[Sabrina (Auferstehen)]

Lirael was a real terror when it came to nights when she was younger. She never settled down and always wanted to play.

Course she decided that we were cats as well and that she should sleep between us at night. Which is fine but she likes to wake up with the sun so right now at 4am we've got cats running around the house.

Penguin likes to meow (or muurr) at night, at my mom's he would stick his head in the toilet because it echo'd. Now he just walks around the bedroom doing it - which is cute but not at 2am.

Basically, I never get a night where I don't wake up at least twice

[Sue P (Paddysmum)]

How did the urban myth of cats being "easy" ever come about.....?     Luckily, Pad likes his beauty sleep, so he's not generally active, but he also likes most of the bed which means I end up in some  very contorted sleeping positions to make sure he's not incommoded in any way.  Mind you, sometimes when he's been out, he comes up the stairs having a conversation with himself, and that can be very noisy.  OH pretends to be upset, but sometimes I can feel his shoulders shaking when he's trying not to laugh!

[Bazsmum]

Mine go hyper for hours after the laser pens put away.....maybe try another game?

I get woke up early too!  With the light mornings its getting earlier 

[Susanne (urbantigers)]

Mosi likes to lie in the same place - beside my face just where the pillow ends.  he always lies in the same position too on his left side with his body tucked under my chin.  Which was fine when he was little - he spent his first night here tucked under my chin - but he's now a lot bigger and doesn't fit under my chin.  And he takes up loads of room so I have to back off and lie in the middle of the bed (Jaffa lies the other side) so that there's room for him.  He makes me very hot too.  But he is nice and cuddly 

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

The birmans are coming up to 14 but they are waking me up on and off all night, not cos they are bouncing around but cos they want all the bed and I keep being headbutted and head pushed. rubbed with furry heads, swished with tails, walked on and pushed with their feet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kittybabe (Ruth)]

Erm .... Lexy is 4...still does it.

Helen prepare for no more solid sleep.

[Tiggy's Mum]

Oh, I know - Tiggy was a night terror aswell - she was almost 19 years old   

I sort of decided that I wouldn't 'put up with it' from the boys, I think I'm going to have to do serious exercise sessions with them before bed as I can't cope with 19 years of this    At least with Tiggy when I got under the duvet she couldn't get me under there, Riley is very persistant and has an obsession with being under the duvet and always wins 

[Susanne (urbantigers)]

Will it dishearten you if I point out that Mosi still does that at 17 months? 

Sorry!

But I'm the same - I wouldn't swap him for the world.  And he does have some good nights.

[Tiggy's Mum]

I've been having 'issues' with Riley waking me up at silly 'o' clock in a frenzy, burrowing his head in the small gap created by my neck and the pillow then miaowing pitifully to be released, when I lift my head up he chases my head around the bed (under pillows and the duvet) trying to nuzzle me as I try desperately to get away from him and carry on sleeping, this can literally go on for hours.  Meanwhile Lucas sits there on the bed as good as gold so I can't shut Riley out of the bedroom as it wouldn't really be fair to shut him out aswell.

I always play with them before bed but normally quite gently with lots of tummy rubs and mouse throwing.  Tonight, I meant business and got the laser pen out for 20 minutes.  He was exhausted, out of breath and panting so I stopped...  60 seconds later he is up racing around doing back flips again - somehow I don't think I'm going to have a peaceful night    It's good to moan about but I wouldn't swap him for the world, he's my little prince - they both are