[milquen]

I'm going to be a dad next year, so I've been thinking about how to baby-proof areas of my house while allowing my cat freedom of navigation.

My wife is an English teacher, so I've been building little educational games for her to try in the classroom. My latest attempt is a proof-reading game https://frogs.cool Currently I'm using wikipedia articles but I'm working on adding a variety of age appropriate texts in different genres.

[etrautmann]

FWIW, most baby proofing you can do after month 12, after some minimal baby proofing at 6 months (depending on kid and space). They truly can’t get into much trouble before 4-5 months. Much of what I worried about prepping for was far easier to do once you actually have the issue at your feet but you have time.

[kelnos]

On the topic of cat freedom... I had the opposite problem. A few years ago, for a while I had to separate our two cats so they wouldn't fight while we weren't home (long story, but we couldn't let them fight each other like most cats will do for fun, due to some medical reasons).

It was basically impossible. I wanted to set it up so one cat could be downstairs, and the other upstairs, so one wouldn't feel like they were being "punished", by being closed in a bedroom and only having that small area to roam in.

I built a "gate" for the top of our stairwell, the height of the railing, out of carboard and some pet-safe window screen material. First one of the cats managed to wriggle under it, so I reinforced it and gave it a "skirt". Then the other cat climbed up the screen mesh, and I found her just sitting there, perched on top of it.

Eventually I managed to make it sturdy enough. But then one of the cats realized he could jump over it.

I mostly gave up after that, and focused on training him not to fight with his little sister.

So this is a long winded way of saying: your cat might not really be bothered by things like baby gates. Might actually view them as a fun challenge to be (fairly easily) overcome. Unless of course your cat is older and/or has mobility issues.

[milquen]

Yeah, my cat is getting older and a total wimp at jumping over things. So I will have to figure out a way. Of course this is all an excuse to build an elaborate ramp or tunnel system.

On preventing cats from climbing things, apparently attaching a rolling bar at the top is very effective: https://catrollers.com

[d1sxeyes]

As a father with two cats, there are only really two things that have been an issue: food and litter trays. We solved both by putting them into commode-type things (the litter trays were more complex than the food, we had them made specially with a labyrinth entrance to stop an arm snaking through and picking stuff out).

[sakras]

I really enjoyed playing that! Just did the frog and the eye :) Seems like a good thing to mindlessly do for fun

[bqmjjx0kac]

> They have long tongues, that they used to catch bugs.

Shouldn't "that" be "which" in this sentence?

[probablypower]

Should be any of:

- They had long tongues that they used to catch bugs.

- They have long tongues that they use to catch bugs.

- They had long tongues, which they used to catch bugs.

- They have long tongues, which they use to catch bugs.

[rahimnathwani]

This game is cool, and well executed. I'm curious about the other games!