My 9 year old daughter’s Christmas present 🎁

[u/Several-Cycle8290]

Adopted last Wednesday at 10 weeks old 💜

[u/Several-Cycle8290]

Thank you! She is so precious 🥹 the only one that isn’t impressed is her now big brother that is having a hard time adjusting but in the 1 week he has started to play with her so we are taking small steps. I’ve had many cats over the years but they were all older when I got them so this is my first time with a kitten this little! I’m enjoying every second with tiny beans 🥰

[u/Livology_ → u/Several-Cycle8290]

My husband and I actually went through the same thing recently! We have an 8 year old boy, and added a 10 week old kitten to the family. It definitely took him a few weeks (and feeding on the opposite sides of a door) to understand what was going on, but a year later the older boy has really come out of his shell, and plays with the younger one like he’s an “annoying younger brother”😂 Older boy has even started playing with more toys and has gotten spunkier since we got the kitten. It’s been adorable to watch, and I hope the same happens for you all as well :3 the funniest thing of it all? We couldn’t get the older boy to understand a scratching board until he watched the kitten use it. Then he was all about it

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[u/sharppointy1 → u/Livology_]

My husband has been talking about giving our 11 year old baby a sibling and your experience makes me more agreeable to the idea. I’d love to have another void. I hope it works out for OP. 😻

[u/Zoltan14 → u/sharppointy1]

You should! It takes time for everyone to adjust, but when we gave our 6 and 7 year old cats x 3 a new kitten…a few months later at a checkup, the vet congratulated us on our one 7 year old cat no longer being overweight. He asked if the cat was eating less or changing his habits. We realized it was his activity levels- he was running around so much playing with his new lil sis 🥹 so cute.

[u/Several-Cycle8290 → u/Zoltan14]

That so awesome for your older cat! Mine too is a lot more active with the kitten around because every chance she gets she is bothering big brother to play 🤣 he often gives me the “you’re so annoying” look but I can tell he’s adjusting well and care for her. If the kitten is asleep he goes over to her and reaches to her to make sure she’s ok and it’s the sweetest thing ever 🥹