I was talking to someone about the baby and telling them how I was curious as to what the cats' reactions will be. She was shocked I was letting the cats near the baby (I suspect she was wondering why I was even keeping the cats with the baby coming) and she honestly told me, "They steal baby's breath ya know!" OMG... I was floored! This is a smart, articulate woman! I told her how that was an outdated wive's tale based on nothing other than people's ignorance of cats. She told me it WASN'T and it was based on the fact that cats will smother a baby while trying to lick the milk off the baby's lips.

I couldn't believe what I was hearing and I didn't have time to educate this woman on how my cats are not starving baby-milk-lip-sucking creatures. I pretty much told her my cats are well fed and would have no reason to lap milk off a baby's face.

If anything, I am afraid the baby will hurt Pouncer, by stressing the poor boy enough to develop crystals again (ok, so if the wind blows, it stresses Pouncer into developing crystals again )