Moving kittens around

Question
MY cat GAVE BIRTH EASTER MORNING, WHILE MY KID'S WERE AT THEIR GRANDPARENT'S HOUSE. WHEN WE GOT HOME THAT NIGHT AFTER THE KID'S FUSSED OVER THE NEW ADDITION, NOW SHE KEEP'S TRYING TO MOVE THE KITTEN'S UNDER MY BED. SHE'S QUITE PERSISTENT IN HER ENDEAVOR. AND MY HUSBAND WILL HAVE NO PART OF HER MOVING HER KITTEN'S UNDER MY BED. WHAT SHOULD I DO.

Answer
Angelia,

I will tell you what we did with one of our females who took it upon herself to move her kittens one too many times.

We put her in a cage (or a large carrier if you do not have a cage) for a couple of hours.  She could hear her babies and was getting frantic.  She was so happy to get back to them, she forgot all about moving them.

Of course there is no guarantee that this will work.  However, she does not feel secure where you have her, so you must find a way to make her more secure:

(1)  Please keep the kids away until the kittens are a bit older and mama is more secure.  Then, the kids must not be with mama and kittens unsupervised.  Your cat feels comfortable with you, but may not feel comfortable with the kids.  You did not tell me the age of your kids, but cats are very leery of unpredictability, loud talking or laughing and other attributes young children tend to have.  It may not even be the case that the children were unruly as they may have been excited.  In any case, it is the cat's perspective that counts here.

(2)  You can use a towel to partly cover where you wish her to keep the kittens so she will think of it as a den.  This makes her feel more secure and will not want to move the kittens.

You need to understand that from her perspective, the quiet, warm area for her kittens has been disrupted and she no longer feels the kittens are safe.  So, by putting a few rules on the children and providing a tad more privacy to where she has the kittens, hopefully, you will have put her at her ease.

I hope all of this makes sense.

Best regards... Norm.