What do you mean, stealing the baby's breath? Like lying on top of the baby and smothering it?

At any rate, if you fear for the cat and baby not getting along, don't leave them in the same room unsupervised! It's that simple! You wouldn't want to be leaving a new born baby unsupervised anyway.

I agree with PayItForward - there are people who use a new child as the excuse to get rid of the pet because their miniscule attention span has now moved onto something else. I feel for the children of such individuals - what happens to the child when the parent's attention span again shifts to something newer and more exciting? Geez.